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Team FIU joined the largest office party in South Florida April 28 with its participation in the Mercedes-Benz Miami Corporate Run. With more than 20,000 runners and walkers competing in the annual spectacle, the event was pure Miami — loud, hot, wacky and lots of fun. According to The Miami [...]
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg recognized 23 outstanding faculty members at a reception April 25 for their dedication to excellence and for their accomplishments in research and scholarship. “Tonight is the night we get to say thank you to all of you,” said FIU First Lady Rosalie Rosenberg at the [...]
Used water bottles found new life as a compelling eco-art installation created by Honors College students taking Inhabiting Other Lives, a year-long course that gets students thinking about societal problems and encourages them to contribute to conversations and solutions surrounding those challenges. In this instance, the installation was designed to [...]
Nominations for the President’s Council Worlds Ahead Faculty Award will be accepted through May 9. The award was redesigned in 2011 to encourage greater participation from around the university. The nomination process has been streamlined into an online form. Also, the criteria have been clarified and broadened to be more [...]
Lennox Scholl, 8, gets up close and personal with a grasshopper during a tour of the FIU Nature Preserve at Modesto A. Maidique Campus April 28. Tours of the preserve, organized by the Office of University Sustainability, were just one of the activities offered in conjunction with the national Take [...]
Participating Students Gained Unique Experience and Earned Scholarships FIU School of Hospitality and Tourism Management announced today that the recently concluded 10th annual Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, presented by Food & Wine, successfully raised more than $2 million for the school. Monies raised will be immediately [...]
“Keeping La Tradición” (“Keeping The Tradition”) was the theme for the benefit concert featuring Nestor Torres and the FIU Danzón Charanga Ensemble presented on April 23 at the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The vibrant show constituted a heartfelt tribute to authentic Cuban rhythms [...]
Next Stop: Harvard When Kristian Herrera walks across the commencement stage on May 3, he will be among the youngest graduates in Florida International University history. At 18 years old, Herrera will receive a bachelor’s degree in physics, along with three minors: biology, mathematics and chemistry. And in June, the [...]
Freshman Karen Alvarez gets in some last-minute studying for a psychology final Tuesday morning, April 26. More than 40,000 students are taking finals this week.
