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FIU News is in the Big Apple following Team FIU as it competes in the 2011 National Model United Nations competition in New York City. Wednesday the team was advised that members were voted Delegates Delegate on every committee on which they served. Can you say 12-for-12? Truly a Worlds [...]
Long-time FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim received the 2011 International Horatio Alger Award in recognition of his personal and professional accomplishments, despite humble and challenging beginnings. After accepting the award on April 8 in Washington, D.C., Wertheim was formally inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The 11 [...]
More than two years after FIU officials initiated support from the county for a major environmental restoration project at Biscayne Bay Campus, bulldozers began clearing away invasive species to make way for mangroves. The southwest corner of the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) is getting a makeover. No longer will mangroves [...]
Panthers, this next week you have to watch a short film online. It is not just any short we are directing you to but one featuring one of your own, Crystal-Lee Naomi ’09. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumna is featured in The Magic Ribbon, a Sprite Refreshing [...]
The link between chemistry and art is nothing new. Since antiquity, new techniques have been developed to prepare pigments used in art, cosmetics and even health. During the Renaissance, artists prepared translucent glazes from complicated recipes to achieve optical effects, while ancient Egyptians looked to cosmetics for protection from diseases. [...]
FIU faculty, staff, alumni and students are invited to join Team FIU Thursday, April 28, in the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run. The 5K (3.1 mile) race is one of Miami’s biggest downtown social events of the year. Runners and walkers of all levels are welcome. The race begins at 6:45 p.m. [...]
WHAT: Renowned pianist Valentina Lisitsa will perform in a benefit concert to raise funds for Operation Helping Hands’ efforts to aid victims of Japan’s earthquake crisis. All proceeds from the event will go directly to help the people of Japan through non-profit organizations working in the affected areas. Funds will [...]
The university’s Metropolitan Center is seeking community input regarding FIU’s 2005-2015 Campus Master Plan. The center is soliciting feedback as part of its evaluation of the plan. Dario Gonzalez, a research associate with the center, has set up a Facebook discussion board to encourage an open exchange on this plan and to [...]
Benjamín Leon Jr. recognized as South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year The entrepreneurs behind internationally-known Zumba Fitness, LLC and the Tortuga Rum Cake Company, both Florida International University (FIU) College of Business Administration alumni, will be inducted into the College’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame at a ceremony on May [...]
![Pamphlet, Modern Reklameschriften [Modern Calligraphy in Advertising] by Gerhard Hantzsch, c. 1935](http://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/XC2008.07.17.110.jpg "Modern Reklameschriften [Modern Calligraphy in Advertising]")
It is April, the month of shoures soote – and The Wolfsonian-FIU is channeling Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales because the fourth month of the year also happens to be the month of O, Miami, a brand-new, county-wide poetry festival. The festival’s goal: for every person in the county to encounter a poem during [...]
