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Rivalry games are never over until the last out is made. The Panthers and the Owls proved just that Thursday night. FIU (36-16-1, 19-18-1) held on after an FAU (31-21, 16-12) four-run rally in the ninth to win 9-7 and take sole possession of first place in the Sun Belt [...]
The Division of Human Resource’s TLC Brigade will hold a parenting session, “Discipline Strategies that Work,” on Monday, May 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in AHC I 110 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Assistant professor Erika Coles, the clinical director of the FIU Center for Children and Families, will [...]
Lesley Northup has been named dean of the Honors College. “The national search confirmed that our Honors College has identified a unique niche with its blend of intellectually demanding interdisciplinary courses, an emphasis on developing future leaders, a strong program of creative and research activity, and requirements for active community [...]
Workshops will be held in English, Spanish and Creole beginning June 1 at MMC and BBC. The 2011 Florida Legislature has passed retirement legislation and related bills that will affect the retirement programs of FIU faculty/staff beginning July 1. The bills have been presented to the governor, and it is [...]
Baseball, softball, tennis and track & field teams record notable performances Baseball on a streak, receiving national props FIU cracked the college baseball polls this week for the first time since 2003 and is currently riding a 16-game unbeaten streak, the longest active streak in college baseball. The Panthers are [...]
The Pic of the Week winner for May 9-15 is Isabelle Manneh. Manneh will receive a voucher for a free meal courtesy of Shop.FIU.edu. On Facebook, Manneh says of her photo: “It was my graduation day Finally an FIU alumna… My family couldn’t make it and they tuned in to [...]
Thanks to Shanti ’12 (@sv3smilez), a hospitality major, for tweeting this photo of FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus at 7:16 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, with the caption “A beautiful day @ FIU Biscayne Bay Campus.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education this week features FIU as an example of a university with a research growth strategy that has succeeded where many others have not. The Chronicle discovered that FIU’s efforts over the past decade to invest in growing federally funded scientific and engineering research has yielded [...]
Betsy Soler, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!
