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The lazy days of summer were in short supply in the nation’s capital last week as FIU’s Washington team stayed busy advancing the university’s priorities, engaging FIU alumni at federal agencies, and positioning university faculty researchers. The FIU Governmental Relations team visited with alumnus Pedro Pavon, an attorney with the [...]
Andres Almeida will tweet history as shuttle program nears retirement FIU graduate Andres Almeida has been selected as one of 150 @NASA Twitter followers to attend a two-day Tweetup, July 7 – 8, for the final launch of Atlantis before the space shuttle program is retired. Atlantis is targeted to [...]
Seventeen Miami-Dade County Public School students ages 14-17 are spending the early part of their summer attending Comic Kraze, a free 10-day workshop at The Wolfsonian-FIU. To view some of their creations, click here.
Students wait out a passing rain shower under the entryway of the Graham Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
The Wolfsonian-FIU is offering free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day, Sept. 5. In 2010, the Wolfsonian partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America to create Blue Star Museums, a program that [...]
We know what Panthers will be watching on TV this fall: One of their own on one of the tube’s biggest hits. Torch Award-winning College of Architecture + The Arts alumnus Danny Pino ’96 has been cast as a series regular on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The former [...]
Biology major Juliet Morales kicks off Summer B with a visit to the FIU Bookstore. At the top of her shopping list — FIU gear.
Three FIU students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s (SJMC) Global Strategic Communications graduate program were awarded mentored research scholarships from locally based literary company Jewish Book Summaries (JBS). The students are preparing, creating and implementing a comprehensive marketing communications plan with JBS during the summer 2011 semester. JBS [...]
For some, preparing their tax return is a simple, albeit not enjoyable, exercise. For other people, help is sorely needed. This past tax season once again, accounting students from FIU’s College of Business Administration helped low-income earners complete their tax forms. The students participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [...]
Students participating in the Youth Cultural Arts and Community Service Summer Camp decorate shoes for United Nations Public Service Day. The shoes are part of the College of Architecture + The Arts’ Art and Art History Department TAG (The Art of Giving) project to donate shoes to the people of [...]
