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World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, at Biscayne Bay Campus will be a day to raise awareness about HIV and ensure that FIU students and the community are informed about what they can do to prevent infection. A resource fair is scheduled in Panther Square from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. where [...]
Good news: The FIU mobile app is now available for Android & BlackBerry. We launched the iPhone app back in August. You can use the app to see what’s happening on campus, find a book or article in the library, check class schedules and financial aid, enroll in courses, watch [...]
At the recent XXIX Interamerican Accounting Association (IAA) conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, FIU received the Fra Luca Bartolomeo Paccioli award. According to Eduardo Mendez (MS’ 01, BA ’96), president of the Cuban American CPAs Association and Foundation, the prestigious award is named after the 15th-century Italian mathematician, [...]
Jeremy Allen will never forget the Nov. 26 basketball game he played with his FIU teammates at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. With 0.1 seconds left on the clock, the senior took the biggest shot of his career so far to give the Panthers (2-3) [...]
The FIU Panthers set a new record as they closed the regular football season 8-4 with a 31-18 win over the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Nov. 26. The victory was made possibly by 185 rushing yards, led by Kedrick Rhodes’ 117 and Jeremiah Harden’s 46. Both running backs had [...]
Top ventures win $50,000 in awards With rising global interest in Latin American ventures, FIU’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference brought together entrepreneurs, investors and service providers in Miami for two days of deal-making, networking and education. Speakers from the top echelons of Latin American entrepreneurship, venture investing, international finance [...]
Avocado papaya salad. Spiced garbanzos. Cauliflower Manchuria. Indian rice. Chayote. All of this and more was shared among students, faculty, alumni and one Cantankerous Chef, fans of sustainable living who turned out for the third annual Thanksgiving potluck luncheon hosted by FIU’s Agroecology Program and Garden Club. The Nov. 21 [...]
The FIU Student Government Association and the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) office celebrated International Education Week 2011 with art exhibits, lectures, information fairs, brown bag lunches and film showings at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Events at the Biscayne Bay Campus included the International Hospitality Games presented by the [...]
FIU’s Alternative Theater Festival continues its tradition of presenting an innovative version of E.T.A Hoffman’s The Nutcraker with two shows taking place Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 10, benefiting FIU theatre and music scholarships. This year’s presentation, directed by FIU Theatre associate professor Phillip Church, integrates the tradition of narrative [...]
Wesley Carroll came off the bench to throw three touchdowns and lead the Panthers to a 28-17 victory over the ULM Warhawks, Sat., Nov. 19, in Monroe, La. Carroll, who came in after starter Jake Medlock got hurt on FIU’s second offensive play of the game, completed 16-of-34 passes for 213 yards and [...]
