News at FIU - Florida International University
News at FIU is the official news site of Florida International University
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum presents the next installment of Crossing the Boundaries: Art & Music with Ted Kahn for his lecture titled, “The Art & Science of Mindseums: From The Magic Theater to the Creation of Globally Connected Museum of the Future.” The lecture series will take [...]
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) has awarded FIU a $2.3 million grant to research prevention methods to address Florida’s unexpectedly grim HIV epidemic. The frequency of reported HIV cases among Florida Hispanics is nearly twice the national rate. Among states with dominant Hispanic populations, Florida ranks third in [...]
Ambassador Haim Waxman, deputy permanent representative of the Mission of Israel to the United Nations, will deliver a lecture Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Wolfe Theater on FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. Titled “Israel and the United Nations,” the lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. and is free and open to [...]
It was an exciting evening of blue-and-gold football at FIU Stadium Nov. 12 as FIU met FAU on Alfonso Field, with the Panthers scoring early and often to ultimately put a “W” on the scoreboard with a 41-7 victory over the Owls. The Shula Bowl X win was FIU’s first [...]
Students from Miami Springs High School visit FIU’s organic garden and shade house as part of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Challenge Program‘s “Environmental Immersion Day” on Nov. 9. The Challenge Program engages local high school students in multi-disciplinary environmental science education and fieldwork to motivate them to pursue careers [...]
’Tis the season, and the Interior Architecture Department will kick off the festivities celebrating the silver anniversary of its Festival of the Trees. The annual festival’s opening evening is scheduled to take place Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the new Coral Gables Museum. Tickets are $65 and can [...]
This is the first in an occasional series of first-person accounts from Panthers about life on campus. Christian Williams is a junior from Queens, N.Y. He is majoring in mass communication with a concentration in public relations. He wrote this account of his year as a Peer Advisor for FIU [...]
The Student Government Association (SGA) and the Division of Student Affairs are putting the fun in fundraiser with the Flag Football Tournament ’11 at FIU Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 19. The tournament is open to students, faculty/staff Registration is $10 per player and proceeds from the event will go to [...]
