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Recent graduates may be surprised to learn that the vocabulary their parents used with them as children may have had a hand in their chosen field of study. Those graduating with a STEM-related degree (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) can look forward to the more than 8 million jobs that [...]
Author Carlos M. N. Eire will visit FIU Monday, Nov. 21, to deliver a lecture about his book Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy. The lecture and book signing is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Room 140 of the Graham Center at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique [...]
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 [...]
FIU’s Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence (MEUCE) will host a series of events celebrating French culture from Nov. 9 - 23 as part of French Week Miami 2011. What began in 2007 as a one-week, citywide event designed to highlight and promote French culture in Miami, has now become a month-long celebration. [...]
The Association for Psychological Science has named Lindsay Malloy, assistant professor of psychology, a “Rising Star.” Malloy is one of only 10 psychologists from the United States, France, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia honored this month by the association’s Rising Star program, which recognizes up-and-coming researchers. Her current research focuses [...]
If you’re looking for something fascinating and free to do Friday, Oct. 14, venture to the edge of the universe with FIU physics professor James R. Webb. Every semester, Webb steps out of the classroom and hosts a series of star parties, sharing his passion for astronomy with the general [...]
