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Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, head of delegation for the European Union (EU) to the United States, will present “Transatlantic Relations in Turbulent Times” Wed., Feb. 22, in the SIPA Auditorium. The lecture is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The highest ranking diplomatic officer [...]
The School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) in the College of Arts & Sciences is inaugurating its first Environmental Film Series from January to April during of the spring 2012 semester. “As the first film series for the school, we consciously tried to connect each film with each discipline [...]
English and Creative Writing professor Campbell McGrath was recently named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow. McGrath was one of 52 recipients across the nation to receive the unrestricted $50,000 grant Dec. 5. The fellowships support artists in the fields of architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media, [...]
FIU has received grant to study the adverse effects of algae and microbes on coral reefs. The $822,000 grant is funded by the National Science Foundation. “Healthy fish and marine populations thrive on healthy coral reefs,” said Deron Burkepile, a Marine Sciences professor in the Department in Biological Sciences. “Human beings also [...]
FIU student Daniel J. Tapanes was recently honored as the 2011-2012 Student of the Year at the annual National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference in Phoenix, Ariz. The recognition is the only NCHC award given to students by a student board. It is given to scholars that are highly involved in [...]
FIU has received a National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant to facilitate the hiring, retention and promotion of women in the academic areas of science and mathematics for their “Awareness, Commitment and Empowerment (ACE) of Women Scientists at FIU” project. The three-year, $573,000 grant will help broaden women’s advancement and participation within [...]
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 [...]
The FIU Agroecology Program is granting 15 scholarships to train students for careers in agriculture, food and natural resources sciences. The scholarships, worth up to $24,000 each, can be used to fund lab research, presentations, service-learning activities, engagement projects, internships and professional development workshops. It also offers the opportunity to [...]
FIU’s School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) recently hosted a mangrove planting event at the Oleta River State Park as part of its ongoing efforts to restore the mangrove forest along Biscayne Bay. An estimated 75 people, including faculty and students from FIU, Miami-Dade College and Alonzo and Tracy [...]
Paula Gillespie, associate professor and director of the FIU Center for Excellence in Writing (CEW), is the 2011 recipient of the Ron Maxwell Award for Distinguished Leadership in Promoting the Collaborative Learning Practices of Peer Tutors in Writing. Gillespie will receive the award during the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in [...]
