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By Martin Haro
Chocolate has an appeal that’s simply irresistible – just like love. For one blue-and-gold family, these two ingredients are one and the same. Photos by Doug Garland ’10 The Alexander brothers – FIU alumni Juan Carlos ’04, Nicholas ’07 and Andrew ’12 – are bound by the sweet stuff at [...]
By Martin Haro
FIU Magazine’s former associate editor and FIU alumnus Martin Haro ’05 looks back on his time as a Panther. When I came to FIU in 2002 I didn’t know FIU Magazine existed, let alone that I would work in External Relations, the division that produces the magazine and FIU News, [...]
By Martin Haro
With World AIDS Day coming Saturday, Dec. 1, the university has put together a program for Friday, Nov. 30, that will prove informational and comforting to Panthers. Biscayne Bay Campus’ Office of Campus Life will host “Does HIV Look Like Me?” as part of the commemoration. The event is open [...]
By Martin Haro
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, the boys of the made-at-FIU band Rezolution took to the GC Pit on Nov. 26 to help Panthers kick off the holidays in a most rockin’ way. Included on the set list the band picked to help spread cheer and good vibes as students enjoyed their [...]
By Martin Haro
Like photography? Then you are going to love this: The Wolfsonian-FIU and the new b2 miami downtown hotel opening early in 2013 have partnered for the Capturing Miami – You Should b2! Photography Contest. Through this initiative, amateur and professional shutterbugs have the chance to win $1,000 in cash, complimentary [...]
By Martin Haro
The Wolfsonian-FIU Visionaries are at it again. The group of alumni, artists and art aficionados will host its third fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., at The Moore Building in the famed Miami Design District. The annual event – dubbed “The Art of Illumination” in [...]
By Martin Haro
Since 1999, Ian Grocher ’99, a.k.a. DJ Irie, has been pumping up crowds for the Miami Heat and at clubs around the world, never forgetting that home is where his Panther heart lives. By Martin Haro ’05 As DJ Irie, the official DJ for the Miami Heat, producer/entertainer Ian Grocher [...]
By Martin Haro
For the last couple of years, the quartet has been been making a name for itself on and off campus. Today, the band is ready for its moment in the spotlight. By Martin Haro ’05 | Photos by Doug Garland ’10 Johnny Rez has rock star dreams – and he is [...]
By Martin Haro
Gold designates Alumni Association members. Submit your own class note for the next issue of FIU Magazine here. Skip to decade: 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s 1970s Joseph Carvelli ’75, a longtime friend and supporter of the Honors College, is the founder and president of Your Staffing Source, Inc. Ana [...]
By Martin Haro
Eight law clinics are currently operating within the College of Law at FIU. There, law students are not only gaining hands-on experience in many areas of practice but also improving the lives of their fellow community members. In this second part of a two-part story, we tell you about some [...]
By Martin Haro
Eight law clinics are currently operating within the College of Law at FIU. There, law students are not only gaining hands-on experience in many areas of practice but also improving the lives of their fellow community members. In this first part of a two-part story, we tell you about some [...]
By Martin Haro
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at FIU is hosting the daylong Hispanics and the Media: The Emerging Power Conference beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, in WUC 221 at Biscayne Bay Campus. The conference is part of the school’s first-of-its-kind Hispanic Communication Studies Conference Series. Admission is [...]
By Martin Haro
The total impact of the Oct. 4 FIU President’s Council fundraiser at the Coral Gables Country Club, with state match, is almost $375,000. To date, FIU has awarded more than $4 million through its First Generation Scholarship Fund. If you were to ask any of the 250 FIU supporters, students [...]
By Martin Haro
You may have noticed the trucks and crane that assisted 10 striking sculptures moving into their new temporary home in the Sculpture Park at Modesto A. Maidique Campus Oct. 10-11. The artworks will be on display beginning Oct. 17 as part of the Frost Art Museum’s “American Sculpture in the [...]
By Martin Haro
The Wolfsonian-FIU recently appointed businessman and biotech executive Neil Flanzraich as the museum’s new advisory board chair. Flanzraich – who is also the executive chairman of the Kirax Corporation and ParinGenix, Inc., as well as member of the board of directors of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Equity One, Inc., and [...]
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