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By Evelyn Perez
Hakan Yilmazkuday, assistant professor in the Department of Economics, has been appointed as executive secretary of the International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS). As executive secretary, Yilmazkuday is responsible for the society’s web communications, organizing officer elections, and planning and executing the IEFS Sessions at the 2014 Allied Social Science [...]
By Marlen Mursuli
Motorists driving on the new flyover from eastbound State Road 836 to northbound State Road 826 in Miami travel over one of the first smart highway bridges in South Florida and one of just a handful in the state. The bridge, which opened to traffic in January, drew the attention [...]
By Marlen Mursuli
FIU has announced another gift from Wolfsonian founder Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. This new gift significantly strengthens the museum’s singular collection and expands its physical presence to downtown Miami. The gift includes three floors in an office building on Flagler Street, in the heart of downtown, along with a gift of [...]
By Karen Cochrane
The Division of Information Technology is introducing enhancements to the encrypted and secure wireless network for FIU faculty, staff, students and visitors. Beginning June 23, connecting to FIU’s on-campus wireless network will change from the existing network, FIUSECURE, to the new network, FIU_SECUREWiFi. FIU_SECUREWiFi allows users to remain connected on [...]
By Joel Delgado
It didn’t take long for Jose Alvarez to get his wish. In fact, he probably could have used a little more time. In his very first week of taking classes at FIU in pursuit of an MLA in landscape architecture, he was stunned when asked, along with others in his [...]
By Evelyn Perez
When Rodney Earl Walton first laid his hands on a copy of his book Big Guns, Brave Men: Mobile Artillery Observers And The Battle for Okinawa, it was the ultimate ending to a journey that began in graduate school at FIU. Walton first began his research on the Battle of Okinawa [...]
By Amy Ellis
Principal Wallace Aristide could barely contain himself as he faced the more than 265 graduating seniors of Miami Northwestern Senior High School last week, many of them clothed in the colors of the colleges and universities they plan to attend, including FIU. “I’m so excited I don’t know what to [...]
By Marlen Mursuli
FIU Board of Trustees today approved a $1.2 billion budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The budget contains growth in most areas, except in financial aid, where changes in the number of students eligible for Pell Grant and Bright Futures Scholarships resulted in a reduction in the financial aid budget. [...]
By Joel Delgado
Tyler Alexander has a big decision to make. It’s a decision that will alter the course of his life, and it’s one that he is not taking lightly. The left-hander, who joined FIU after spending two years at a junior college in central Florida, was drafted in the 27th round [...]
By Federal Relations
The week of June 3-7 FIU in D.C. was advocating for our students on three fronts: student loans, immigration reform and STEM education. The university’s Governmental Relations team also hosted the first event for its D.C. Summer Panthers Intern Program. In the Senate this week, two competing bills offered by [...]
By Simone Worsdale
Luckily, it poured sunshine instead of rain Saturday, June 1, as fishermen raised dollars for scholars at the 11th Annual FIU Fishing Tournament and Dock Party benefiting the FIU Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. For the first year, the dock party was open to the public, and FIU invited the entire [...]
By Eduardo Merille
FIU has nearly 200,000 alumni. We’re the 7th largest university in America. So it might stand to reason that we are in some way connected to some incredible people and places. While they’re not all direct connections, some may surprise you. So next time one of these people or entities come up [...]
By Joel Delgado
Most students dream of a summer filled with leisure, sun and surf to recuperate after a semester of work and studies. Meghan MacLaren isn’t most students. She would rather do something more constructive with her time – like winning. MacLaren, who hails from the United Kingdom and is coming off [...]
By FIU Magazine
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication partners with WLRN public radio to give students real-life reporting lessons. By Eric Barton | Photos by Doug Garland ’10 The class is gathered around a conference table in the newsroom shared by the Miami Herald and WLRN public radio. On the screen [...]
By Alexandra Pecharich
The Drs. Castellanos took their chances with FIU. Back before the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine welcomed its first class of students to campus, in the fall of 2009, father and son each separately cast his fate with the new school. The elder Castellanos – both men are named Daniel [...]
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Watch as the first class of doctors graduates from FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.
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