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Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his visit to China. Click here to check out his initial post from May 11th. Saturday, May 12, 2012 We’ve Got Talent! Universities invariably assemble talented students who have skills beyond their ability to study and learn competencies and skills that will [...]
Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his visit to China. Friday, May 11, 2012 If the six commencements on April 30 and May 1 were not enough, we have another one coming up in Tianjin, China, on Sunday, May 13! A very small delegation from FIU is now [...]
This is the sixth article in a series highlighting some of the 124 faculty members who were hired during the 2011-2012 academic year Shekhar Bhansali’s life has taken him around the world. From his native India to Australia to Japan and finally the United States. Never one to follow the [...]
What’s working? What can we improve? What can we change? These questions set the tone for open discussion as more than 40 student mentees and volunteer mentors came together on March 23 to review FIU’s College of Business Administration’s mentoring program. Topics included team building, financial literacy, interview and résumé [...]
FIU hosted a panel discussion on May 8 covering Facebook’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) and its implications. University experts from a wide array of academic fields – including business, law, engineering, communication and medicine – discussed what to expect in the coming months as the world’s largest social media [...]
Seven children from the Division of External Relations learned more about what their parents do for a living when they participated in the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Thursday, May 3. Karina Bravo, Raymond Castro, Janet D’Alessandro, Jenevieve Jimenez, Sebastian Negret, Emma Nissim and Marco Vargas [...]
Professor Irma Becerra-Fernandez Ph.D. ’94 has accepted the position of interim vice president for Engagement effective May 14. She replaces Divina Grossman, who recently was chosen as the new chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In her current post as the vice provost for Academic Affairs, Becerra-Fernandez has co-chaired [...]
A discussion about the future of the Internet giant — Live on the web WHAT: Florida International University is hosting a panel discussion for journalists covering Facebook’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) and its implications. FIU experts from a wide array of fields, including business, law, engineering and communication, will [...]
For the seniors in FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, everything they’ve learned in four years culminates with a single project. Working together in teams, they take on projects that test their knowledge, ingenuity, patience and imagination. Finally, on Senior Design Day, the students put on their best suits [...]
Officials announced today that FIU has accepted an all-sports invitation to join Conference USA, opening a new chapter in FIU Athletics history. FIU will begin membership in Conference USA starting July 1, 2013. The Panther men’s soccer team has been an affiliate member of Conference USA since 2005. “This move [...]
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