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FIU’s Green Library and classrooms undergo a face-lift(0)
FIU’s Green Library and university classrooms have been undergoing a face-lift recently to create dynamic new learning-centered environments.
By Susan Feinberg
When Dean of Libraries Laura Probst decided last January to renovate the first floor of the Green Library and transform it into a more student-friendly space, she had to work with a tight budget. Probst turned [...]
FIU-educated teachers outperform counterparts in preparing students for the FCAT
Teachers who graduated from Florida International University’s College of Education had a higher success rate when it came to their students’ FCAT scores than those who graduated from any other public university or community college in the state, according to a Florida Department of Education report released Thursday.
According to the report, 85 percent of FIU [...]
SBC names Danijela Tomic Coach of the Year
Danijela Tomic, your FIU women’s volleyball coach, has won Coach of the Year in the Sun Belt Conference.
Below is an interview concerning Tomic’s success and the dedication of her award to her former mentor, University of Arkansas-Little Rock’s Van Compton.
First ever UF-FIU matchup threatens family truce
MIAMI – Eddie and Carlos Hondal have always been on the same team.
When the Miami Dolphins play, both brothers are in the stands cheering for their home team. When Eddie Hondal’s Golden Panthers face off against an opponent on the football field, both brothers support his alma mater, FIU. And when Carlos Hondal’s Florida Gators [...]
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- FIU’s Festival of the Trees kick starts the holiday season
- There’s still time to support the 2009 FIU-United Way campaign
- Slam dunk: Basketball teams win home openers
- FIU concert features international music about Cuba
- The women of FIU basketball show off their moves
- Architecture professor Quintana honored for love and commitment to Panthers
- In Panthers Play Nov. 13-15
- FIU volleyball drops title match in SBC Championship finals
- Women’s soccer to play Canadian national team
- Basketball fans: Don’t miss the tip-off pep rally Nov. 16!
- Road trip! Be there as volleyball goes after 21st consecutive win
- Disability Resource Center’s innovative program helping students, alumni with career planning
- Basketball teams open at home Nov. 17 with doubleheader
- FIU ‘Medical City’ at MIA
- In Panthers Play Nov. 4-8
- Fine arts students at GC Nov. 9, 1 p.m.
- FIU Presents Lecture on Turkey’s Role in the Middle East and Accession Efforts into the EU
- Grad Send-Off meets all of Panthers’ needs
- Women’s soccer experiences early exit from SBC championships
- Arts at FIU celebrated at Frost reception
- Cheer on women’s soccer at SBC championships
- In Panthers play Oct. 27-Nov 1
- FIU Theatre presents “Blithe Spirit”
- FIU student electro-acoustical music group honored
- FIU hosts leading Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff
- New Times Talk series draws packed house
- In Panthers play Oct. 23-25
- News@FIU debuts new alumni section
- Construction industry rallies to support FIU’s Department of Construction Management
- School of Hospitality professors, students host President’s Council for food and wine seminar
- Panthers remain unbeaten in SBC action with 14th straight win
- Panthers may apply now to become 2010 Orientation Peer Advisors
- Ice cream socials kick off 2009 United Way campaign
- Class of 1984 to be honored at Silver Pride Reunion
- Alumnus brings farming expertise to Moldovan grape growers
- Student lands unique Microsoft internship, helps launch Windows 7
- Join the FIU Tailgate and football fun
- FIU kicks off Tuesday Times Talk on global current events
- Two Long-Time Supporters of FIU Appointed to the Board of Trustees
- Author of “Funny in Farsi” brings humor, immigrant perspective to FIU
- Virtual internship with U.S. Department of Commerce yields real results
- Dig Pink this Friday
- Leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism to speak at FIU Oct. 23
- In Panthers play Oct. 16-18
- FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Jackson International Host Doctors from Around the Globe to Learn About Innovative Liver Cancer Treatment
- Director of SERC to serve on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
- Scientist shares key findings of nutritional research
- Troy overcomes FIU at Blackout Game
- FIU’s journalism program thrives in changing media landscape
- FIU Presents “The Internal Palestinian Conflict: Implications for the United States and Israel”
- Renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian to speak at FIU
- FIU to give away scholarships, parking upgrades at football games
- Blue-and-gold volleyball team comes home Oct. 16-18 ready to win
- FIU student-athletes continue their quest for glory
- FIU Athletics offers free football tickets to youth organizations
- FIU scores first football win of the season against WKU
- FIU journalism project on HIV/AIDS to air on WPBT/Channel 2
- Volleyball team leaves home with a win against FAU
- Gender bias in the media? Women leaders hold frank discussion
- Women’s soccer ties, men’s soccer drops Conference USA opener, swimming & diving loses season opener, FIU falls in SBC football opener
- Prepare to Care for your Aging Parents Part II: An expert panel discusses key issues surrounding elder care
- FIU’s new partnership brings high school students to campus
- The Frost Art Museum to open three exhibitions focusing on peace, impermanence and the human condition
- FIU beats WKU, Middle Tennessee, improves to 14-2 (4-0) on the season
- Honors College, Tau Sigma Alpha host “A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat”
- Renowned nutritionist T. Colin Campbell to speak at FIU
- FIU #1 in awarding STEM degrees to minorities
- FIU’s response to the flu
- Latin Builders Association hosts FIU students at luncheon
- Ask President Rosenberg your questions, part II
- Fateful goal gives FIU women’s soccer first SBC win of the season, football team falls to Toledo in home opener
- FIU volleyball brings winning streak home, set to open SBC play at U.S. Century Bank
- R. Kirk Landon Football Fieldhouse unveiled at home opener
- FIU’s NeighborhoodHELP to Conduct Health Surveys of Families in North Dade
- FIU to add a sixth commencement ceremony to accommodate more students/guests
- MMC carwash temporarily discontinued
- Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient and FIU professor Dr. Pedro José “Joe” Greer Presents Proposal at 2009 Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust
- MacArthur Genius Award winner Edwidge Danticat to speak at FIU Honors College event
- FIU presents symposium to explore African and African diasporic perspectives on contemporary issues
- FIU music concert benefits local elementary schools
- Sisterhood at FIU – weekend retreat for women students!
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- FIU co-hosts 13th annual Americas Conference
- New and improved University Calendar debuts
- FIU offers aid to law enforcement investigating horse slaughters
- FIU athletes and Big Brothers Big Sisters: a winning combination
- Tenure and promotion recipients honored
- FIU teams win some, lose some
- Renowned Chechen surgeon and humanitarian to speak at FIU
- “Sonia” flies into FIU
- FIU to host roundtable discussion on gender bias in the media
- T.Y. Hilton earns Kickoff Returner Performer of the Week, FIU falls to Alabama
- FIU holds community leaders summit
- Volleyball beats UM in home opener
- FIU remembers 9/11, students promote togetherness
- Peek into FIU Theatre’s 2009-’10 Season
- FIU’s ready to roar
- FIU Theatre crosses the boundaries between stage and screen
- Director of SEAS discusses impact of FIU’s new school
- Men’s soccer team makes it two in a row, women’s soccer falls in Tampa
- FIU vs UM, Women’s Volleyball – Sept. 10, 7pm
- FIU No. 12 in undergraduate international business in U.S. News 2010 rankings
- FIU commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Mentor an FIU student and join a network of women making a difference
- Alumni and faculty/staff comment on the Presidential Installation ceremony
- Multimedia coverage of Installation Day
- President Rosenberg engages local neighborhoods in community get-togethers
- ‘Another Beautiful Day in Miami’ with poet Campbell McGrath
- Celebration!
- Student “Ice Cream Social” Friday at 3 p.m.
- Target Wednesday After Hours returns for fall with Geoffrey Olsen, CCE exhibitions
- SIPA receives grant to launch risk management program
- Freshman Convocation welcomes Class of 2013
- Class of 2013 moves in
- FIU and Molina Healthcare partner to break simultaneous yo-yoing Guinness record
- Freshman Convocation starts a new era for FIU
- Friends band together to create music with a message
- FIU brings international talent to the music stage
- Have you signed up for Panther Alerts yet?
- President Rosenberg: Be prepared during hurricane season
- Camp provides invaluable experiences for promising accounting students
- Family day at the Frost
- Temporary electrical shutdown scheduled for CP building at MMC
- FIU police chief discusses campus theft, safety tips
- FIU football camp opens with intense first practice
- Summer fun: meteor shower to light up sky Aug. 11-12
- African & African Diaspora Studies adds new online undergraduate certificate
- FIU establishes exchange agreement with American University in Dubai
- Rosenberg begins tenure with inspiring message to university community
- FIU breaks ground on new Ambulatory Care Center
- FIU Athletics welcomes new diving coach, two new divers
- Undergraduate student reels in Marlins internship
- The 5 C’s of Flu Prevention
- White Coat Ceremony to mark beginning of medical studies at FIU
- Get your season tickets now
- Groundbreaking work of SJMC students and faculty to be showcased on public television
- FIU catches “Reefer Madness”
- Updated campus maps now available
- FIU in the News: 07/16/2009
- FIU community makes 7th FIU Scholarship Fishing Tournament a success
- FIU in the News: 07/15/2009
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- FIU in the News: 07/13/2009
- College of Education earns national recognition
- FIU professor discovers and records historic baroque music
- FIU in the News: 07/09/2009
- Mild strain of H1N1 virus confirmed on campus
- FIU in the News: 07/08/2009
- FIU professor to teach music appreciation in virtual world
- FIU in the News: 07/07/2009
- Yarimar Rosa spikes her way through 2009 Pan American Cup
- Golden Panthers excel at national future business leaders competition
- FIU in the News: 07/06/2009
- FIU inducts 10 community leaders as Honorary Alumni
- FIU in the News: 07/02/2009
- Swift FIU police response in two recent cases keeps campus safe
- Wolfsonian-FIU celebrates 100 years of swimwear
- FIU in the News: 07/01/2009
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- FIU student dances into national spotlight
- FIU students land coveted Hallmark internships
- Dalai Lama’s $100,000 gift, planned visit to FIU lead Religious Studies Endowment Campaign
- Acclaimed writer directs FIU’s top-ranked Creative Writing Program
- FIU outfielder named ABCA All-American
- FIU lab investigates the state of fatherhood
- FIU to host Pan American Round Table
- President’s Budget Message – June 12, 2009
- FIU’s University Park renamed Maidique Campus
- Golden Panthers selected in 2009 MLB Player Draft
- FIU names fieldhouse in honor of Trustee R. Kirk Landon
- New Hospitality interim dean, BBC interim vice provost named
- Albert Dotson, Sr., elected new BOT chair
- Rosenberg signs five-year contract to lead university
- FIU Board approves tuition and fees increase
- Dalai Lama offers $100,000 to encourage religious studies at FIU
- Mike Martinez named freshman All-American
- President’s message – Monday, June 8, 2009
- Chapman Graduate School earns high ranking in AmericaEconomia
- FIU College of Medicine students receive scholarships
- Weather hurricane season with Panther Alerts
- Wolfsonian-FIU recognizes major donors
- President’s message – Monday June 1, 2009
- NIH awards $1.2 million to benefit FIU College of Nursing and Health Sciences students
- Alumni galvanized at annual meeting
- LACC to host book presentation on Cuban revolution
- Contemporary artist Carlos Estevez to speak at UP
- Two books to debut at The Wolfsonian-FIU
- President’s message -May 25, 2009
- FIU Legacy Society honored
- FIU student-athletes earn top Sun Belt Conference awards
- President presents budget proposal at Town Hall meeting- May 18
- Nancy Friedemann exhibit to open at the Frost
- President’s Budget Message – Monday May 18, 2009
- Student in the School of International and Public Affairs receives prestigious NIH Fellowship
- 100 percent placement for FIU’s China grads
- President’s Budget Message – Monday May 11, 2009
- FIU continues to show improvement in latest NCAA APR scores
- Innovative artist forum series spurs students’ artistic growth
- FIU Society of Physics Students recognized as outstanding chapter
- Wolfsonian-FIU and Frost Art Museum take part in Miami Museum Month
- SJMC receives full accreditation on all standards
- President’s budget message – Monday, May 4, 2009
- FIU honors community leaders at commencement
- Women’s tennis faces Princeton May 8 in NCAA Coral Gables Regional
- President’s budget message – April 28, 2009
- FIU graduation ceremonies begin
- Mark Rosenberg appointed president of FIU
- FIU Model United Nations team wins top award at national conference
- FIU graduates first meteorologist
- ‘The Obama administration and the Americas’ panel discussion
- FIU’s Danny Pino returns to Miami to perform a leading role in Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
- FIU graduates pursue doctor dreams at new medical school
- FIU to graduate thousands in five ceremonies
- $100,000 grant awarded to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FIU
- FIU Stadium to host Miami FC this Friday, April 24
- FIU presidential finalists to visit campuses this week
- Advisory Search Committee selects four finalists for FIU president
- President’s Message — April 20, 2009
- FIU in the Media: Isiah Thomas, Isiah Thomas, Isiah Thomas
- FIU Presidential Search Process enters final phase
- Presidential search update
- Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas to lead men’s basketball program
- Global Learning QEP: Overwhelming response to provost’s request for proposals
- FIU College of Medicine leads the way for the future of medical education
- FIU College of Medicine insert in Miami Herald’s April 12 edition
- President’s Message — April 13, 2009
- FIU in the Media: 12-year-old physicist, FIU professor reaches out to China
- Brick by brick: College of Engineering and Computing building park to honor alumni and friends
- University ‘goes green’ with stationery needs, negotiates better prices in process
- Frost Art Museum presents Nela Ochoa works
- SGA offering John Legend refunds
- More than just going green
- President’s Message — April 6, 2009
- Stempel Public Health Association to celebrate National Public Health Week
- Relay for Life raises more than $80,000
- FIU Dance says goodbye with “Perpetual Motions”
- FIU Music Spring Opera Gala premieres April 7
- Music, art and architecture unite to create “Transcending Time”
- Top scholars from across the disciplines honored
- FIU to hold SAGE fundraiser
- FIU students to get Ludacris
- FIU Interior Design goes ‘green’
- Win a free airline ticket
- President’s Message — March 27, 2009
- FIU participates in Earth Hour March 28
- Car wash service debuts at University Park March 30
- “60 Minutes” journalist to speak at FIU
- Wolfsonian–FIU co-hosts national webwise conference in D.C.
- Wisdom of the Andes
- President’s Message — March 20, 2009
- Arturo Sandoval brings Afro-Cuban groove to FIU March 24
- Honors College to host Golf Scramble 2009
- Budding financial analysts put knowledge into practice — with real money
- “Pedro” draws in a crowd
- Request for Proposals: Global Learning Foundational Courses
- President’s Message — March 13, 2009
- Symphony of the Sea
- Frost’s Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum to Close This Weekend
- First in three-part series to discuss America’s policy toward Latin America
- Florida Memorial baseball game moved to March 11
- Women healers to discuss craft at FIU
- Footlighters light up stage to raise scholarship dollars for FIU students
- President’s Message — March 5, 2009
- College of Law hosting Moot Court Competition March 6
- Dance professor to premiere original work created with Guggenheim Fellowship award
- FIU Theatre relives history with Shakespeare’s Pericles
- Diary of a football player
- Celebrating life
- Spring Break-style game of Life encourages responsibility, fun
- Looking good
- President’s Message — February 26, 2009
- Vote for the next FIU decal
- Program brings supply chain management learnings to life
- FIU’s top chefs dazzle at BBC luncheons
- College of Law negotiation team places third nationally
- FIU’s Continuing and Professional Studies offers skill-enhancement courses for attorneys
- Brothers to the Rescue pilots remembered
- Women Who Lead – 3rd annual conference at FIU
- FIU journalism students create innovative video series on HIV/AIDS
- FIU’s Continuing and Professional Studies hosts graduation for LSI paralegal professionals
- President’s Message — February 20, 2009
- FIU baseball opens season Feb. 20 at University Park
- Discount Youth Fair tickets now on sale at FIU
- New workforce absenteeism study offers insights on who is calling in sick—and why
- Global Learning QEP: Faculty lead the way
- OLLI@FIU invites public to “jazzy” preview of its personal enrichment courses
- Board of Trustees update
- President’s Message — February 12, 2009
- Global Learning QEP: All hands on deck for internationalization efforts at FIU
- FIU softball hosts Felsberg Memorial
- University Park introducing valet service
- FIU Theatre, students return from Kennedy Center regional festival with honors
- Reverend from Obama’s Inauguration to deliver address at BBC
- Talent recruitment and retention
- BBC Circle of Friends experience FIU in a whole new way
- President’s Message – February 5, 2009
- Faculty honored as Kauffman Professors
- “Daily Show” producer to speak at FIU
- Women of Distinction series brings awareness to gender issues
- Test of the University’s Emergency Notification System
- President’s Message — January 29, 2009
- Wolfsonian-FIU receives Mellon Foundation grant
- Joint graduate degree doubles career opportunities
- Global Learning QEP: FIU voices sought and heard
- Smithsonian curator to speak at FIU
- President’s Message – January 22, 2009
- Dine in style at BBC
- University Health Services offering flu vaccine
- FIU celebrates 18th annual MLK breakfast
- Iraq and Yugoslavia the focus of February lectures
- President’s Message – January 15, 2009
- ‘SIPA Semester’ launches School of International and Public Affairs
- Watch historic inauguration on campus
- Basketball double-header Saturday, Jan. 17
- Everything you always wanted to know about FIU’s Global Learning QEP (but didn’t know to ask)
- Wolfsonian-FIU receives gift, establishes Laurence Miller Collection
- FIU to host Geopolitical Summit
- Shop till you drop no more: Retailers found holiday cheer hard to come by this year
- Board of Trustees selects presidential search firm
- FIU’s United Way campaign a success
- Prominent philosopher to lecture at FIU Jan. 21
- Frost Art Museum launches Target Wednesday After Hours series
- President’s Message – January 8, 2009
- President’s Message – December 17, 2008
- President’s Message – December 1, 2008
- Cafeteria caters to diners’ individual needs
- These Golden Panthers walk on water
- Football team takes on No. 12-ranked South Florida
- Golden Panthers move into their habitat
- Women’s Soccer Heads West
- FIU Spikes the Competition
- Welcome Back to FIU
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