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Study finds restoring seagrass meadows may reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon stores Seagrasses could be the oceans’ best-kept secret, and a multibillion-dollar marketplace, for mitigating global climate change, according to a study published this week. Seagrass meadows act as a massive carbon sink, capable of storing as much carbon as [...]
Daniel Waschbusch believes no child is a lost cause. The FIU psychologist in the Center for Children and Families is conducting a three-year study on callous-unemotional children – those who exhibit a lack of remorse or empathy. The study is part of Washbusch’s more than decade-long career devoted to helping [...]
FIU is one of the first universities in the nation to receive the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly implemented Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) designation. The USDA recently released a list of 71 universities that qualify for the designation, which was first approved in the 2008 Farm Bill. Similar [...]
More than 4,300 graduates received their diplomas this spring semester in one of six commencement ceremonies Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 1. The FIU News team was there to capture all the Polaroid moments – students celebrating and parents beaming with pride – in the video above. Check out [...]
FIU creative writing professor John Dufresne has been named a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow. Dufresne is one of 181 scholars, artists and scientists in the U.S. and Canada selected for the prestigious award. “It’s quite a thrill to have been given this fellowship and recognition,” Dufresne said. “It feels like a validation [...]
On Earth Day, April 22, more than one billion people around the globe will mark the importance of protecting our planet. That’s nearly the same number of people who lack access to safe drinking water. Water is our most basic need—too little or too much impacts every aspect of our [...]
Kemal Gekic, highly-acclaimed pianist and FIU School of Music professor and artist-in-residence, will perform an intimate benefit concert on Sunday, April 22, at Miami Beach Urban Studios. The funds raised will go toward scholarships for FIU keyboard studies students. Born in Split, Croatia, Gekic trained under Professor Lorenza Baturina. He [...]
Physicians with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University are now available to see patients through FIU Health, a unified system that provides access to world-class care. Unveiled today to community leaders, FIU Health includes many of the best doctors in South Florida, in addition to nationally [...]
Physics Professor Brian Raue enjoys physics but loves baseball. He spends most of his days exploring the nature of matter with his students and conducting research at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, which is conducting research on the atom’s nucleus. But sometimes, during the last few classes [...]
President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law was up for debate March 26-28. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the Affordable Care Act was constitutional. On Tuesday, the high court focused on the individual mandate – the requirement that most Americans have health insurance. College of Law Professor Elizabeth [...]
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