Seven teams of Miami-Dade high school students have designed ways to reduce the impact of hurricane force winds on a flat roof building. On Wednesday, May 22, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., FIU’s team of researchers from the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) will judge the student rooftop models as they [...]
High school students test rooftop models against hurricane force winds in Wall of Wind Challenge
By Marlen Mursuli
05/21/2013 Leave a Comment
Heithaus Lab Blog launches with shark research trip to La Réunion
By Evelyn Perez
05/15/2013 1 Comment
Mike Heithaus, executive director of the School of Environment, Arts and Society and marine sciences professor, has launched the Heithaus Lab Blog. The blog highlights work from long-term studies in Shark Bay, Australia and the Florida Everglades, as well as newer studies across the globe. Most recently, Heithaus and Jeremy [...]
Psychology professor recognized for HIV and drug abuse research
By Ayleen Barbel Fattal
05/15/2013 Leave a Comment
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded psychology professor Raul Gonzalez the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award for 2013. This prestigious and highly selective national award is conferred annually by the Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research at NIDA to recognize outstanding early career investigators. Gonzalez, who also [...]
A piece of FIU at Disney’s Epcot Center
By Eduardo Merille
05/14/2013 Leave a Comment
That’s right panthers. FIU’s original Wall of Wind makes a cameo in an exhibit called Stormsturck at Epcot Innoventions. In 2007, RennaisanceRe sponsored the original 6-fan-Wall of Wind. The company worked with Disney to include footage and a recreation of it in an exhibit focused on hurricane mitigation and safety called [...]
SEAS, Zoo Miami kick off “Zoo FIU” lecture series Friday May 17
By Evelyn Perez
05/13/2013 Leave a Comment
The School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) and Zoo Miami will kick off its “Zoo FIU” lecture series Friday, May 17, with a talk by FIU zoologist and ecologist, Kristin Bishop. The talk, titled “The Cost of Stealth: Mechanics of Walking in Dogs and Cats,” is scheduled for 7 [...]
GLOWS hosts first water resources management workshop in Mexico City
By Evelyn Perez
05/09/2013 Leave a Comment
FIU’s Global Waters for Sustainability Program (GLOWS) and the Climate Change Research Program at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) hosted a water resources management workshop April 24-25 in Mexico City. The workshop, titled “Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Face of Climate Variability and Change,” gathered [...]
Psychology students help children with developmental challenges get ready for preschool
By Ayleen Barbel Fattal
05/03/2013 Leave a Comment
FIU psychology students are providing one-on-one therapy to children who have or are at risk for developmental delays or disorders, including autism. The program is called Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI). It’s an applied behavior analysis (ABA) program conducted at the FIU Center for Children and Families and designed to [...]
Secondary Education program celebrates milestones
By Evelyn Perez
05/02/2013 Leave a Comment
FIU graduated their first Earth Science Education majors during the spring semester’s commencement ceremony for the School of Environment, Arts and Society in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Earth Sciences with Earth Science Education degree program was first implemented by the college’s Department of Earth and Environment in [...]
Researcher finds answers to food security with honeybees
By Evelyn Perez
04/25/2013 1 Comment
Stephany Alvarez-Ventura ’09, MS ’11 is finding answers to food security by studying honeybees. Colony collapse disorder, a serious issue in agriculture and food security, occurs when worker bees abruptly disappear from a beehive. Alvarez-Ventura examined the effectiveness of different methods for controlling Varroa destructor mites, the honebybee parasite that is [...]
Researchers to study impact of healthy living choices on seniors
By Marlen Mursuli
04/23/2013 Leave a Comment
As baby boomers reach retirement, they continue to defy the standards of what is physically possible past the age of 65. Their expectation to live longer and more active lives is leading to a series of research studies at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Using unparalleled access to retirees [...]
Professor studies Jewish movement in Papua New Guinea
By Marlen Mursuli
04/23/2013 1 Comment
In a remote corner of Papua New Guinea, the scholar known internationally as the “British Indiana Jones” is tracking a global phenomenon of tribal people identifying themselves as a Lost Tribe of Israel. Florida International University religious studies professor Tudor Parfitt recently conducted a research expedition to Papua New Guinea, [...]
Researchers uncover mystery of charcoal’s fate
By JoAnn Adkins
04/18/2013 3 Comments
An international team of researchers, led by FIU Chemistry Professor Rudolf Jaffé and Thorsten Dittmar of the German Max Planck Society, has uncovered one of nature’s long-kept secrets — the true fate of charcoal in the world’s soils. A seemingly ordinary topic, being able to determine the fate of charcoal [...]
New technique to deliver life-saving drugs to the brain
By Marlen Mursuli
04/16/2013 3 Comments
In a study published in the April 16 issue of Nature Communications, researchers from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a revolutionary technique they have developed that can deliver and fully release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into the brain. Madhavan Nair, professor and chair, and Sakhrat Khizroev, professor in [...]
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Susan G. Komen join forces for underserved women
By Marlen Mursuli
04/16/2013 Leave a Comment
The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at FIU is partnering with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Miami/Ft. Lauderdale to promote breast health and early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in underserved populations of North Miami Dade. “This relationship will help us deliver on our mission to address community [...]
Student researchers take top honors at STEM symposium
By Amy Ellis
04/11/2013
Original research conducted by an FIU undergraduate student could someday lead to safer treatments for melanoma, the deadliest and most aggressive form of skin cancer. Ruslan Garcia, a senior studying biological sciences, presented his findings at the first STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored by Life Sciences South Florida, a consortium [...]
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