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Rita M. Cauce, librarian at the FIU Green Library, browses through shirts from a local vendor at the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) Market. “More students need to get out here. The vendors have beautiful things that are really unique and different,” Cauce said. A number of local vendors offer a [...]
The Atala butterfly, once thought extinct in Florida, has found a new home in the gardens of FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. In recent months, students have noticed an increasing number of the butterflies with dark wings and distinct coloration – male Atala have metallic green markings while the females have [...]
FIU’s Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will be commemorating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a two week-long celebration inspired by King’s life and work. The MLK Commemorative Celebration is one of the most anticipated annual university events on campus. Below is a list of events for this [...]
FIU has spent the past week welcoming 46,000 students to its campuses for the 2011 Fall Semester. The welcome banners are up, the bookstores are stacked with textbooks, and the Facilities Planning & Construction Department is working at full throttle. During the summer, the department was involved in five major [...]
Three FIU students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s (SJMC) Global Strategic Communications graduate program were awarded mentored research scholarships from locally based literary company Jewish Book Summaries (JBS). The students are preparing, creating and implementing a comprehensive marketing communications plan with JBS during the summer 2011 semester. JBS [...]
The Pic of the Week winner for April 25 – May 2 is Dayana Iglesias, whose aerial photo of the Biscayne Bay Campus received 59 votes. “I took this picture at 10:30 a.m. from the third floor breezeway between Academic I and Academic II,” said Iglesias. “As I looked around, [...]
On April 14, Ayato Kaneko, his wife, their 3-year-old daughter and their 7-month-old son packed all they could fit into four suitcases and left their home in Japan. Bound for the United States, the family hopes to start a new life following the triple catastrophe of the March 11 earthquake, [...]
The Student Government Association at Biscayne Bay Campus hosted on Feb. 9 hip-hop artist and actor Common. The entertainer spoke on “The Effects of Hip-Hop on American Society” as part of the SGA-BBC Lecture Series. Common started the event with a freestyle about FIU. Thank you to YouTuber adgirl11 for capturing the [...]
“Last night I had a dream,” said President Mark B. Rosenberg when he first introduced “FIU in 2020,” a video glimpse into what FIU could look like in the year 2020. Based on comments on YouTube, there are a few doubters. But there are also many who’ve witnessed the incredible speed [...]
Betsy reads your comments Nov. 18
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!
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