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English and Creative Writing professor Campbell McGrath was recently named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow. McGrath was one of 52 recipients across the nation to receive the unrestricted $50,000 grant Dec. 5. The fellowships support artists in the fields of architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media, [...]
Architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie writes a comprehensive guide to Miami-Dade’s historic structures and neighborhoods By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 Moorish arches and golden domes peak out behind 25-foot palm trees. Reminiscent of a magnificent palace in North Africa, the thick stucco structure, whimsically painted pink, white and yellow, is [...]
FIU’s Campbell McGrath, Philip & Patricia Frost Professor of Creative Writing and MacArthur “genius,” wrote a poem commemorating the installation of Mark B. Rosenberg as president at FIU. McGrath had this to say about “Another Beautiful Day in Miami”: “Reflecting on the history of South Florida, the city of Miami, and of FIU, [...]
The FIU College of Architecture + The Arts has brought together the innovative and artistic minds of music, art and architecture to create a video opera entitled “Transcending Time,” premiering in the Music Biennale in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 22, 2009. ”Transcending Time” is a non-narrative video opera with five [...]
FIU President Modesto A. Maidique recognized FIU faculty members from a breadth of disciplines for their outstanding achievements in research and scholarship at a reception on Tuesday, March 31, at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Home located at University Park. More than two dozen distinguished members of the FIU academic community [...]
