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FIU Model UN was named Outstanding Small Delegation (2nd place) at the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) Dec. 4. The conference is considered the fall championship of collegiate Model United Nations. Yale took first place with Best Small Delegation. “Our goal was to win a delegation award [...]
Two years ago, architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie and a group of FIU students conceived a home design perfect for South Florida – one that could get all its energy from the sun. Last fall, they traveled to Washington, D.C., and built that house for a world-renowned competition: the 2011 U.S. [...]
FIU’s Alternative Theater Festival continues its tradition of presenting an innovative version of E.T.A Hoffman’s The Nutcraker with two shows taking place Wednesday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 10, benefiting FIU theatre and music scholarships. This year’s presentation, directed by FIU Theatre associate professor Phillip Church, integrates the tradition of narrative [...]
’Tis the season, and the Interior Architecture Department will kick off the festivities celebrating the silver anniversary of its Festival of the Trees. The annual festival’s opening evening is scheduled to take place Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the new Coral Gables Museum. Tickets are $65 and can [...]
A lot has happened in Henry Vega’s life since FIU Magazine profiled him in its Winter 2010 issue. The international electroacoustic composer recently released his second album, Wormsongs, featuring vocalist Anat Spiegel on eight new tracks of art music. He and his wife of seven years, Polish composer Kasia Glowicka, [...]
FIU Theatre‘s second production of the season brings The House of the Spirits to the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Main Stage at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Directed by Michael Yawney, this new play with songs by Caridad Svich is based on the best-selling novel by Isabel Allende, which [...]
Biscayne Bay Campus Vice Provost Steven Moll often refers to his campus as “beautiful BBC” – and with good reason: the sprawling North Miami location is surrounded by Biscayne Bay and native mangroves; adjacent to Oleta River State Park; and rich in open spaces. The university hosted its second annual [...]
Consider this news rated Art for art-mazing: FIU has launched LivetheArts.com, a new portal that will serve as the hub for everything artistic at the university. No longer will FIU arts aficionados have to surf numerous websites to find out what’s coming up in, say, the worlds of FIU Music [...]
FIU’s School of Music has joined forces with Florida Grand Opera (FGO) to present “An Evening of Dramatic Opera Scenes” on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature performances by members of the FIU Opera Theater and FGO’s Young Artists [...]
Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim strike a pose at the Second Annual Arts, Design & Culture Awards and Benefit Dinner Oct. 7, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The evening of celebration was in support of the College of Architecture + The Arts’ student scholarships, academic programs and annual initiatives. The [...]
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