WHAT: In an annual rite of passage, College of Architecture + the Arts Professor Jaime Canaves’ students have created shoes that allow them to walk on water. To get an A, students must make it to the other side of a lake in a race aptly named “Walk on Water.” First [...]
Welcome to the neighborhood
09/20/2011 By
Everyone is all smiles at the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the College of Architecture + The Arts Miami Beach Urban Studios, FIU’s new facility on South Beach. The space will house graduate design studios for architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture students, practice rooms for music students, exhibition and graduate studios for [...]
Help the Frost Art Museum win an Inktel Innovations grant
07/27/2011 By
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum is in the running for a grant to help fund and expand its current Virtual Frost Project. The project will allow the museum’s exhibitions to be seen over the web in 360-degree views. Currently, the Frost is in third place. With this grant, [...]
The future of sustainable housing is under construction at FIU
07/06/2011 By
Construction on FIU’s house entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon is officially underway. The Solar Decathlon is an international competition that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive. A team of FIU students and faculty from the [...]
Miami Artist Xavier Cortada joins FIU’s College of Architecture + The Arts at Lincoln Road
06/22/2011 By
Miami artist Xavier Cortada will serve as founding director of the Office of Engaged Teaching, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (ETSCA) at Florida International University’s College of Architecture + The Arts. ETSCA will be located at FIU’s new space at 420 Lincoln Road, on South Beach and will offer an extraordinary [...]
FIYou: Kemal Gekic
01/27/2011 By
Name: Kemal Gekic Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Professor (Piano Performance), College of Architecture + the Arts, Music Department Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach piano and piano ensemble, performing, recording and master classes. Number of years at FIU: 11 What do you enjoy most about [...]
FIU and advocates get to work in 112th Congress
01/13/2011 By
The start of the 112th Congress in Washington, D.C., has been a busy one for FIU and its advocates. During last week’s swearing-in activities, a delegation of FIU’s alumni and friends welcomed returning champions back to Capitol Hill and were a part of the welcoming ceremonies for newly elected Senator [...]
FIU commemorates Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy
01/07/2011 By
Florida International University’s Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a weeklong celebration. In addition, a Frost Art Museum exhibit coordinated by professor Kalai Mathee will stage an exhibit inspired by King’s life and work. This year’s theme is “Martin Luther [...]
Winning landscape architecture designs highlight community needs
12/01/2010 By
In the Fall of 2008, Assistant Professor Roberto Rovira asked his design studio class to create a Center for Land Use Interpretation to integrate the natural and built environment along the Miami-Everglades boundary line, an often contested and ecologically rich area. The design class pushes students to explore creative ideas within [...]
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