FIU, Miami HEAT help restore the mangroves

The School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) teamed up April 11 with the Miami HEAT, Shake-A-Leg, City of Miami and volunteers from Duffy’s Sports Bar & Grill and Canon Office Solutions for HEAT Beach Sweep, an annual beach clean-up project and pro-conservation campaign. The group planted red mangroves along [...]

FIU Health opens its doors to South Florida community

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Physicians with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University are now available to see patients through FIU Health, a unified system that provides access to world-class care. Unveiled today to community leaders, FIU Health includes many of the best doctors in South Florida, in addition to nationally [...]

Mastering illicit markets, transnational crime and globalization

Liana

To learn more about FIU’s new master’s in Global Governance, FIU News recently caught up with Liana Reyes, a student in the program based at FIU’s Downtown Brickell location. We asked her about the new program, what drives her and how she felt about the facilities in Downtown Miami. Here’s what she [...]

Alligator researcher wins science policy experience in Washington, D.C.

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Adam Rosenblatt, a Ph.D. candidate in the FIU Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded the 2012 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). He is headed to Washington, D.C., for the Congressional Visits Day March 28-29. Rosenblatt is one of three national finalists invited to the annual science policy experience. The [...]

NFL cheerleader turned scientist to give lecture at FIU

Mireya Mayor's "Pink Boots and a Machete"

Mireya Mayor, anthropologist, primatologist, wildlife correspondent and motivational speaker, will present “My Wild Life” Friday, March 23 at Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall 1100 (RDB 1100) in the FIU College of Law. The seminar is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Mayor is the daughter of [...]

FIU symposium commemorates 50th anniversary of the end of the Algerian War

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The FIU Department of Modern Languages will host an international symposium, The Legacy of the Algerian War: Between History, Memory and Representations, March 22 and 23 in the MARC Pavillion at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The two-day event is free and open to the public. A reception and introduction [...]

FIU senior wins cultural immersion experience in Germany

Timur Kuzibaev

Timur Kuzibaev, a senior majoring in political science, has received a 2012-2013 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program fellowship and will leave for Germany in July. Kuzibaev was one of three FIU students invited to the final round of interviews for the program which was hosted at the Modesto A. Maidique [...]

Star Party Jan. 27

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Join physics professor James Webb for a star party Friday, Jan. 27. Every semester, Webb hosts a series of parties, sharing his passion for astronomy with the general public. These nighttime events feature a brief lecture and refreshments, capped off by a chance at some stargazing, weather permitting This event will [...]

Mariel boatlift crucial to cementing national gay movement, says FIU historian

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Jan. 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the Dade County Commission approving a law that outlawed discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public services. On April 20, 1980, Fidel Castro proclaimed that any Cuban who wished to immigrate to the United States could leave. During the ensuing months, more [...]

Future Florida senator

Nathaly Pena

Political science major Nathaly Pena transcribes her notes at the FIU Bookstore.”I’d love to be a senator for the State of Florida and move on to be an ambassador,” she says.