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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 [...]
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 [...]
FIU alumni invented a kitchen appliance that provides a healthy alternative to ice cream. Now their cool invention is hotter than a South Florida summer day. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill Eileen McHale ‘93 loves ice [...]
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.
At one point in his life, after he joined the army to escape a girlfriend who broke his heart, after he left his wife for gambling away their money, after he was kicked out of the military for abusing alcohol, Aaron Alvin Sr. lived in Memphis, homeless and addicted to [...]
Ishmael Khaldi, the Middle East and Arab Affairs advisor to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, will deliver a lecture Tuesday, Sept. 20, in FIU’s Graham Center, Room 150, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Titled “Israel Today and the Arab Spring,” the lecture is scheduled for 10 a.m. and is free and [...]
This is the first post in an occasional series exploring some of the special spaces and unique attributes of the campuses of FIU. It’s an oasis of calm amidst the hustle and bustle of Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Conservatory houses a mini tropical rainforest featuring [...]
The challenges facing the global community are not small: world poverty, health care coverage amid vast disparities, and global environmental sustainability in the 21st century. To address these issues, FIU’s second Geopolitical Summit, which took place Oct. 18-19, gathered some of the world’s foremost minds for a forum that fostered [...]
The College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) joined forces with the gentlemen of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Nov. 8 to fight hunger in South Florida. Ken Furton, the dean of CAS, climbed into a dunk tank on the Graham Center lawn, in his suit and tie, to help raise money [...]
