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President Mark B. Rosenberg hosted a Worlds Ahead screening Nov. 2 in the Graham Center Ballrooms at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. More than 500 members of the FIU community enjoyed four films that highlight community engagement projects in the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; the Honors College; the School of [...]
Two FIU innovators were recently recognized as Technology Leaders of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. FIU engineering doctoral student Fausto Fleites ’09 was awarded Top Technology Student of the Year and alumnus Albert Santalo MBA ’97, president and CEO of CareCloud in Miami, won The Best [...]
Florida International University has a number of professors who study Chile and Latin America, as well as professors who can address issues related to the earthquake in Chile. Several have been featured or quoted in stories about the recent earthquake in Haiti. This is a list of experts willing to [...]
By Sissi Aguila When Michael Zecca left the Army and announced he was going to college, his mother asked, “So you’re going to be an astronaut?” A veteran and a practical man, Zecca was amused. That was something he’d said in kindergarten. After an adolescence spent barely scraping by, often [...]
MIAMI – Florida International University College of Engineering and Computing Dean Amir Mirmiran has been named the Miami-Dade American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Engineer of the Year, adding to his list of accomplishments since assuming leadership of the college. Mirmiran, 48, who became the college’s dean in February after [...]
On Sept. 14, Titan America LLC, the premier cement and building materials producer in the eastern United States, presented FIU a $250,000 gift – worth $500,000 with state match. The donation will support FIU’s Structures and Construction Testing Laboratory in the College of Engineering and Computing. In recognition of the [...]
By Sissi Aguila One of the most sophisticated labs of its kind in the nation, FIU’s Integrated Intelligent Transportation System Laboratory (IITS) at the Lehman Center for Transportation Research officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, May 11. Researchers will use the high-tech facility in collaboration with state and local [...]
The path, built with personalized bricks, will lead to an eco-friendly “Central Park” gathering spot at the CEC campus. By Isadora Rangel Alumni from the FIU College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) can leave their permanent mark at the school. The construction of a brick path with the names of alumni, staff, [...]
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