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By Martin Haro
FIU, JPMorgan Chase and Miami-Dade County Public schools come together to transform lives at Miami Northwestern Senior High By Deborah O’Neil, MA ’09 Every morning, a chorus of cheers and applause greets the students of Miami Northwestern as they start the day at Liberty City’s landmark high school. “It’s you! [...]
By jprenaud
Top ventures win $50,000 in awards With rising global interest in Latin American ventures, FIU’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference brought together entrepreneurs, investors and service providers in Miami for two days of deal-making, networking and education. Speakers from the top echelons of Latin American entrepreneurship, venture investing, international finance [...]
By Evelyn Perez
More than 20 agroscience juniors from the Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNA) in Honduras were hosted by the FIU Agroecology Program and the Department of Earth and Environment for a week-long, ecological agriculture workshop. The Consulate General of Honduras in Miami helped the university receive the students with a welcome address Oct. [...]
By Sissi Aguila
Ana Lourdes Ardon, the vice consul of Honduras in Miami, welcomed 45 agroecology students from Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNA) in Catacamas, Honduras, to FIU Oct. 17. The students were visiting FIU to learn more about agricultural practices through lectures and hands-on training. The students were hosted by the university’s agroecology [...]
By Karen Cochrane
It’s officially known as the “People’s Garden,” and it lived up to its billing Friday, Sept. 16, when 50 students from Miami Northwestern Senior High School visited FIU’s organic garden and nature preserve. The teenagers were hosted by FIU students, who shared their passion for gardening and sustainable living. The garden [...]
By Sissi Aguila
Grant aims to transform Miami Northwestern Senior High In partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida International University and JPMorgan Chase announced today a major investment of resources and support to help transform Miami Northwestern Senior High School. JPMorgan Chase presented a $1 million check during the official announcement of [...]
By Sissi Aguila
The courtroom was silent as the foreman rose to deliver the verdict in Nugent vs. the State. “Not guilty,” she said. The defense cheered and the prosecution received encouraging pats on the back. This was no ordinary court case: the judge and mentors were FIU college students and the prosecutors [...]
By Karen Cochrane
For some, preparing their tax return is a simple, albeit not enjoyable, exercise. For other people, help is sorely needed. This past tax season once again, accounting students from FIU’s College of Business Administration helped low-income earners complete their tax forms. The students participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [...]
By JoAnn Adkins
FIU’s Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS) will be helping to improve water quality in Rwanda. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded GLOWS a five-year, $21.9 million grant for a project dubbed Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program. The program is designed to positively impact human health, food [...]
By Karen Cochrane
Plans are already underway to expand next year’s program A pilot program to collect unwanted items from students moving out of the dorms for the summer has given renewed life to more than 3,000 lbs. of goods that were slated for the trash heap. The FIU GoGreen Team partnered with [...]
By Karen Cochrane
Three teams are New York City-bound after March 22 competition organized and hosted by Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence. Spain’s housing market slowdown. Greece’s high government deficit and debts. Germany’s globalization challenges, including immigration. Twelve teams of ninth and tenth graders from Miami to Fort Pierce tackled these complex [...]
By Sissi Aguila
Chef and food activist Jamie Oliver visited Booker T. Washington Senior High School Feb. 25 to meet with students and the creators of the Overtown Cookbook, a collaborative project between the high school and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Robert Stempel College of [...]
By Karen Cochrane
FIU hosted more than two dozen high school teams who came together to test their knowledge of math and science. For the second year in a row, the competition ended with an “overtime” round. It all came down to this: “Assuming the specific heat of aluminum is 0.9 Joules per [...]
By jprenaud
WHAT: Celebrity chef and food activist Jamie Oliver will visit Booker T. Washington Senior High School to meet with students and the creators of the Overtown Cookbook, a collaborative project between the high school and Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Robert [...]
By jprenaud
Unique partnership offers local students paid employment and real-life work experience Creating a talent pipeline for the future and providing employment opportunities for college students, Florida Power & Light Company and Florida International University have launched the utility’s first on-campus customer care center to answer calls from FPL customers in [...]
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