FIU awards $60,000 for student research in the Everglades

Mehroonsh Mahmoudi is one of eight FIU students to receive a Cristina Menendez Fellowship this year.

Eight FIU graduate students were awarded the 2011-12 Cristina Menendez Fellowship by the Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC) and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians to support their ongoing research in the Everglades. The grants, worth $7,500 each, were given to students in the Biological Sciences, Earth and Environment and Chemistry and Biochemistry departments in the College [...]