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When the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale recently opened its new EcoDiscovery Center, FIU researchers delivered a unique Everglades exhibit. Sitting at the center of the major, 34,000-square-foot expansion is a kiosk housing the latest tracking data for a variety of predators that currently populate the Everglades [...]
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 [...]
In the Fall of 2008, Assistant Professor Roberto Rovira asked his design studio class to create a Center for Land Use Interpretation to integrate the natural and built environment along the Miami-Everglades boundary line, an often contested and ecologically rich area. The design class pushes students to explore creative ideas within [...]
Rudolf Jaffé, environmental chemist at FIU, has been named the first George Barley Professor in Everglades Research. FIU recently established the professorship to recognize an educator within the College of Arts & Sciences dedicated to research that focuses on the preservation of America’s Everglades. Jaffé is a professor in the [...]
FIU researcher Kirk Gastrich is recuperating after a close encounter with a 6-foot lemon shark Wednesday, April 28. Gastrich was bitten around his elbow by a shark he was measuring during a routine research trip. Gastrich, along with a team of researchers, were working near the mouth of Shark River [...]
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm leads a group of researchers and graduate students studying the wetlands of the Everglades and Mexican Yucatan. The research team’s findings could reveal if projected dramatic changes in these ecosystems’ futures are true. By Grant Smith A team of four universities led by FIU’s Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm received a [...]
