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As part of its 2012 Hearst Distinguished Lectures Series, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will present a two-day program exploring “What If Nobody Listened? How Whistleblowers and Journalists Expose Corruption, Skullduggery and Injustices” Feb. 8-9 at MMC and BBC In 1984, Meryl Streep received her fifth Academy Award nomination [...]
The Florida Board of Governors appointed Gerald Grant, Jr., to serve on Florida International University’s Board of Trustees. Grant is the branch director of financial planning for AXA Advisors, LLC – South Florida Branch. “FIU has made a tremendous difference in my life,” said Grant. “I have made a personal commitment to [...]
Used water bottles found new life as a compelling eco-art installation created by Honors College students taking Inhabiting Other Lives, a year-long course that gets students thinking about societal problems and encourages them to contribute to conversations and solutions surrounding those challenges. In this instance, the installation was designed to [...]
The Honors College is hosting a special lecture Tuesday, Jan. 25, with Holocaust survivor Joseph Weismann, who will discuss his harrowing experiences as an 11-year-old boy during the round-up and internment of thousands of Jews in the Velodrome d’Hiver in Paris by French police in July 1942. The lecture, which [...]
Carnegie designation ratifies historical focus Florida International University has attained the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Community Engagement Classification is awarded to institutions that demonstrate collaboration with their larger communities for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context [...]
The FIU Honors College kicked off its reforestation initiative with the City of Sweetwater, Fri., Nov. 19, by distributing and planting close to 200 trees. The project is part of the College’s partnership with the city and aims to promote urban forest development within this underserved community. The trees were [...]
MIAMI – Leaders from Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Florida International University have formed a taskforce to identify and leverage each organization’s strengths for the benefit of students and families throughout Miami-Dade County. “An M-DCPS – FIU partnership can be a national model that demonstrates the power and benefits of [...]
A memorial service celebrating the life of Honors College student Veronica Allais will be held at MMC on July 6. A scholarship fund has been set up in her memory. French-born Honors College student Veronica Allais came to FIU last year to complete her bachelor’s degree in international relations after [...]
FIU, the City of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Elementary hosted the first Honors College-Sweetwater Elementary Artistic Evening April 7 – an event that drew out FIU students, administrators and faculty, as well as a house full of proud Sweetwater Elementary parents. Art and music combined beautifully April 7 as FIU Honors [...]
WHAT: The Florida International University Honors College has joined with the City of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Elementary for an event that will showcase artistic works from both schools. The leadership class taught by FIU Professor Cecile Houry from the Honors College and the art and music teachers at Sweetwater Elementary [...]
