WHAT: A national authority on university-community engagement, Ira Harkavy, founding director of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, will be visiting Florida International University to discuss FIU’s engagement efforts and help create strategies and avenues for faculty, students and partners to work together to tackle [...]
FIU, JPMorgan Chase to invest in Liberty City
09/07/2011 By
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 [...]
Students of math, science shine in South Florida Regional Science Bowl
02/25/2011 By
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 [...]
FIU: Engaged in finding solutions
01/05/2011 By
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 [...]
