WHAT: The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University will present “Classically Cuban: Cuban Music in the U.S.,” a concert of music compiled by author and independent scholar Emilio Cueto. The program includes pieces written from 1840 through the 1990s by Cuban composers living in both Cuba and the U.S. [...]
FIU Benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim receives Horatio Alger Award for perseverance over adversity
04/20/2011 By
Long-time FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim received the 2011 International Horatio Alger Award in recognition of his personal and professional accomplishments, despite humble and challenging beginnings. After accepting the award on April 8 in Washington, D.C., Wertheim was formally inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The 11 [...]
Jazz legends unite in benefit concert for FIU School of Music
01/26/2011 By
FIU School of Music, in partnership with WDNA Public Radio, presents Jazz pianist and composer Steve Allee; saxophonist Gary Campbell with the FIU Jazz Quartet; and the highly acclaimed FIU quartet-in-residence Amernet String Quartet in concert on Feb. 1. Proceeds from the event will benefit the FIU School of Music scholarship [...]
Israeli ambassador to discuss U.S.-Israel relations
01/13/2011 By
Michael B. Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, will offer a historical and personal perspective of U.S.-Israel relations during a lecture at Florida International University. The lecture is part of the prestigious Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series. It will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at [...]
FIU to present four centuries of Cuban and Spanish music at “Classically Cuban” concert
12/07/2010 By
WHAT: The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University will present “Classically Cuban: Ida y Vuelta (Roundtrip),” a concert arranged by Cuban collector and independent scholar Emilio Cueto, featuring an anthology of songs and instrumental pieces, some composed by Spaniards and dedicated to Cuba, and others the work of Cuban [...]
A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part II
10/15/2010 By
The show’s costume designer Angelina Esposito gives us a tour of the FIU Theatre costume shop, as well as a sneak peek at the wardrobe for the upcoming staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera at MMC. The show will run for three weeks beginning Nov. 4 in the [...]
A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part I
10/08/2010 By
The show’s musical director Emmanuel Schvartzman ’09 gives us a preview of the upcoming staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera at MMC. The show will run for three weeks beginning Nov. 4 in the Main Stage of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center. Regular news.FIU.edu readers may have noticed [...]
CARTA kicks off 2010-’11 season of events
10/05/2010 By
The College of Architecture + The Arts hosted its annual Arts, Design and Culture event Sept. 30 at the Frost Art Museum at MMC to celebrate the beginning of the college’s many upcoming events. The unmistakable bars of “Seasons of Love” echoed through the galleries of the Frost Art Museum [...]
FIU students welcomed to medical profession in White Coat Ceremony
08/04/2010 By
MIAMI – The FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine will hold a White Coat Ceremony for its second incoming class on Friday, Aug. 6, continuing the tradition through which medical students formally begin their journey toward becoming physicians. The ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. at the Herbert and [...]
