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WHAT: Latin Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres will host “Havana Forever: A Cuban Music Love Affair,” as he conducts the FIU Danzon/Charanga Ensemble performing a selection of timeless music from Cuba, as well as Havana inspired original compositions. Throughout the program, Torres will share personal stories about his discovery of music. The concert will [...]
WHAT: More than 100 underprivileged Miami-Dade County children will have their holiday wishes come true at Florida International University’s 19th Annual Holiday Celebration for Children. Third, fourth and fifth grade students from 14 Miami-Dade County public schools have been invited to this holiday luncheon where they’ll meet Santa and visit [...]
Veteran journalist and professor Raul Reis has assumed the deanship at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC). Reis’ goal is to position the school as a globally engaged education leader in journalism, advertising and public relations across multiple traditional, multimedia, digital and hybrid platforms. He succeeds Dean Lillian [...]
Top ventures win $50,000 in awards With rising global interest in Latin American ventures, FIU’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference brought together entrepreneurs, investors and service providers in Miami for two days of deal-making, networking and education. Speakers from the top echelons of Latin American entrepreneurship, venture investing, international finance [...]
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. [...]
Rosanna M. Fiske, a seasoned public relations professional and faculty member at FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named by HispanicBusiness magazine’s latest edition as one of the 100 most influential Hispanic business executives. Fiske, who currently serves as chair and CEO of the Public Relations Society [...]
Florida International University’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference will bring cutting-edge companies from Latin America and South Florida together with leading financiers to continue the work of job creation, economic expansion and alliance building that began at 2010’s inaugural conference. The conference, scheduled for November 16-17 at the Biltmore Hotel [...]
First-of-its-kind program offers hope to students with intellectual disabilities In many ways, Carolina Puig’s freshman year at FIU is a typical one: new friends, new school, new adventures. Carolina, however, is not a typical FIU student. While her red book bag is filled with college textbooks, Carolina, 19, reads at [...]
Law students help those eligible for naturalization complete forms FIU’s College of Law will be hosting a Citizenship Drive to help individuals eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship complete their N-400 naturalization forms. Under the supervision of Clinical Professor Juan Gomez, law students in the Carlos A. Costa Immigration and [...]
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