FIU Benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim receives Horatio Alger Award for perseverance over adversity

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 [...]

‘Advertising for Health’ at The Wolfsonian–FIU explores nearly a century of medical advertising

Sign, Cafiaspirina, c. 1930. Published by Bayer, Brazil. Commercial lithograph, metal. The Wolfsonian-FIU. Gift of William H. Helfand, XC2009.07.12.9.

The Wolfsonian-FIU’s latest installation, Advertising for Health, explores nearly a century of advertising for medicine, pharmacy and public health. The installation features rare advertisements, printed ephemera and posters from a recent gift by William H. Helfand, a recognized author and print collector. Together with a selection of printed materials and objects [...]