A rock-in’ good time

Photo: Christian Williams.

Approximately 300 FIU Greeks participated in the 21st annual Rock-a-Thon hosted by Phi Sigma Sigma Feb. 17 in the GC Pit at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event was a philanthropic effort to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation and the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation while having fun. Each [...]

Tianjin faculty demonstrate Chinese brush painting

In one hour, TUC faculty-artists painted  "Green Lotus Palm" to give to the FIU community.

Faculty-artists from the School of the Arts at Tianjin University of Commerce visited MMC Feb. 10 to share the art of Chinese brush painting FIU art lovers were schooled in Chinese brush painting Feb. 10. A delegation from the School of the Arts at Tianjin University of Commerce (TUC) in [...]

Dance Marathon a ‘personal’ event for student

Per tradition, the total raised at Dance Marathon is announced at the end of the event. More than $60,000 was raised in 2012.

Alfredo Brown is 21 years old. He’s a sports management senior at FIU, and the president of Pi Kappa Phi. Today, he is a healthy young man, but he once was known as a Miracle Child. He was born three months premature, and among the problems he faced were a [...]

Why the whistleblower-journalist relationship matters

Photo: Courtesy of HuffingtonPost.com.

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 [...]

Vote for the next Movie on the Lawn

Photo: Allison Diaz for "The Miami Herald."

The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 1 The Frost Art Museum wants you to help pick the next movie we’re watching. Yup, after successful outdoor screenings of the documentary I Am and the Halloween classic Beetlejuice, the powers that be at [...]

FIYou: Eric Brewe

FIYou - Eric Brewe

Name: Eric Brewe Hometown: Long Beach, Ind. Job Title/Department: Assistant Professor of Science Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: My job is to promote learning science by teaching courses for high school teachers on teaching science, by teaching physics courses that promote [...]

FIU Theatre’s ‘In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play)’ opens Jan. 27

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FIU Theatre’s third production of the season brings In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play) to the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Black Box Theatre at Modesto A. Maidique Campus beginning on Friday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. The show will run through Sunday, Feb. 12. Directed by international guest [...]

President Rosenberg’s message about on-campus demonstrations

The following message was sent from President Mark B. Rosenberg to the university community on January 18, 2012. Dear students, faculty and staff: I know that many of you have heard that two students and five individuals who are not students were arrested on Thursday, January 12 for disrupting school [...]

FIYou: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10

FIYou - Chaundra Whitehead

Name: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10. I’m currently pursuing a Ed.D. in adult education and human resource development. Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla. Job Title/Department: I’m the managing editor of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, a quarterly publication produced by the Department of Leadership and Professional Studies in [...]

The musical engineer

Alex Delascasas - Electrical Engineering Alex studies electrical engineering at FIU but loves to enjoy the MMC campus and play his guitar outside the library.

Alex Delascasas studies electrical engineering at FIU but loves to enjoy Modesto A. Maidique Campus and play his guitar outside the library. Wonder if he has seen this video?