News at FIU - Florida International University
News at FIU is the official news site of Florida International University
FIU Biomedical Engineering hosted the daylong EDC BioTech 2012 Conference in the Graham Center Ballrooms at Modesto A. Madique Campus May 9 – a move that reaffirmed the university’s commitment to South Florida’s development as a life sciences corridor. Recently, FIU convened Life Sciences South Florida, a work group comprised [...]
Event caps a week of celebrations recognizing FIU’s student employees Zackari Abeyta, an undergraduate work study student in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Disease, was named 2012 Student Employee of the Year. The announcement was made at the university’s third annual Student Employee of the Year Awards (SEOTY) [...]
About 25 members of the Interfraternity Council put on the highest heels they could walk on to make a statement of solidarity against sexual abuse as part of Take Back the Night events at Modesto A. Maidique Campus April 9. The gents gathered in the Graham Center Pit and put [...]
Take Back the Night is an annual international event that raises awareness about sexual abuse. Program organizers were out the morning of April 4 setting up a display behind the Graham Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus to promote FIU’s event on Tuesday, April 10, at 7 p.m.
The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is scheduled for April 12 The Frost Art Museum will host another outdoor movie screening this spring, on Thursday, April 12, and the powers that be are once again letting you choose what we’re watching. Earlier in March, the museum showed [...]
FIU is having this year’s first budget town hall meeting to discuss the 2012-13 fiscal year on Thursday, March 29. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the Marc Pavilion at Modesto A. Maidique Campus, will address the latest budget dynamics and options for the next two academic years. [...]
Biology major Ivette Alfonso studies for chemistry class in the Chemistry & Physics building at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Good luck, Ivette; the panther element is in you. Through the windows behind her you can see the construction on the new Science Classroom Complex.
Beginning 5 p.m. Friday, March 9, the road known as University Way will be closed for the next 18 months so that work can begin on the construction of new residence halls and a new parking garage on the west side of Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Faculty, staff and students [...]
Name: Jörg Reinhold Hometown: Well, it depends on what you mean by that, but my home now is in Coral Gables, Fla. Job Title/Department: Associate Professor, Department of Physics Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach physics and conduct research in experimental nuclear physics. Number of years [...]
Business freshman Melissa Perdomo and her friend, psychology freshman Natalie Abrahante (left), walked Perdomo’s sister’s adorable Mi-Ki, Hope, on campus last week. Hope caught our eye because for a small dog – she’s part Maltese, part Papillon and part Japanese chin – she has a lot of personality.
Follow Us!