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FIU has established the Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship of Jain Studies, the first professorship of its kind in the western world. The Jain Education and Research Foundation donated $600,000 to establish the endowed professorship in the Department ofReligious Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. Nathan Katz, FIU professor who [...]
Picture it: Miami, 1987. Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air Mass at FIU. Twenty-two years later, official selections of the first John Paul II International Film Festival, co-sponsored by the university’s Program for the Study of Spirituality, will be shown at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. “We are very [...]
Eleven FIU professors have been selected in 2009 to receive awards of up to $15,000 to foster entrepreneurial activities, research and courses within their disciplines. By Martin Haro Congratulations go out to the 11 FIU faculty members recently chosen as 2009 Kauffman Professors. The winners are: David Bray, College of [...]
