FIU public health professor receives Presidential award for her research

09/26/2011 By
From right to left: Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Mary Jo Trepka, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, and John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Photo: NASA/Paul E. Alers

FIU Public Health Professor Mary Jo Trepka received one of the country’s highest honors for researchers on Friday, Oct. 14. President Obama named Trepka, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, as one of the recipients of the Presidential [...]

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New York Times journalist discusses foreign policy challenges facing Obama

11/24/2009 By
Giacomo

By Sissi Aguila “Does anyone want to be President today?” asked Carol Giacomo, foreign policy journalist and member of The New York Times editorial board. The audience of more than 75 FIU students, faculty members and staff gathered at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center was silent with the exception of [...]

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FIU Experts: Honduras is Obama’s first major test in Latin America

07/09/2009 By
Ousted Honduran President Jose MAnuel Zelaya and Roberto Michellitti accept mediation by Costa Rican president

The crisis in Honduras will test President Obama’s ability to mediate a peaceful and acceptable resolution in the Central American country, FIU experts said this week at a panel discussion on the crisis. “President Obama and his administration are trying to reestablish a relationship with the region,” said Eduardo A. [...]

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