Faculty profile: Hakan Yilmazkuday

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This is the seventh article in a series highlighting some of the 124 faculty members who were hired during the 2011-2012 academic year When you walk into Hakan Yilmazkuday’s office, you are first greeted by a dry erase board. It’s placed high up on the wall, nearly lining up with the [...]

FIU to be honored for promoting Portuguese language, Brazilian culture

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FIU will be honored with a Brazilian International Press (BIP) Award as an Outstanding Institution Promoting Portuguese Language at the Amaturo Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, May 4. “This award has been around for 15 years and has presence in countries like Brazil, the U.S., Japan and [...]

FIU welcomes Dipak Jain

President Mark B. Rosenberg gives Dipak Jain a tour of the Ronald W. Regan Presidential House during an April 29th reception.

Dipak Jain, chairman of the Jain Education & Research Foundation, received an honorary degree from the College of Arts & Sciences during Spring 2012 Commencement. Jain currently serves as dean of INSEAD, one of the largest business graduate schools in the world. As chairman of the Jain Education & Research Foundation, [...]

The future of Venezuela’s political landscape

An academic discussion about the opposition primaries and the president’s health Two events have reignited the discussion on Venezuelan politics in recent weeks: the opposition primaries propelled Gov. Henrique Capriles into the Venezuelan presidential race and President Hugo Chavez continues to experience health issues. FIU’s School of International and Public [...]

FIU alumnus earns Capitol Hill internship experience

Abdel Perea, '11, at Howard University for the Rangel Fellowship final interviews

Abdel Perera, ‘11, is headed to Capitol Hill in May. The School of International and Public Affairs alumnus has been awarded a 2012 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship. Perera was among 20 national finalists competing for the prestigious award. “I was very excited to represent FIU in the finals,” Perera said. “I did [...]

SIPA to host academic discussion about Venezuela’s political future

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Recent events that have ignited global interest in the future of Venezuela’s political landscape will be the topic of discussion during a March 27 event hosted by FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs. The issue of current President Hugo Chavez’s recurring health problems coupled with the recent primaries that [...]

FIU alumni are Rangel finalists

Raphael Garcia outside the White House. He is currently interning at a lobbying firm in D.C.

FIU School of International and Public Affairs alumni, Ernesto Alfonso and Abdel Perrera, are finalists for the 2012 Rangel Program: International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. The Rangel Program, formally named the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, will award 20 graduate fellowships valued at more than $90,000 each. The funds [...]

FIU symposium commemorates 50th anniversary of the end of the Algerian War

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The FIU Department of Modern Languages will host an international symposium, The Legacy of the Algerian War: Between History, Memory and Representations, March 22 and 23 in the MARC Pavillion at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The two-day event is free and open to the public. A reception and introduction [...]

Judaic lecture series features ‘Dolphin Boy’ documentary

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The FIU Judaic Studies Program will host a screening of “Dolphin Boy” at noon Friday, March 9 at Academic Health Center 3 (AHC-3), room 205. An interactive discussion with the film co-producer Judith Manassen-Ramon and Maria Pienkowski-Gunia, a senior research support specialist with the FIU Center for Children and Families, will [...]

FIU senior wins cultural immersion experience in Germany

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Timur Kuzibaev, a senior majoring in political science, has received a 2012-2013 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program fellowship and will leave for Germany in July. Kuzibaev was one of three FIU students invited to the final round of interviews for the program which was hosted at the Modesto A. Maidique [...]