WHAT: Florida International University professors, students and administrators are headed to Orlando this week to honor and recruit some of Florida’s brightest high school students at the annual Sunshine State Scholars Program. The state’s top students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and their parents will be courted much like [...]
Early spatial thinking skills predictor of STEM achievement
12/16/2011 By
Recent graduates may be surprised to learn that the vocabulary their parents used with them as children may have had a hand in their chosen field of study. Those graduating with a STEM-related degree (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) can look forward to the more than 8 million jobs that [...]
Betty G. Reader estate pledges $600,000 to establish scholarship fund at FIU
10/27/2011 By
FIU has received a $600,000 estate commitment to establish the Betty G. Reader Scholarship Fund for students who have demonstrated exemplary service to and leadership in the Jewish community. The first FIU scholarship to recognize students for their service to the Jewish community, the fund will honor Reader’s legacy and [...]
Science education gets $1 million boost
05/21/2010 By
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded FIU $1 million to expand its unique approach to physics education across the physical sciences. Physics students at FIU don’t just read about electricity. They use magnets to generate voltage and study it. They don’t take notes about energy. They drop a dodgeball on [...]
FIU’s new approach to teaching sends scientists into the classroom
11/30/2009 By
MIAMI – Florida International University’s College of Arts and Sciences has joined forces with the College of Education to transform science and math education and graduate scientists poised to become trailblazing teachers in their fields. Through FIU’s new secondary teacher education programs, the College of Arts and Sciences prepares students [...]
