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The FIU Center for Leadership hosted nearly 100 of Greater Miami’s top business, community and civic leaders at the Miami Leadership Summit Jan. 17. The summit was the brainchild of President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique. The group developed specific ideas to position the region as a global competitor economically, culturally [...]
Thirty-five years ago today, Jan. 18, the Dade County Commission approved a law that outlawed discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public services. In a Miami Herald op-ed, Julio Capó Jr. ’11 – who graduated from FIU with a Ph.D. last summer and wrote his dissertation on the history [...]
Jan. 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the Dade County Commission approving a law that outlawed discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public services. On April 20, 1980, Fidel Castro proclaimed that any Cuban who wished to immigrate to the United States could leave. During the ensuing months, more [...]
Discussion panel focused on obstacles and opportunities female entrepreneurs face today FIU’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference will feature a unique look at the challenges and triumphs of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and South Florida, as part of its comprehensive focus on venture capital success in the region. The [...]
With the holidays as a background, FIU’s student-athletes, faculty and staff were all about giving back during the last week, delivering toys and spreading cheer throughout South Florida. The holidays are a time of celebration, and at FIU we like to look back on the year that was, while looking, [...]
Steve Oberbauer’s extensive research supports the belief that man is precipitating climate change around the world. By Martin Haro FIU biology professor Steve Oberbauer spends about three months of the year in the Alaskan tundra, the Costa Rican rainforest and the Florida Everglades, researching climate change and focusing on plant [...]
