Wine expert discusses connections between smell and memories at BBC

Oct 20

“It’s really amazing how powerful smell is, and wine is a powerful key to unlocking a memory,” said instructor and wine expert William Pelzer during the second fall colloquium The Honors College presented at Biscayne Bay Campus Oct. 13. No, Pelzer wasn’t suggesting we run out to the store and [...]

FIU: Creating solutions for South Florida

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President Mark B. Rosenberg hosted a Worlds Ahead screening Nov. 2 in the Graham Center Ballrooms at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. More than 500 members of the FIU community enjoyed four films that highlight community engagement projects in the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; the Honors College; the School of [...]

Honors College, Sweetwater Elementary celebrate student art in Artistic Evening

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FIU, the City of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Elementary hosted the first Honors College-Sweetwater Elementary Artistic Evening April 7 – an event that drew out FIU students, administrators and faculty, as well as a house full of proud Sweetwater Elementary parents. Art and music combined beautifully April 7 as FIU Honors [...]

Donate blood Jan. 26-27, support Honors College seminar

Jan 11

This Jan. 26-27, for every person who donates blood at Modesto A. Maidique Campus, the Aesthetics & Values Honors College seminar will receive $10 from the Community Blood Centers of South Florida, a non-profit, all voluntary blood collection agency. The donation location is in front of the FIU Bookstore. All [...]

FIYou: John Bailly ’90

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Name: John Bailly ’90 (I received my MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1993) Hometown: I was born in Slough, U.K. I lived in Long Island, Paris and Lyon prior to settling in Miami. Job Title/Department: Fellow, The Honors College Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: [...]