FIU in the News: 07/16/2009

FIU News

‘Future House USA’ good demo of Sino-US green cooperation
China.org.cn  ‎
Designed in 2006, it was financed by Tao Yongxin, a professor with the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University, …

Dunkin’ Donuts Adds 24 Nontraditional Units in Sunshine State
CSP Daily News  ‎
Additional locations are planned to open at Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University by 2010. AREAS USA Inc, owner of the concession …

Dr. Beach Comes To Town To Caution Swimmers Of Dangers Of Rip Currents
Hamptons.com – Andrea Aurichio 
Leatherman Senior’s current project, underway at Florida International University in Miami where he spends most of his time when he is not at the beach, …

US-Cuban Immigration Talks Resume, Outlook Unclear
Feet in Two Worlds – Gonzalez Fuentes 
Uva de Aragon, Associate Director of the Cuban Research Institute of Florida International University, told Fi2W, “It is in the interest of the US to avoid …

Nancy Friedmann en el Frost Art Museum
By ADRIANA HERRERA
Especial/El Nuevo Herald
La exhibición de Nancy Friedman, What Comes After, trae a una de las salas de exhibición de The Frost Art Museum, una atmósfera que evoca en cierto modo el misterio que emanaban las flores en las pinturas de la hermandad de los prerrafaelistas, surgidas como una sedición frente al arte imperante y como una forma de oposición a la vacuidad de la sociedad industrializada.

Athletics

Rankings released
Troy Messenger 
The Trojans were one of only three Sun Belt Conference schools ranked in the top 15 in the region, joined in the rankings by FIU at eighth and South Alabama …

Higher Education

UM School of Nursing and Health Studies receives 2 grants to …
EurekAlert (press release) 
The University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies has received two grants totaling over $60000 from the Department of Health and Human …

UF still building despite economy
Gainesville Sun – Bernie Machen  ‎
This is an artist rendering of the new addition of the University of Florida Eastside Campus located on NE Waldo Road in the vicinity of NE 23rd Avenue. …

USF wants school to explain athlete’s grade changes
Tampa Tribune – Brett McMurphy 
TAMPA – The University of South Florida has asked Pasco County school officials to explain “an unusual number” of …

America’s 21 St Century Medical School
Space Coast Medicine and Healthy Living – Catherine Harwood 
… Medicine at the University of Central Florida, as she prepares to welcome the first class of 40 students with a symbolic “white coat” ceremony on Aug. …

And then there were three, state university system candidate …
Palm Beach Post – Kim Miller 
… for Florida’s State University Chancellor late Wednesday, leaving three finalists including Florida Atlantic University President Frank Brogan. …