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Preeminent Programs

Select university programs have been designated “preeminent.” The status is recognition of high-caliber, collaborative work that generates unique learning opportunities, pioneering research and meaningful engagement with the external community while expanding the university’s financial base, advancing its strategic plan and enhancing its reputation at the national and international levels.

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Hurricanes are producing more rain, FIU study finds
FIU researchers found hurricanes have steadily been producing more rain over the last 20 years — a sign that storms can generate far more severe impacts in hurricane-prone areas like Florida.
Oct 3, 2022
NSF funds research to uncover secrets of shrimp that call the deep ocean’s underwater volcanos home
Heather Bracken-Grissom and a team of researchers received a $1.35 million grant to study the secrets of vent shrimp, believed to be eyeless and blind.
Sep 15, 2022

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Researcher helps collect key data to establish 9 new protected areas in Peru
FIU's Alessandro Catenazzi helped gather critical information needed to expedite the establishment of nine new protected areas in one of the most biologically diverse regions of Peru.
August 24, 2021
Despite frog-killing disease, researchers discover new frog species
Alessandro Catenazzi, an FIU biologist in the Institute of Environment, was a part of the collaborative team that identified and described a new frog species — A. moropukaqumir.
September 23, 2020
Landmark study of adolescent brain development renewed for 7 years
FIU will continue as a research site for the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the U.S. for another seven years.
August 10, 2020
What’s under that stone? Oh, just a never-before-seen species of frog
FIU's Alessandro Catenazzi identifies never-before-documented frog species in the Peruvian highlands.
July 8, 2020
Conservation in a time of pandemic
For FIU’s Institute of Environment researchers, the pandemic is just yet another time where they must adapt.
April 10, 2020