Student programmer uses coding to solve community problems

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We often steer clear of tedious budgets, graphs and numbers. And many times, we’re not sure where to go to access important community information. When this data becomes inaccessible and hard to understand, it creates a problem for civic engagement. FIU student Gregory Johnson recognized this problem in Miami-Dade County and had a solution: coding. In August of […]

Arts & Sciences, Education join forces to form new college

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The College of Arts & Sciences and College of Education are integrating to form the College of Arts, Sciences & Education at FIU. The newly integrated college will be led by Dean Mike Heithaus from the College of Arts & Sciences. A yet-to-be named school will join the School of Environment, Arts and Society and […]

Health avatar could become modern version of doctor’s house call

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It’s happy hour, and there’s a man, a man with a drinking problem, headed to his favorite bar. He turns into the parking lot, and his phone comes to life. It’s an image of a woman, her voice calm and reassuring. “I noticed you’re headed to the bar,” the woman says, using the GPS in […]

The book that gave us Shakespeare

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On Feb. 2, the FIU Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will open its doors to William Shakespeare’s First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit featuring a first edition of Shakespeare’s works. The rare book is considered to be one of the most significant in the English language. Only 750 were […]

FIU offers hope, help to former foster care, homeless students

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Vanessa Morales remembers packing up hundreds of care packages with food, toiletries and clothing for students in need at FIU. What her fellow volunteers at Baptist Collegiate Ministries did not know was that Vanessa desperately needed a care package herself. For two months, Morales, a junior at FIU studying elementary education, had been living in […]

Frost collaboration enhances art education in Sweetwater

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Inspired by an art exhibit currently on display at the Frost Art Museum, students at Sweetwater Elementary School worked together to create a mosaic tile mural in the style of artist Hans Hofmann. The mural, which was created as part of a school-wide project funded by the Frost Art Museum, is now a permanent fixture […]

Forensic institute leads nation in NIJ awards for 2015

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Researchers at FIU’s International Forensic Research Institute (IFRI) have been awarded $1.5 million from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to further research in drug exposure detection, forensic chemistry, synthetic cannabinoids and DNA analysis. The combination of five grants and two fellowships totals the most NIJ awards given to a single institution in 2015. “The […]

Alumna wins Emmy 16 months after graduation

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Serena Jimenez won an Emmy at the 2015 Suncoast Emmy Awards Dec. 5, only 16 months after graduating from FIU. Jimenez, an alumna of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, took home the prestigious statuette for her work as a series producer in an “Art Loft” segment aired on WPBT-TV (Ch. 2), featuring glass […]

Winner of Startup Weekend@FIU moves on to global challenge

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A team of FIU students that wants to change the way fans, musicians and venues connect has launched its idea on the world scene, competing for a chance to win recognition – and support – from top leaders in the tech world like Google, YouTube and Hootsuite. Headliner – an online platform designed to enable […]

FIU supports military veterans, minorities interested in farming business

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For more than 10 years, Garfield Jarrett proudly wore the uniform of a U.S. Marine. Military service was both his passion and his career. But injuries sustained during a 2008 roadside attack in Iraq ended it all. Granted a medical discharge, Jarrett returned home to South Florida and enrolled at FIU to pursue a bachelor’s […]