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 […]

GeekiWood showcases non-traditional STEM careers at FIU

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FIU and Geeki Girls Gatherings collaborated for a second year to present the GeekiWood conference Dec. 5. The conference is a unique event where producers, educators, technicians and scientists come together to blend the magic of film and television with real science to empower middle school girls, giving them a greater appreciation for science, technology, engineering, arts […]

2015 TEDxFIU speakers exemplify perseverance

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Two-time TEDxFIU speaker Dr. Aileen Marty has been to places “not on anyone’s bucket list.” Despite naysayers and fears of contagion, she has gone all over the world studying dangerous diseases like leprosy and plague. “If you have the skills and the training and the experience, and you are needed, you need to step up,” Esther […]

14th Annual Torch Awards: Breaking records by the numbers

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The 14th Annual Torch Awards already broke one university record: The gala in March boasted the highest attendance in its history, with nearly 800 guests flooding the Fontainebleau’s Crystal Ballrooms. Now, it’s broken a second record: The Torch Awards raised its highest amount of funding ever, with more than $100,000 being divided evenly between first-generation scholarships and […]

FIU ranked 17th in Washington Monthly for engagement, contributions to community

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FIU was recently named among the top universities in the country in terms of engagement and contributions to its community. According to recently-released rankings of national universities by Washington Monthly, FIU placed 17th out of 279 higher education institutions, up from 24th last year. Achieving a top 20 ranking in Washington Monthly by 2020 is one of […]

President Rosenberg: Welcome to Fall 2015!

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President Mark B. Rosenberg sent the following memo to the university community on Monday, August 24, 2015. Dear FIU family: Here we are—ready to go into the new academic year full of optimism about what lies ahead. The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote that, “The beginnings of all things are small.” But for our […]