High school senior Sebastian Sanchez spent his five-week internship scouring FIU websites to ensure they were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. He made whatever programming changes might be needed so that those who suffer vision impairment, for example, can use a screen reader to access digital information. Along the way, Sanchez learned a lot […]
FIU to collaborate on health breakthroughs through NSF Engineering Research Centers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has invested nearly $80 million total to create four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to address national challenges in health and energy sustainability, and FIU is part of two of the pioneering centers. The process of being named an ERC is highly competitive. NSF chose four out of more than 200 applicants. “The […]
Univision Donation to Frost Art Museum Featured in Miami Herald
By Ashley Viera Late last month, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU received a donation from Univision Communications Inc. of 57 artworks by 40 U.S. and Latin American artists. Once accessible only to those working at Univision’s broadcast facility in Doral, the artwork will now be open to the public via the Frost […]
FIU researcher honored for study of DNA and male infertility
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is honoring FIU researcher Helen Tempest with its 2017 Ira and Ester Rosenwaks New Investigator Award. Tempest, an assistant professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, is being recognized for her “meritorious research” and “scholarly accomplishments in the area of chromatin structure, as well as [her] contributions […]
Braman Family Foundation to announce significant gift to Miami Dade College and Florida International University
Braman Family Completion Scholarship Fund will support college completion for neediest students in our community The Braman Family Foundation is making a $1 million gift to Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) as an incentive for students to enroll full-time during their last year of studies at the institutions to facilitate and […]
FIU announces 2017-2018 Foundation Board of Directors officers
The FIU Foundation Board of Directors has named four alumni as officers: Richard Brilliant, Humberto “Burt” Cabañas, Andre L. Teixeira, and Jill M. Granat. As officers, the four alumni, who have contributed to FIU and held volunteer leadership roles over the years, are tasked with advancing the university through philanthropy. “It is our privilege to […]
CasaCuba: a home for all things Cuban at FIU
The Knight Foundation provides seed funding A group of Cuban-American community leaders has stepped forward to support “CasaCuba,” an initiative that brings together all things Cuban at FIU. The initiative will harness FIU’s prestigious scholarly and cultural resources to activate its extensive Cuban collections for scholars and the public, with the eventual goal of constructing […]
FIU Summer Program Featured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
By Ashley Viera Earlier this year, FIU was selected to join the Verizon Innovative Learning Initiative, a program that encourages students to pursue an education in STEM fields. At FIU, 150 minority middle school male students participated in an intensive three-week summer camp where they learned skills like coding and robotics. In addition to FIU, […]
FIU Law launches family law practice aimed at representing moderate-income clients
FIU LAW Practice, an initiative of the FIU College of Law, dedicated to helping local families, will offer affordable legal services to low- and moderate-income families who do not qualify for free legal services. The practice — the first-of-its-kind in Florida — will assist families that fall within 125 and 200 percent of the poverty guidelines. That […]
DNA becomes primary target in fight against glioblastoma
By exploiting a brain tumor’s own biology, researchers at FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute (BSI) are hoping to destroy glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer with no known cure. Current methods of treatment are complicated and while they can only prolong a patient’s life by a few months, they cannot cure the cancer — a reality many Americans […]