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 […]

Training minority students in environmental restoration

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Twelve FIU students have earned the opportunity to participate in hands-on research, competitive summer internships and personal mentorship that will train them to be the next generation of scientists and engineers in charge of environmental restoration in the United States. These students are the newest cohort in FIU’s Department of Energy Fellowship, a workforce development […]

InCubando@FIU: A summer program to boost independent businesses in Cuba

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FIU has joined forces with StartUp Cuba to offer a summer program designed to foster and support entrepreneurship in Cuba. The program, called InCubando@FIU, will kick off in Miami on May 2016 and run for six weeks. The curriculum will consist of business classes, taught in Spanish, by instructors affiliated with FIU’s College of Business, […]

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 […]

‘Remote-controlled brain’ a top story of 2015

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An FIU professor’s research has landed on a list of Discover magazine’s top 100 science stories of 2015. A groundbreaking nanotechnology procedure directed by Sakhrat Khizroev has earned spot no. 48 on a comprehensive listing that covers fields from space exploration to medicine, technology, paleontology and environment. The selections were made from hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed […]

Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, FIU partner to enhance science education

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The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and FIU have created a partnership to strengthen science education through funding from the State of Florida. As a primary academic partner of the museum, FIU will develop a pilot program in collaboration with Frost Science to provide real-world experience in science learning for Miami-Dade County preschool […]

Bot race boosts future engineers

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Robots did double duty on a recent afternoon at the FIU Engineering Center. Assembling and racing the shoebox-sized autonomous vehicles—bots on wheels with no remotes—simultaneously gave electrical and computer engineering majors hands-on experience in their chosen field and sparked STEM interest among local youngsters. It was loud, fun and totaling energizing as some 40 teams vied […]

Career Services expands opportunities for students

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Nearly 18 months after joining FIU as director of Career Services, Fernando Figueredo and his team are celebrating record numbers of employers at Career Fairs and several new partners for internships – including at least four with local municipalities. With lofty goals set out in BeyondPossible 20/20, the university’s new strategic plan, Figueredo is charged […]

Carnival Foundation awards full scholarships to five students

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Hospitality students receive full-tuition scholarships sponsored by Carnival Foundation Five of South Florida’s brightest and most promising hospitality students are getting the opportunity to pursue their dream of launching a career in hospitality management with an $80,000 scholarship from Carnival Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Carnival Corporation . The Carnival Gold Scholars program, which is in […]