Patient receives NeighborhoodHELP Community Teaching Award

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On Saturday, May 7, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine gave out 108 medical degrees and a medal to a patient who, despite having no medical training, is helping to teach medicine. Manolina Sosa is a Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP pioneer. Hers was one of the first households recruited for the program that’s at the […]

Florida Advanced Surgical Transport team joins FIU, trains with local hospitals to treat critical care patients

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If ever disaster strikes, the FIU-Florida Advanced Surgical Transport (FIU-FAST) team is trained, ready and equipped to treat and evacuate critical care patients. Today the all-volunteer team officially joined the FIU family through a partnership with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and FIU’s Department of Emergency Management. This team of highly trained medical professionals […]

FIU eMerges as a leader in innovation

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A wise man recently said that F-I-U stands for the Future Is Us. Nowhere was that more evident than at the 2016 edition of eMerge Americas. The powerhouse conference on Miami Beach brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and everyone else with an interest in tech innovation. And it served as the perfect showcase for promising […]

Annual Torch Awards gala celebrates 15th anniversary

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The annual Torch Awards celebrated its 15th anniversary March 19 with a gala honoring distinguished alumni in the FIU community. The event, held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, raises money for the university’s Alumni Center Building Fund and its First Generation Scholarship Fund, which benefits students who are the first in their families to attend college. […]

Relay for Life surpasses $1 million for American Cancer Society

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More than 5,000 students, faculty, staff and community members came together March 4 – 5 as FIU Relay for Life celebrated raising a record $116,000, the most amount raised in a single year. With this year’s efforts, the group has now contributed a collective $1 million to the American Cancer Society. The student-run event– now […]

FIU top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

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The U.S. State Department has recognized FIU as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2015-2016. FIU is one of 16 research universities with the most faculty and administrators who are Fulbright Scholars. The Fulbright Program, administered through the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government’s competitive flagship international […]

Panther Alumni Week grows in size, impact

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When does Miami’s classic 3:05 cafecito break become an opportunity for a student to sit down and network with an accomplished public relations specialist? During FIU’s annual Panther Alumni Week, a highlight of which was a coffee break where students gained valuable insight from advertising and marketing expert Lily Saviñon ’10, founder of the Miami-based firm […]

Student-run hackathon to inspire entrepreneurship, innovation

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During the first weekend in March, 250 college students will hack day and night to make a new piece of technology that can help make the world a better place, or at least more entertaining. Organizers hope the first student-run hackathon at FIU – MangoHacks – will serve as a creative outlet for students to make apps, […]

Dig Magazine ranks FIU Beach Volleyball fifth in the nation

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Dig Magazine released its preseason rankings, naming FIU the No. 5 team in the country and the No. 1 squad in the East. Entering the fourth year in program history, this marks the highest preseason ranking the beach team has ever received. Previously, the Panthers were ranked ninth, both in 2014 and 2015. “I’m very […]

Visit Shakespeare’s London at FIU’s new virtual reality facility

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It’s 1598, and you’re on your way to the Globe Theater to watch one of Shakespeare’s plays. You walk along the dirt roads and the green fields of London and you realize you can see the London Bridge in the distance. A vagabond asks you for a coin, and you find the village houses and the town market bustling with customers. […]