FIU is building Florida’s first Health Disparities Research Center at a Minority Institution (RCMI) with a $13.1 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The grant to FIU-BRIDGE at Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work will create FIU-RCMI at Stempel College, which will focus on reducing substance use problems […]
Spotify mixes music and careers with FIU College of Business students
On a quest for dynamic college students as interns and student ambassadors, Spotify executives arrived at FIU’s College of Business with a DJ mixing the latest hits and lighting effects headlining its #jointheband event. A partnership with COB’s Career Management Services, it was Spotify’s first event at FIU. “We want to invest in student talent from FIU,” said […]
FIU welcomes students displaced by hurricanes Irma and Maria
The following message was sent to the university community regarding disaster response and recovery following hurricanes Irma and Maria on Sept. 29, 2017: Dear members of the FIU community, The unfolding post-hurricane tragedy in the Caribbean is now coming clearly into view. Members of the FIU family with ties to the region are going through […]
Social work students offer a listening ear to hurricane evacuees
It’s not every day that students can put their training to immediate use on campus, but social work majors had an unexpected chance to flex their skills in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Five of them interacted with Monroe County residents who evacuated to a special needs shelter at MMC. “This is a wonderful opportunity to […]
Internship program introduces high school students to different career fields
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 […]
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 […]
President’s Council raises more than $230,000 for Fostering Panther Pride
Last summer, President Mark B. Rosenberg and the President’s Council — FIU’s premier community relations board — set an ambitious goal of raising $200,000 for the Fostering Panther Pride program over the next year. The program was launched in 2013 and is designed to meet the unique needs of former foster care and homeless students, […]