Donor support transforms ideas into discoveries, innovations, and real-world impact, creating opportunities for FIU students, faculty, and researchers. What happens when an idea is empowered to grow? At FIU, an aspiration can become a pursuit. A question can lead to discovery. A desire to make a difference can become a commitment to changing lives and […]
Investing in the Next Wave of Discovery
Through donor commitment, FIU students gain opportunities to participate in groundbreaking marine research, explore some of our world’s most complex ecosystems, and contribute to discoveries that can help shape their future. When curiosity and opportunity collide like ocean waves meeting the shore, possibility begins to take shape. At FIU, students have an extraordinary classroom just […]
From Creative Curiosity to Career Confidence
Donor support helps FIU students turn their interests into experience, leadership skills, and connections that can shape their future. Building a career takes more than a classroom. It takes opportunities to put ideas into practice, skills developed through experience, and the confidence to dream big. For Alonso B., an Arts major at College of Communication, […]
Rosita Gedeon Scholarship Celebration Brings Together Gedeon Family and FIU Gedeon Scholars
Philanthropist Harvey Gedeon, members of his family, and FIU Gedeon Scholars came together on February 26, 2026, for the Rosita Gedeon Scholarship Celebration. Held at the International Center for Tropical Botany (ICTB), located within The Kampong, the historic estate of plant explorer Dr. David Fairchild, the event began with a cocktail reception followed by a private tour led by ICTB […]
FIU Student Joins Legacy of Family Graduates Pursuing Careers in Education
When Matthew Johnson graduates with a degree in exercise science this December, he will be the third generation in his family to graduate from FIU’s School of Education and Human Development. Both his mother and grandmother earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees from FIU. Matthew grew up with them ever-present in his life while they […]
Jaquan Starling approaches engineering with a humanist edge
–By Jessica Borsi MFA ’19 “Engineering gives me the space to be logically creative,” is how Jaquan Starling, Honors College student and Interdisciplinary Engineering senior due to graduate this June, describes how he likes to work. For Starling, engineering isn’t just about building better technology; it’s also about questioning the ethical and societal implications of […]
REAL Panthers Making a REAL Impact: Meet Cesar Villa Garcia ’18 and Jose Maldonado ’17
On February 24, the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) announced its newly named Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS), in recognition of a $10 million gift from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to enhance FIU’s role in technology, create new, cutting-edge programs, attract top talent, and graduate more […]
Meet the Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator entrepreneurship fellows
–By Tatianna Basanta Three years ago, the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts and the Philip E. and Carol R. Ratcliffe Foundation sought to give FIU art and design students the tools they needed to turn their ideas into profitable businesses – and thus the Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator (RA+DI) was born. RA+DI recently received $2.5 million […]
FIU Law graduates earn top Bar passage rate in the state
–By Morgan Hughes for FIU News Despite the challenges FIU Law graduates have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, FIU has once again ranked as the top-performing Florida law school. The college’s graduates earned an 89.3% passing rate on the October 2020 bar exam, the highest of any Florida law school, and 18 percentage points above the state average. […]
Portrait of a Dreamer: Cesia Bulnes ’19
In 2019, Cesia Bulnes graduated from FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing and Honors College as a Worlds Ahead Graduate. During her studies, she received a full-tuition scholarship from TheDream.US, a partner of FIU that is dedicated to supporting students who are Dreamers. She now works for Microsoft.