Senior psychology major Justyce Pinkney plans to earn a Ph.D. To get there, she has spent the last two summers conducting research as an undergraduate through the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and working as an after-school counselor for The Barnyard, a nonprofit organization in Miami that serves low-income children and their parents. But […]
Agustín R. Arellano, Sr. and his family donate $1 million to FIU’s CasaCuba
Local construction business leader and member of the FIU Foundation Board of Directors Agustín R. Arellano, Sr. and his family have donated $1 million to CasaCuba. “Cuba is close to the hearts of so many of us at our FIU and in this community. This is why we have long dreamed of building a home to […]
Sackstein appointed dean of Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Dr. Robert Sackstein has been appointed dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) and senior vice president for health affairs. Sackstein comes to FIU from Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he has served as professor in two departments, dermatology and medicine, and co-director of the Glycoscience Center at HMS. At Harvard, Sackstein has been […]
#FIUstrong: Hurricane Michael relief efforts
The following message was sent the university community on Tuesday, October 23: Nearly two weeks ago, Hurricane Michael devastated areas of the Florida Panhandle leaving 36 dead and tens of thousands displaced or homeless. Our hearts go out to all of those impacted by this storm that rivaled Hurricane Andrew in its strength and power. […]
My Internship at the FIU Foundation
Born in Hyderabad, India, Syed Zain Ashraf graduated high school in 2013, attended Broward College for a year, and decided to enlist in the Army Reserves. In 2016, he was deployed to Central America, where he worked for a year for the United States Southern Command. He is now an FIU student pursuing a degree […]
Mellon Foundation awards $675,000 to FIU to support education in the humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded FIU a $675,000 grant to enhance humanities education and optimize student learning. The grant will establish Project THINC: Teaching Humanities in the New Context to promote active learning-centered, culturally responsive teaching in humanities classrooms at the university. “Project THINC will catalyze a critical mass of faculty to lead pedagogical change […]
FIU Law grads earn highest Florida Bar passage rate, 88.1 percent
FIU College of Law graduates have, once again, earned the highest bar passage rate of any of Florida’s 11 law schools on the July 2018 Florida Bar Exam. This accomplishment follows first place finishes on the February 2018, July 2017, July 2016, February 2016, and July 2015 bar exams. With a passage rate of 88.1 […]
Tools being developed to improve response times in disasters
A research team led by FIU is trying to remove the chaos from responses when natural disasters strike. The team, led by Pallab Mozumder, an economist in the FIU Department of Earth and Environment, has secured $2 million from the National Science Foundation to help government agencies, utilities and people make better decisions as they […]
Latin American and Caribbean Center earns national designation — again
The U.S. Department of Education award includes a grant of more than $2 million The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) has reaffirmed its place as one of the leading centers of its kind in the nation, once again earning a designation from the U.S. Department of Education as a Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) on Latin […]
Record number of students landed D.C. summer internships
As summer came to a close, FIU in D.C. bid farewell to a record-breaking number of interns. Sixty-three students from across the university spent their summer living and working in Washington, D.C. They worked in various organizations and federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Booz Allen Hamilton and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “It’s awesome to […]