By Ashley Viera Late last month, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU received a donation from Univision Communications Inc. of 57 artworks by 40 U.S. and Latin American artists. Once accessible only to those working at Univision’s broadcast facility in Doral, the artwork will now be open to the public via the Frost […]
FIU researcher honored for study of DNA and male infertility
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is honoring FIU researcher Helen Tempest with its 2017 Ira and Ester Rosenwaks New Investigator Award. Tempest, an assistant professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, is being recognized for her “meritorious research” and “scholarly accomplishments in the area of chromatin structure, as well as [her] contributions […]
Braman Family Foundation to announce significant gift to Miami Dade College and Florida International University
Braman Family Completion Scholarship Fund will support college completion for neediest students in our community The Braman Family Foundation is making a $1 million gift to Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) as an incentive for students to enroll full-time during their last year of studies at the institutions to facilitate and […]
FIU announces 2017-2018 Foundation Board of Directors officers
The FIU Foundation Board of Directors has named four alumni as officers: Richard Brilliant, Humberto “Burt” Cabañas, Andre L. Teixeira, and Jill M. Granat. As officers, the four alumni, who have contributed to FIU and held volunteer leadership roles over the years, are tasked with advancing the university through philanthropy. “It is our privilege to […]
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 […]
DNA becomes primary target in fight against glioblastoma
By exploiting a brain tumor’s own biology, researchers at FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute (BSI) are hoping to destroy glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer with no known cure. Current methods of treatment are complicated and while they can only prolong a patient’s life by a few months, they cannot cure the cancer — a reality many Americans […]
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, […]
Young adults with developmental disabilities bond with FIU peers over computers
A group of 11 students huddled in the Hardware Lab at Modesto A. Maidique Campus’ (MMC) Tech Station recently. They took computers apart, learned to code and worked on websites. But these aren’t ordinary students — they’re exceptional. The students are part of the Marino Campus, a 10-month post-secondary educational program to help young adults with autism […]