FIU receives $5 million NSF grant to launch Center for Aquatic Chemistry and the Environment

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When an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sent millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, it ignited one of the largest environmental disasters in modern history. Six years later, scientists are still working to fully determine, understand and mitigate the damage that was done. This reality is […]

FIU’s Metropolitan Center, Miami-Dade County and Citi unveil prosperity action plan for Miami

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In response to the growing disparity in income and prosperity among Miami-Dade County residents, FIU’s Metropolitan Center and Citi Community Development launched a “Prosperity Agenda for Miami-Dade,” a groundbreaking research-based community action plan that identifies specific wealth-building strategies to improve economic opportunity and self-sufficiency. A two-year pilot program, the plan would directly impact as many […]

Law alumni give back through scholarship

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Nicole Fundora’s days are jam-packed, and that’s the way she likes it. She works full-time as a paralegal at Broad and Cassel. She is a single mom to two daughters. And she’s a law student in FIU’s evening law program. She expects to graduate in 2018, and one thing that’s helping her reach that goal: […]

Psychologist turns to horses as therapy for kids in foster care

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Horses could help foster care youth overcome challenges thanks to a new FIU program. Researchers at FIU-BRIDGE and the Family Therapy Program at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) have partnered with Stable Place, a non-profit organization, to provide Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy as an additional form of treatment for children in the SOS Children’s Villages-Florida. The non-profit […]

Alumni annual meeting celebrates new board of directors and $50,000 donation from Wells Fargo

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On Wednesday, May 4, the FIU Alumni Association held its Annual Meeting & Cocktail Reception, a spirited event designed to get alumni and donors excited for the year ahead. Before the cocktail reception kicked off, an intimate group of volunteers gathered to be inducted into the 2016-2017 Alumni Association Board of Directors. The group was […]

President Rosenberg blogs from China: Graduation day

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This is President Rosenberg’s seventh annual blog chronicling the TUC-FIU partnership, the annual China Commencement and our students in the China program. This is his second blog post of this trip. Click here to read his first blog post. Graduation Day: Hopeful Constants May 15, 2016 Today is graduation day in Tianjin for 160 or […]

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 […]

FIU HCMBA team takes top honors in South Florida healthcare challenge

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Winning first place in the prestigious South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum’s case challenge was a thrill for the five FIU Healthcare MBA students on the victorious team. Yet what will remain when the applause fades is the experience of crafting, with the guidance of Visiting Assistant Professor Paulo Gomes, an answer to a vexing problem: […]

Ambassador Susan Rice tells graduates: ‘Your country needs you.’

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It was clear Ambassador Susan Rice did her homework before coming to FIU to give the 2016 Spring Commencement speech for the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. To enthusiastic laughter, the U.S. National Security Advisor promised “Breezeway cookies for everyone’’ if her address ran too long. She gave a shout-out to […]