–By Ileana Varela for FIU News The World Health Organization’s latest data estimates that worldwide more than 36 million people, including more than one million Americans, are living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, ART, fewer people are progressing to AIDS. Antiretroviral drugs do not kill or cure the virus, but help […]
Students work to alleviate health issues right in the homes of Liberty City residents
–By Jessica Drouet, for FIU News Going into a stranger’s home is not necessarily an experience most students anticipate being part of their master’s degree. But for public health students who take part in field research, that is a vital component of their education. “It is important that students have the opportunity to get real […]
FIU professor working to prevent and cure blindness named National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
FIU professor of biomedical engineering Shuliang Jiao, whose research and technological innovations are helping prevent and cure blindness, has been named to the inaugural class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members. This first class of NAI Senior Members is made up of faculty, scientists and administrators who have successfully patented, licensed and commercialized technologies […]
FIU announces $5 million donation from philanthropists Trish and Dan Bell to build interfaith chapel
Philanthropists Trish and Dan Bell have made a $5 million gift to the Next Horizon campaign at Florida International University to help build a nondenominational chapel on campus. The chapel will accommodate the plurality of faiths and perspectives at FIU and serve as an interfaith gathering place for worship, contemplation, spiritual strengthening and mutual understanding. […]
FIU’s Next Horizon initiative will raise funds to ensure students can succeed
President Mark B. Rosenberg wrote the following op-ed in the Miami Herald on Feb. 2, 2019. The French writer Guy de Maupassant said: “It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.” There is perhaps no better way to describe the meaningful work of higher education. While questions continue to swirl about the relevance and value […]
University launches Next Horizon: The Campaign for FIU with community celebration
A little rain didn’t stop FIU in its pursuit of the Next Horizon! On Saturday, Jan. 26, the FIU Foundation, Inc. hosted a community-wide celebration in the Graham Center to commemorate the public launch of Next Horizon: The Campaign for FIU. With a goal to raise $750 million, this landmark campaign is the university’s largest […]
On 30th anniversary of Armenian earthquake, alumnus and donor recognized by ambassador for service as disaster responder
On December 7, 1988, a magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked Armenia, leaving 25,000 dead (with estimates ranging as high as 50,000) and hundreds of thousands homeless. In an unprecedented move, the Soviet Union, of which Armenia was then a member, called for help from the international community in the wake of the disaster. Days later, alumnus Raul […]
Red Robin contest’s winning burger is a Spanish delicacy
By Patricia Càrdenas Home, sweet home… That’s what Mariet Cardenes was thinking of when brainstorming ideas for what became the winning recipe for this year’s Red Robin Golden Robin Contest, which, through its partnership with the annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, awards one student each year a $10,000 scholarship and […]
Family impacted by autism funds program to develop leaders, research in caring for developmentally disabled adults
Local doctors Jeffrey Simmons and Yolangel Hernandez Suarez have made a $2 million gift to FIU to establish the Simmons+Hernandez Suarez Fellowship Program at FIU Embrace. The fellowship will support professionals who take an interdisciplinary approach to solving the complex and multi-faceted issues facing adults with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. One and two-year fellowships […]
Construction school officially renamed in honor of alumnus Chad Moss ’94
In recognition of a landmark contribution to FIU, the College of Engineering & Computing’s school of construction has been renamed in honor of alumnus Chad Moss ’94. The Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability was recently unveiled at a ceremony at the Engineering Center and commemorates a $10 million donation to the school made […]