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Burger King CEO shares leadership philosophy (Click Here to View) Campus Life
A crowd of more than 145 students, faculty, alumni and representatives of the business community convened at FIU to hear Bernardo Hees, chief executive officer, Burger King Corporation, talk about leadership. Hees’ appearance at the College of Business Administration was part of the Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture Series. This program [...]

 

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FIU to recognize leaders in public health, social work and dietetics
Campus Life
The Path Awards recognizes individuals in public health, social work and dietetics for their contributions and commitment to promoting and protecting the health of the South Florida community.  The awards also serve to raise the community’s awareness and understanding of the contributions made by public health, social work and dietetics [...]


Faculty Profile: Tawia Ansah
Campus Life
This is the first article in a series highlighting some of the 124 faculty members who were hired during the 2011-2012 academic year Born in Ghana, raised in the United Kingdom, and educated in the United States and Canada, Tawia Ansah fits right into a College of Law whose faculty [...]


President Rosenberg’s budget message March 30
Campus Life
President Mark B. Rosenberg sat down this week to share some thoughts about the recently-concluded legislative session and his outlook on funding for the 2012-13 fiscal year. A Budget Town Hall meeting has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the MARC Pavilion at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. [...]


‘NYT’ national editor admits Twitter addiction, remains confident in newspapers’ role, future
Campus Life
Sam Sifton, the former restaurant critic-turned-New York Times national editor, was at Biscayne Bay Campus March 22 to deliver the final lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series for Spring 2012. The writer discussed “Election 2012: How The New York Times Covers the Run for the Presidency” with a [...]


Law professor discusses Supreme Court’s healthcare hearings
Campus Life
President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law was up for debate March 26-28. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the Affordable Care Act was constitutional. On Tuesday, the high court focused on the individual mandate – the requirement that most Americans have health insurance. College of Law Professor Elizabeth [...]


SJMC alumnus returns to FIU for Communications Week
Campus Life
This week marks the 21st year of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Communications Week. This year, under the leadership of new dean Raul Reis, the theme is global communications and international issues, with all activities centering on the global impact and trends affecting the fields of advertising, public [...]


The future of Venezuela’s political landscape
Campus Life
An academic discussion about the opposition primaries and the president’s health Two events have reignited the discussion on Venezuelan politics in recent weeks: the opposition primaries propelled Gov. Henrique Capriles into the Venezuelan presidential race and President Hugo Chavez continues to experience health issues. FIU’s School of International and Public [...]


Mastering illicit markets, transnational crime and globalization
Campus Life
We recently caught up with Liana Reyes, a current student completing her Master’s in Global Governance at our Downton Brickell location.  We asked her about the new program, what drives her and how she felt about the facilities in Downtown Miami. Here is what she had to say:


National study looks for insights: Why do minorities drop out of doctoral programs?
Campus Life
FIU graduates more minorities with Bachelor’s degrees than any other institution in the country. FIU also graduates more Hispanics with Master’s degrees than any other university. But when it comes to doctoral degrees—especially in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM)—many minorities drop out. And no one knows why. [...]


Entrepreneur-in-residence hosts coffee break
Campus Life
Got an idea for a business? Wondering what’s next for your career? Bring your ideas to Coffee Break Miami, a new opportunity to brainstorm with a successful entrepreneur right here at FIU! The monthly gatherings, hosted by FIU’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center and the International Business Honors [...]


Budget Town Hall postponed
Campus Life
The Budget Town Hall meeting to discuss the 2012-13 fiscal year, originally scheduled for March 29, has been postponed. FIU is awaiting additional information from the governor’s office that will allow President Mark B. Rosenberg and the executive leadership to provide the university community with the most complete information about [...]


The choice is yours: Vote for April’s Movie on the Lawn
Arts and Culture
The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is scheduled for April 12 The Frost Art Museum will host another outdoor movie screening this spring, on Thursday, April 12, and the powers that be are once again letting you choose what we’re watching. Earlier in March, the museum showed [...]


BBC Market in full effect this spring semester
Freeze Frame
  Rita M. Cauce, librarian at the FIU Green Library, browses through shirts from a local vendor at the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) Market. “More students need to get out here. The vendors have beautiful things that are really unique and different,” Cauce said. A number of local vendors offer [...]


Top costume design award goes to FIU Theatre
Arts and Culture
She is a senior in the BFA program in FIU Theatre; she is an Honors College student; and she’s also one of the top costume designers in the college theatre scene. Meet Caroline Spitzer, the recipient of the highest accolade for costume design at this year’s Kennedy Center American College [...]


FIU breaks ground on Phase III: Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium
Campus Life
FIU Executive Director for Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced today the start of construction on the third phase of Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. The third phase will close in the north side of the stadium and is expected to be completed by Sept. 1, 2012. “The next phase [...]


Alligator researcher wins science policy experience in Washington D.C.
Science and Health
Adam Rosenblatt, a Ph.D. candidate in the FIU Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded the 2012 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). He is headed to Washington D.C. for the Congressional Visits Day March 28-29. Rosenblatt is one of three national finalists invited to the annual science policy experience. The [...]


Florida Board of Governors appoints new member to FIU Board of Trustees
Campus Life
The Florida Board of Governors has appointed Robert T. Barlick, Jr. to serve on Florida International University’s Board of Trustees. The appointment fills a vacancy left when Joseph L. Caruncho was tapped to serve on the Florida Board of Governors. “The FIU Board of Trustees will benefit from Mr. Barlick’s [...]


From FIU basketball to NFL
Campus Life
Former FIU basketball point guard Nick Taylor was recruited by the Minnesota Vikings at FIU Pro Day. Taylor never played college football. At first glance March 9 at FIU Pro Day, the defensive back working out for scouts from all 32 NFL teams appeared to be former FIU basketball point [...]


Annual Blue & Gold Game March 30
Sports
FIU football will host the annual Blue & Gold Spring Game Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. Admission to the game is free. The 2012 schedule promises another exciting and challenging season for the Panthers. Highlighted by two nationally-televised games, FIU will look to [...]


FIU primatologist to talk monkey business, chasing dreams
Campus Life
Sian Evans, FIU professor and managing director of the DuMond Conservancy, will present “Anthropoid Adventures” Tuesday, March 27 at the Luna Star Café in North Miami. It is scheduled for 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Evans teaches primate biology in the Department of Biological Sciences, an [...]


FIU dedicates OHL School of Construction
Campus Life
Representatives of global construction multinational Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) and Arellano Construction, part of the OHL Group, joined FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, FIU College of Computing and Engineering Dean Amir Mirmiran and other FIU administrators, faculty and students to celebrate the naming of the OHL School of Construction, the [...]


Budget forum to be held March 29
Campus Life
FIU is having this year’s first budget town hall meeting to discuss the 2012-13 fiscal year on Thursday, March 29. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the Marc Pavilion at Modesto A. Maidique Campus, will address the latest budget dynamics and options for the next two academic years. [...]


Endangered butterfly takes up residence on BBC
Campus Life
The Atala butterfly, once thought extinct in Florida, has found a new home in the gardens of FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. In recent months, students have noticed an increasing number of the butterflies with dark wings and distinct coloration — male Atala have metallic green markings while the females have [...]


Jamaican dance group coming to BBC March 22
Arts and Culture
An exciting cross-cultural exchange will take place under the spotlight Thursday, March 22, when The Company Dance Theatre from Kingston, Jamaica, comes to the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC). Now in its 23rd season, the company will perform a variety of pieces from its repertoire, including traditional Afro-Caribbean movements and classical [...]


Write the lyrics to FIU’s ‘Alma Mater’ and win $1,000
Arts and Culture
You have the opportunity to be part of Panther history. FIU is getting a new “Alma Mater” and you can be its lyricist. The “Alma Mater” Committee is looking for a song that conveys FIU’s energy, optimism and diversity. Students, faculty, staff, retirees and alumni are invited to submit entries; group entries [...]


Register for both Summer and Fall 2012 starting April 2
Campus Life
FIU has re-designed its registration appointment process for summer and fall semesters for all continuing undergraduate and graduate students. Beginning April 2, currently enrolled degree-seeking students will have the opportunity to register by appointment for both the Summer 2012 and Fall 2012 semesters, during the same registration appointment time. This process is [...]


The panther element
Freeze Frame
Biology major Ivette Alfonso studies for chemistry class in the Chemistry & Physics building at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Good luck, Ivette; the panther element is in you. Through the windows behind her you can see the construction on the new Science Classroom Complex.  


FIU alumnus earns Capitol Hill internship experience
In the World
Abdel Perera, ‘11, is headed to Capitol Hill in May. The School of International and Public Affairs alumnus has been awarded a 2012 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship. Perera was among 20 national finalists competing for the prestigious award. “I was very excited to represent FIU in the finals,” Perera said. “I did [...]


SIPA to host academic discussion about Venezuela’s political future
Campus Life
Recent events that have ignited global interest in the future of Venezuela’s political landscape will be the topic of discussion during a March 27 event hosted by FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs. The issue of current President Hugo Chavez’s recurring health problems coupled with the recent primaries that [...]


Panthers advance to second round of Women’s National Invitation Tournament
Headliner
The FIU women’s basketball team dominated Stetson, 75-47, in Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) first-round action March 15 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. With the win, the Panthers advance to the second round of WNIT play and will face off against USF March 17 [...]


To succeed in business, outthink the competition
Campus Life
How do today’s most successful companies stay on top? Chances are, they out-think the competition, coming up with strategies that leave business rivals in the dust, said Kaihan Krippendorff, a FastCompany.com blogger, founding fellow of FIU’s Center for Leadership and an adjunct professor at the College of Business Administration. On [...]


NFL cheerleader turned scientist to give lecture at FIU
Campus Life
Mireya Mayor, anthropologist, primatologist, wildlife correspondent and motivational speaker, will present “My Wild Life” Friday, March 23 at Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall 1100 (RDB 1100) in the FIU College of Law. The seminar is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Mayor is the daughter of [...]


‘Entourage’ star tells students he has a responsibility to be a ‘worthwhile schmuck’
Campus Life
Adrian Grenier, the 35-year-old actor who played the fictional Hollywood It Boy Vincent Chase on HBO’s Entourage, was at Biscayne Bay Campus last week, discussing his experiences and thoughts on fame as part of the second lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series of the semester. For eight seasons, [...]


FIU grad brings healthy fast food to South Florida
Campus Life
At a time when some businesses are cutting back, FIU alumnus Anthony Leone, founder and president of healthy fast food restaurant Energy Kitchen, is banking on the fact that people want to eat well. Leone opened the first Energy Kitchen in New York City in 2003. Today there are 15 [...]


FIU alumni are Rangel finalists
In the World
FIU School of International and Public Affairs alumni, Ernesto Alfonso and Abdel Perrera, are finalists for the 2012 Rangel Program: International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. The Rangel Program, formally named the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, will award 20 graduate fellowships valued at more than $90,000 each. The funds [...]


FIU Biker
Freeze Frame
Gonzalo Nunez packs his bike in the trunk of his car every morning for his commute from Coral Gables. He simply enjoys biking around the beautiful Modesto Maidique Campus between classes. He is studying music education at FIU.


Building giant OHL names FIU School of Construction
Campus Life
Global construction multinational Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) has partnered with FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing to create the OHL School of Construction, the first named school in the history of the college. The OHL School of Construction’s dedication will take place at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in [...]


‘U.S.News and World Report’: FIU College of Law jumps 19 spots
Campus Life
FIU’s College of Law jumped 19 spots in U.S.News and World Report’s 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools, from 132 to 113. “These rankings recognize what we already know, that the FIU College of Law is on the right track,” said College of Law Dean R. Alexander Acosta. “As we [...]


FIU alum brings healthy fast food to South Florida
Campus Life
At a time when some businesses are cutting back, FIU alumnus Anthony Leone, founder and president of healthy fast food restaurant Energy Kitchen, is banking on the fact that people want to eat well. Leone opened the first Energy Kitchen in New York City in 2003. Today there are 15 [...]


FIU alums are Rangel finalists
In the World
FIU School of International and Public Affairs alumni, Ernesto Alfonso and Abdel Perrera, are finalists for the 2012 Rangel Program: International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. The Rangel Program, formally named the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, will award 20 graduate fellowships valued at more than $90,000 each. The funds [...]


Women’s basketball begins post-season play March 15
Campus Life
Women’s hoops is set for post-season play. FIU will host Stetson in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) on Thursday, March 15, at U.S. Century Bank Arena. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. WNIT is an annual tournament involving 64 of the nation’s top women’s Division I [...]


FIU students to volunteer around the world during Alternative Spring Break
Campus Life
While many students are looking forward to some rest and relaxation this spring break, close to 160 FIU students will spend their time helping others through their participation in FIU’s Alternative Spring Break program. This year, a group of students will be going to Nicaragua, the second poorest country in [...]


Construction of new dorms, parking garage begins; make note of road closure
Campus Life
Beginning 5 p.m. Friday, March 9, the road known as University Way will be closed for the next 18 months so that work can begin on the construction of new residence halls and a new parking garage on the west side of Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Faculty, staff and students [...]


Discounted tickets for The Fair™ available to FIU community
Campus Life
FIU is partnering with Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition to offer discounted rates for the university community. Ranked the largest fair in Florida, The Fair™ will be in town from March 15 to April 1. FIU students, faculty, staff and alumni can purchase discounted tickets from The Fair™ website until [...]


FIU Libraries announces acquisition of important Cuban genealogy collection
Campus Life
Soon, anyone tracing his or her Cuban or Spanish roots will have access to unique research materials, many available for the first time ever and only at Florida International University.  FIU Libraries has acquired a collection of thousands of books, handwritten and typed letters, photos and other primary documents relating [...]


Panthers enjoy Major League experience against Marlins
Sports
The FIU baseball team played sound defense, turning five double plays, against the Miami Marlins and went toe-to-toe with the Major League Club until the end, ultimately falling, 5-1, in an exhibition game at the new Marlins Ballpark. It was the first baseball game in FIU history against a Major [...]


Betsy reads your comments March 9
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. She features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!  


Want more customers to hit the ‘like’ button? Experts at Marketing Roundtable share how
Campus Life
“We are building a web where the default is social,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced at a 2011 conference. More than ever, companies are scrambling to incorporate social media into their marketing plans, using an array of web-based and mobile technologies. In response to the growing trend, FIU’s College of [...]


Join Team FIU at Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run
Campus Life
Ready, set, run! Faculty, staff, alumni and students are invited to join Team FIU Thursday, April 26, in the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run. The 5K (3.1 mile) race is one of Miami’s biggest downtown social events of the year. Runners and walkers of all levels are welcome. The race, sponsored by [...]


FIU celebrates alumni, remembers fallen hero at Torch Awards
Campus Life
Anyone who knows Rocco Angelo knows it’s not often the professor and dean goes speechless. On March 3, however, he could only describe the 11th Annual Torch Awards Gala with one word: “beautiful.” “It was a beautiful evening,” the tuxedo-clad Angelo said as he led freshman hospitality student Herline Emmanuel [...]


Isabel Allende charms FIU crowd with honesty, humor, wit
Campus Life
As word spread that beloved Latin American author Isabel Allende would be speaking at FIU, the phones lit up in the English Department. Emails streamed in to Marta Lee, who was taking RSVPS for the Creative Writing Program. Person after person said the same thing: I am Isabel Allende’s most [...]


A star among Panthers
Freeze Frame
Entourage star Adrian Grenier mingled with FIU students after discussing the cult of celebrity, images and media at the Mary Ann Wolfe Theater at Biscayne Bay Campus March 7. Grenier’s lecture, which was presented by BBC’s Student Government Association, followed the presentation of his 2010 documentary Teenage Paparazzo.


FIU symposium commemorates 50th anniversary of the end of the Algerian War
Campus Life
The FIU Department of Modern Languages will host an international symposium, The Legacy of the Algerian War: Between History, Memory and Representations, March 22 and 23 in the MARC Pavillion at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The two-day event is free and open to the public. A reception and introduction [...]


FIU avoids deepest budget cuts
Campus Life
In a message to the university community March 6, President Mark B. Rosenberg addresses possible cuts to the 2012-13 budget. Dear FIU community: The legislative conference process has taken place in Tallahassee and we now have a better idea of what cuts we will be subject to in the 2012-13 [...]


FIU Americas Venture Capital Conference 2012 to bring innovative ventures, capital to Miami
Campus Life
FIU’s College of Business Administration will host the 2012 Americas Venture Capital Conference: An International Summit of Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 14-15. This third annual conference, presented by FIU’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, will take place at the JW Marriott Hotel, 1109 Brickell Ave., in [...]


FIU in D.C.: Legislative update
In the World
As the second session of the 112th Congress moves forth, FIU advocates have been busy protecting critical financial aid resources, advocating for our critical health and environmental priorities, and celebrating our global reach in the nation’s capital. Last month’s release of the president’s FY13 Budget also set in motion the [...]


FIYou: Jöerg Reinhold
Campus Life
Name: Jöerg Reinhold Hometown: Well, it depends on what you mean by that, but my home now is in Coral Gables, Fla. Job Title/Department: Associate Professor, Department of Physics Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach physics and conduct research in experimental nuclear physics. Number of years [...]


FIU senior wins cultural immersion experience in Germany
In the World
Timur Kuzibaev, a senior majoring in political science, has received a 2012-2013 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program fellowship and will leave for Germany in July. Kuzibaev was one of three FIU students invited to the final round of interviews for the program which was hosted at the Modesto A. Maidique [...]


Judaic lecture series features ‘Dolphin Boy’ documentary
Arts and Culture
The FIU Judaic Studies Program will host a screening of “Dolphin Boy” at noon Friday, March 9 at Academic Health Center 3 (AHC-3), room 205. An interactive discussion with the film co-producer Judith Manassen-Ramon and Maria Pienkowski-Gunia, a senior research support specialist with the FIU Center for Children and Families, will [...]


Big dog on campus
Freeze Frame
Business freshman Melissa Perdomo and her friend, psychology freshman Natalie Abrahante (left), walked Perdomo’s sister’s adorable Mi-Ki, Hope, on campus last week. Hope caught our eye because for a small dog – she’s part Maltese, part Papillon and part Japanese chin – she has a lot of personality.


FIU family members become cancer-fighting superheroes at Relay for Life
Campus Life
Hundreds of students, faculty/staff, alumni, friends and family channeled the heroes within to show they’re “ordinary people by day, cancer fighters by night,” at the March 2-3 “Superheroes”-themed 8th annual FIU Relay for Life, one of the largest philanthropies on campus. An estimated 80 teams participated in this year’s event, [...]


Cinema à la FIU
Freeze Frame
It was a beautiful night for a Movie on the Lawn as the Frost Art Museum kicked off its series of outdoor screenings for 2012 with Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey March 1. Here, Juan Barquin (front, left) describes a scene of the film for a friend. Barquin [...]


Seth Gadinsky appointed founding chair of the Office of Engaged Creativity Advisory Council
Arts and Culture
Seth Gadinsky has been elected as founding chair for the Office of Engaged Creativity Advisory Council. Gadinsky is owner of Gadinsky Real Estate, LLC, a full service retail real estate company located on Miami Beach. In his new role, Gadinsky will be responsible for building awareness of FIU and developing [...]


Panthers head to the SBC basketball championships
In the World
The men’s basketball team will face WKU to kick off the 2012 SBC Tournament. The women’s team, No. 3 seed in the east Division, will face Louisiana, No. 6 seed in the West Division. FIU basketball is heading to Hot Springs, Ark., this weekend for the 2012 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) [...]


FIU Opera Theater’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ opens March 2
Arts and Culture
The stage is set and FIU Opera Theater students have been busy rehearsing for this weekend’s two-day presentation of Benjamin Britten’s ghost opera, The Turn of the Screw. The show opens on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, with an additional showing [...]


Seth Gadinsky appointed as founding chair of the Office of Engaged Creativity Advisory Council
Arts and Culture
Seth Gadinsky has been elected as founding chair for the Office of Engaged Creativity Advisory Council. Gadinsky is owner of Gadinsky Real Estate, LLC, a full service retail real estate company located on Miami Beach. In his new role, Gadinsky will be responsible for building awareness of FIU and developing [...]


School of Music students receive high praise from Latin Recording Academy
Arts and Culture
School of Music students Lina Borda and Jorge Canovas recently visited the Miami office of the Latin Recording Academy to meet with Luis Dousdebes, the academy’s CFO. Dousdebes had invited the Panthers to present them with certificates of appreciation for their  contribution and dedication during their FIU Internship Program. Borda, a [...]


Campus Voices: Nervous but excited at SoBe
Arts and Culture
Nicole Garcia, a public relations senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC), was among the 30 recruits from the school who volunteered at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Feb. 23-26. Last week, FIU News asked Garcia to write a first-person piece about this [...]


FIU honors distinguished alumni at 11th Annual Torch Awards Gala
Campus Life
FIU will pay tribute to distinguished alumni and members of the university community at its 11th annual Torch Awards Gala on Sat., March 3.  The event recognizes the university’s most outstanding alumni and members of the FIU faculty for contributions to their fields, the community and their alma mater. “This [...]


Legendary hip-hop mogul enlightens students on good practices for life
Campus Life
Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons kicked off the SGA-BBC Lecture Series Feb. 22 at Biscayne Bay Campus as he discussed “The Evolution of Hip-Hop and the Effects It Has on Society,” as well as he latest books and his oh-so-Zen approach to life. In the process, he enlightened the more than [...]


FIU to honor Isabel Allende at BBC special event
Arts and Culture
Acclaimed Latin American author Isabel Allende will visit FIU Monday, March 5, to receive a literary award from the Creative Writing Program and participate in a public talk. The event is open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. in the Wolfe University Center at the Biscayne Bay Campus. [...]


Panthers ready to Relay for Life March 2-3
Campus Life
Spring is a particularly busy time around FIU – there are events pulling everyone’s attention in a number of directions, from class to the beach – but philanthropy remains dear to everyone’s heart. Students already had success raising more than $61,000 for the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation through the Children’s [...]


Swimming & Diving make a big splash
Campus Life
The 2011-12 swimming season turned out to be a record-breaking year for the FIU swimming and diving team. The Panthers broke 10 program records, four Sun Belt Conference records, claimed five Sun Belt championships and swept the conference swimmer, diver and coaches of the year awards. In addition, FIU had [...]


Take a Kubrickian journey under the stars March 1
Arts and Culture
Get ready to venture into space Thursday, March 1, as the Frost Art Museum hosts another Movie on the Lawn. We helped the Frost get the good word out by letting y’all vote on which film you wanted to see next and, with 26 percent of the vote, you chose [...]


Researcher to discuss Cuban turtles, marine biodiversity at Luna Star Cafe
Campus Life
Fernando Bretos, a research associate at The Ocean Foundation (TOF), will present “Cuba: The Accidental Eden” Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Luna Star Café in North Miami. The event is part of the “Eat, Think, and Be Merry Science Café” series sponsored by the School of Environment, Arts and Society. Its title originates from an [...]


Betsy reads your comments Feb. 24
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!


FIU Panthers take South Beach
Headliner
FIU students brought their A game to Moët Hennessy’s The Q and The Q After Dark as the 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off Feb. 23 against a backdrop of clear skies, swaying palm trees and the ocean. FIU News will be following the action [...]


On tonight’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival menu: Best of the Best, Burger Bash
Arts and Culture
From The Q to the ‘Bleau: After hosting thousands oceanside at Moët Hennessy’s The Q and The Q After Dark, FIU student volunteers spent all day Friday, Feb. 24, prepping for two special events: Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best, sponsored by Bank America, and Amstel Light’s Burger Bash, presented [...]


Test of the university’s emergency notification system
Campus Life
A test of FIU’s Emergency Notification System will take place Friday, Feb. 24, at approximately 10 a.m. This test is designed to help ensure efficient communication in the event of a real emergency. The systems that will be tested include text messages, phones, speakers, email, social media channels and the [...]


2012 Path Awards: promoting and protecting health in the South Florida community
Campus Life
For the last five years the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work has honored the contributions and commitments of professionals in public health, social work and dietetics. The 2012 Path Awards will take place Wednesday, April 18, in the Graham Center Ballrooms at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Wednesday April 18, 2012 11:30 a.m. [...]


FIU Theatre’s ‘The Arabian Nights’ opens March 2
Arts and Culture
FIU Theatre’s fourth and final production of the season brings The Arabian Nights, by Mary Zimmerman, to the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Main Stage Theatre at Modesto A. Maidique Campus beginning Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m. The show will run through Sunday, March 11. Directed by Phillip M. Church, [...]


T-minus 1 hour ’til SoBe 2012 kicks off with The Q
Arts and Culture
It’s t-minus 1 hour until the 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicks off with the Moët Hennessy’s The Q and Moët Hennessy’s The Q After Dark. More than 300 FIU student volunteers (of which approximately 140 are culinary assistants) are setting up 34 stations for the [...]


Emergency Notification System survey
Campus Life
FIU is conducting a test of its Emergency Notification System. Please take a moment to fill out this short survey that will provide emergency managers important feedback regarding the success of this test.  


Students prepping for 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Arts and Culture
Eighty students from FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (CSHTM) were at the Miami Beach Convention Center Feb. 22, prepping for tomorrow night’s Moet Hennessy’s The Q and Moet Hennessy’s The Q After Dark. These students are just a few of the small army (nearly 1,000) who volunteer [...]


Andy Warhol: Has it been 25 years?
Arts and Culture
In this edition of Campus Voices, FIU News asked Carol Damian, director and chief curator of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, to reflect on Andy Warhol’s legacy on the 25th anniversary of his death. Andy Warhol died 25 years ago today, Feb. 22., at the age of 58 [...]


Campus Voices: I’m on the SoBe list
In the World
Public relations junior Nicole Garcia is among the 30 recruits from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) who will volunteer at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Feb. 23-26. As usual, the event will serve as a learning ground for approximately 1,000 FIU Panthers. This [...]


FIU hosting energy industry leaders at two conferences
Campus Life
As oil drilling begins off the coast of Cuba, prices at the pump threaten to reach record levels and the debate over the Keystone Pipeline expansion continues, some of the world’s foremost experts on energy are set to convene at Florida International University for two industry conferences. The Global Energy [...]


Campus Voices: 50 years after John Glenn and Friendship 7
Headliner
Most Panthers know alumnus Paul McCall as #12, the quarterback who led FIU football from 2005-09. A double graduate of FIU with bachelor’s and master’s degrees, McCall is currently working on his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He is an aspiring astronaut. FIU News asked McCall to write a first-person piece [...]


New report points to failures in international response to Haiti earthquake
Campus Life
FIU public health researcher co-authors new study for World Health Organization A new World Health Organization report on the public health response to the Haiti earthquake says the international community repeated and amplified mistakes of past disasters and those failures cost lives during a critical lifesaving period. The study, co-authored [...]


FIU joins STEM education national dialogue at 100Kin10 Partner Summit
Science and Health
As a partner in the 100Kin10 movement, FIU is participating in today’s 100Kin10 Partner Summit in Washington, D.C. The initiative is a multi-sector effort to train or retrain 100,000 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers over the next 10 years. It was established in January 2011 by the Carnegie [...]


Chinese scholars pursue Healthcare MBA at FIU
Campus Life
Many firsts are happening for a group of Chinese health management students studying at FIU’s College of Business Administration. The thirteen students from Southern Medical University (SMU), one of the top medical universities in China, arrived in the fall of 2011 as the first SMU class to pursue their Healthcare [...]


CNN meteorologist to discuss extreme weather events
Campus Life
Extreme weather is in the forecast with the impending visit of Bonnie Schneider, who’s coming to FIU Friday, Feb. 24. The CNN and HLN meteorologist will discuss the weather anomalies of 2011 at her free lecture, which is scheduled for 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Wertheim Conservatory at Modesto [...]


Get your tickets: FIU Panthers vs. Miami Marlins March 7
Campus Life
Get a sneak peek of the new Marlins Park and support FIU baseball. The Panthers will face off against the Miami Marlins in an exhibition game Wednesday, March 7. The game will be held at the new ballpark (1390 NW 7th Street) at 7:10 p.m. Tickets are $10 and get [...]


Move over recycling bin, here comes the Dream Machine
Campus Life
This week, the Office of University Sustainability introduced the FIU community to the Dream Machine, a computerized recycling kiosk. Folks can recycle their cans and bottles and earn reward points redeemable for local discounts. For every plastic bottle and aluminum can recycled in the reverse vending machine, PepsiCo will make [...]


A rock-in’ good time
Freeze Frame
Approximately 300 FIU Greeks participated in the 21st annual Rock-a-Thon hosted by Phi Sigma Sigma Feb. 17 in the GC Pit at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event was a philanthropic effort to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation and the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation while having fun. Each [...]


English professor strikes gold at book awards
Arts and Culture
Congratulations go out to Lynne Barrett on winning the Gold for General Fiction at the Florida Book Awards, which every year honors the best work produced by Sunshine State writers. The English professor will collect her award – which celebrates Magpies, her latest collection of short stories – at the Florida [...]


EU ambassador to discuss world economic crisis at FIU
Campus Life
Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, head of delegation for the European Union (EU) to the United States, will present “Transatlantic Relations in Turbulent Times” Wed., Feb. 22, in the SIPA Auditorium. The lecture is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The highest ranking diplomatic officer [...]


Betsy reads your comments Feb. 10
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!  


Panther Voices: Sentiment toward Cuba embargo changing as community changes
Campus Life
This week marks 50 years of the United States embargo on all trade with Cuba. Since 1991, FIU has polled South Florida Cuban-Americans to gauge sentiment toward the embargo. The poll shows support for the policy eroding. As part of FIU News’ Panther Voices series, lead investigator and sociology professor [...]


FIU to host College Goal Sunday
Campus Life
WHAT:  Florida International University will host “College Goal Sunday.”  The one-day event aims to help college-bound students fill out their financial aid forms to ensure access to higher education.  Similar workshops are being held throughout South Florida and the state. WHO: High school seniors and their families are invited to [...]


Leadership lecture series kicks off Feb.8
Campus Life
The Center for Leadership will launch its Leadership lecture series Feb. 8 with a presentation by Mary C. Gentile, a pioneer in business ethics. Gentile’s lecture, “The ‘How’ of Business Ethics” will address the questions: “What if I were going to act on my values? What would I say and [...]


Feb. 10 lecture to explore life of a citizen scientist
Campus Life
Harvard researcher Mathew William Lensch will speak about “Nature and Nurture: The Life of a Citizen Scientist” Friday, Feb. 10, as part of the QBIC Confluence seminar series. The event is free and will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the College of Law, RDB 1100, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. [...]


Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange final interviews coming to FIU
Campus Life
Three Panthers in the running for the 2012-2013 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) program won’t have to travel far for the next round of interviews: For the first time, FIU’s Undergraduate Education will host the final interviews for the southeast U.S. at Modesto A. Maidique Campus Feb. 9-10. CBYX is an [...]


New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to headline FIU Geopolitical Summit
Campus Life
WHAT:  Thomas Friedman, one of the nation’s most influential columnists and thinkers, will discuss the social and political challenges of the United States’ economic crisis at FIU’s third Geopolitical Summit. The Geopolitical Summit brings to South Florida some of the leading thinkers in the U.S. and beyond to discuss the [...]


Dance Marathon a ‘personal’ event for student
Campus Life
Alfredo Brown is 21 years old. He’s a sports management senior at FIU, and the president of Pi Kappa Phi. Today, he is a healthy young man, but he once was known as a Miracle Child. He was born three months premature, and among the problems he faced were a [...]


Geopolitical Summit to host Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman
Campus Life
One of the country’s leading thinkers, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, headlines this year’s Geopolitical Summit, “Rediscovering America?” The summit begins at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in the Graham Center Ballrooms. The 2012 summit will focus on the crisis posed by the global economic recession. Friedman’s [...]


Working through red tape: How FIU Law students will help small business
Campus Life
County Commission Chairman Joe A. Martinez is on a mission to clean up the entire code of ordinances – and he’s recruited students from the College of Law to help get the job done. Together with FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and R. Alexander Acosta, the college’s dean, Martinez announced [...]


Holy Coley! Point guard among elite scorers in nation
Sports
As recently as last week, Panthers point guard Jerica Coley listed her two state high school championship tennis titles as her biggest sports accomplishment to date. By season’s end, the sophomore may be forced to reassess her biggest athletic feat. With only seven games left in the regular season, the [...]


University Health Services issues chickenpox information
Campus Life
University Health Services (UHS) advised the FIU community Feb. 2 that there has been a case of chickenpox, also known as varicella disease, diagnosed at the university. Varicella is a virus that can be spread through respiratory droplets and skin-to-skin contact. Since most people were exposed to the disease as [...]


Research with monkeys may yield solutions to conservation issues
Science and Health
She’s still an undergraduate, but Elizabeth Tapanes, a biological sciences major in the School of Environment, Arts and Society, already has five years of research experience under her belt with the DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests. Her research with owl monkeys, a species common in Central and South [...]


Why the whistleblower-journalist relationship matters
Campus Life
As part of its 2012 Hearst Distinguished Lectures Series, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will present a two-day program exploring “What If Nobody Listened? How Whistleblowers and Journalists Expose Corruption, Skullduggery and Injustices” Feb. 8-9 at MMC and BBC  In 1984, Meryl Streep received her fifth Academy Award nomination [...]


Justice Alito presides over FIU moot court finals
Campus Life
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sat as chief justice for FIU’s 9th annual Moot Court Competition Even seasoned trial lawyers might find themselves intimidated arguing in front of a Supreme Court justice. At FIU’s 9th annual Moot Court Competition, four College of Law students rose to the challenge. U.S. [...]


FIU hosts Haiti-CEO retreat
In the World
As Haiti marks the second anniversary of its devastating earthquake, one of the most significant signs of economic recovery is a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The “2011 Digicel Entrepreneur of the Year” from telecommunications operator Digicel fostered that success. Twenty-four finalists for the award took part in an intensive executive education [...]


FIU Theatre to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Arts and Culture
WHAT:  Florida International University’s fall 2011 theater production “The House of the Spirits,” written by Caridad Svich and based on Isabel Allende’s novel, has been invited to participate in the 2012 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.  A group of 24 students and five faculty members have been nominated in [...]


FIYou: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06
Campus Life
Name: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Instructor, Department Leadership and Professional Studies in the College of Education Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach undergraduates about the foundations of education and get them to ask questions. Number of years [...]


Panthers sweep Sun Belt swimming, diving awards
Campus Life
The awards keep pouring in for the FIU swimming and diving team. Sophomores Sonia Perez Arau and Sabrina Beaupre were the Sun Belt Conference Swimmer and Diver of the Week for the week ending Jan. 29. This marks Perez Arau’s second award of the season. Beaupre has now won diver [...]


Cristobal signs highest-rated recruiting class yet
Sports
FIU football signed its largest, highest-rated and best academic recruiting class on National Signing Day, Feb. 1. Head coach Mario Cristobal said this class is a sign of things to come. “We spent our first years trying to build a competitive football team. Now our focus is building a great [...]


Vote for the next Movie on the Lawn
Arts and Culture
The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, March 1 The Frost Art Museum wants to you to help pick the next movie we’re watching. Yup, after successful outdoor screenings of the documentary I Am and the Halloween classic Beetlejuice, the powers that be [...]


Election 2012
Campus Life
“Election 2012” is FIU’s election headquarters. Here FIU experts will provide their analysis of the candidates and key issues of the campaign, as well as stories about the election. The series will run through voting day, Nov. 6. Florida Primary A few days before Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, political science professors [...]


FIU professors debrief foreign journalists on presidential primaries
Campus Life
FIU professors from the Department of Politics and International Relations sat down with journalists from across the country on Monday, January 30 to discuss the Florida Primary and its importance to the presidential campaign.   Professors Nicol Rae, Kathryn DePalo, Adrian Ang, and Kevin Evans briefed the journalists on issues [...]


What can FIU learn from the Penn State sex abuse case?
Campus Life
President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique led the university community in a discussion about leadership, values and ethical issues raised by the Penn State scandal “This is a case of a distorted culture that has wrapped itself around a football team,” said President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique at an FIU teach-in [...]


Betsy reads your comments Jan. 27
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!  


Lou Piniella to headline Diamond Dinner
Campus Life
New season kicks off with legendary major leaguer at Feb. 11 fundraiser Coming off a 2010 Sun Belt championship and back-to-back NCAA regional appearances, the FIU baseball team will chase the next step in the program’s growth in 2012. It all starts with the annual Diamond Dinner Saturday, Feb. 11, [...]


Campaign 2012
Campus Life
“Campaign 2012” is FIU’s election headquarters. Here FIU experts will provide their analysis of the candidates and key issues of the campaign, as well as stories about the election. The series will run through voting day, Nov. 6. Florida Primary A few days before Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, political science professors [...]


FIU researchers visit D.C. to advance defense research priorities
In the World
As Congress reconvened from its holiday recess, FIU faculty members visited to educate and advocate policy makers on how FIU research is providing national defense solutions, helping our veterans and working on transportation solutions for South Florida. Kenneth Furton, dean of the College Arts & Sciences; Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D., [...]


President Rosenberg meets with Occupy FIU
Campus Life
After meeting with members of Occupy FIU Jan. 27, President Mark B. Rosenberg sent this letter to the FIU community. Dear students, faculty and staff: Today, I met with members of Occupy FIU, at their request, to discuss the January 12 arrests. I was joined by key members of FIU’s [...]


Students lead community arts projects
Arts and Culture
In the last year FIU demonstrated its commitment to community engagement through the arts, encouraging students and friends to participate in several creative initiatives. Last summer, FIU worked with hundreds of people of all ages on its Worlds Ahead Mural and Ship of Tolerance projects, as well as The Art [...]


Gingrich delivers foreign policy speech at FIU
Campus Life
A week before the Florida primary, FIU students had the opportunity to sit in on a foreign policy speech by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. While on the campaign trail, the former speaker of the House made a stop at FIU’s Wertheim Performing Arts Center Jan. 25 to talk Latin [...]


Traffic Alert
Campus Life
On the morning of Jan. 24, the Wertheim Performing Arts Center will be the site of an event sponsored by the FIU College Republicans. Please be aware that there will be increased traffic in the southeast corner of the Modesto Maidique Campus starting before 9 a.m. through around Noon. Parking [...]


FIYou: Eric Brewe
Campus Life
Name: Eric Brewe Hometown: Long Beach, Ind. Job Title/Department: Assistant Professor of Science Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: My job is to promote learning science by teaching courses for high school teachers on teaching science, by teaching physics courses that promote [...]


Study in paradise
Freeze Frame
Evan Burr, a business management major, and Stephanie de la Rocha, an English major, enjoy a tranquil morning in front of Primera Casa near the GC Fountain.


FIU announces the naming of the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Campus Life
Florida International University is pleased to announce that its top-rated hospitality school has been named the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Designated in honor of the Chaplin family, the School will continue to provide cutting-edge management education for students who intend to pursue careers in the hospitality and [...]


FIU Center for Leadership hosts Miami Leadership Summit
In the World
The FIU Center for Leadership hosted nearly 100 of Greater Miami’s top business, community and civic leaders at the Miami Leadership Summit Jan. 17. The summit was the brainchild of President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique. The group developed specific ideas to position the region as a global competitor economically, culturally [...]


FIU Political Experts
Campus Life
MIAMI – Florida International University has several experts on local, state, national and international politics, as well as other fields, available to comment on the upcoming Florida primary. Our experts can discuss a wide range of subjects, including politics in Florida, taxes, foreign relations and the environment. For questions or assistance [...]


President Rosenberg’s comments on tuition increase
Campus Life
Dear students, faculty and staff: Last week, I visited Tallahassee to make a presentation to the House Education Committee on a variety of issues, including diversity, STEM degrees, and the future needs of our institution. When asked a question by House Committee Chairman Rep. William L. Proctor regarding the issue [...]


Get ready for a (Game) Jam Jan. 27-29
Campus Life
A gamers dream event will be held at the Engineering Center Jan. 27-29: the Global Game Jam, hosted by FIU’s Collaborative Open Innovation Lab (COIL ), an educational program that assists students and pros in envisioning and realizing technology ideas. Some 10,000 game enthusiasts, developers, designers and artists are expected [...]


Dance your worries away at the 2012 Dance Marathon Jan. 28-29
Campus Life
Everyone’s invited to enjoy a ‘Lion King’ theme at one of the biggest parties thrown on campus and raise funds for the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation “It Means No Worries” – that’s the Lion King-inspired theme of this year’s FIU 15th annual Dance Marathon, the largest student philanthropy at the [...]


FIU joins the community to honor Martin Luther King’s legacy
In the World
FIU took part in the 34th Annual Martin Luther King Parade on Monday, Jan. 17, in Liberty City. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and Vice President of Student Affairs Rosa Jones led the university’s contingent. The FIU Marching Band, ROTC Color Guard, cheerleaders, Dazzlers, Roary and students joined in on the [...]


U.S. Department of Transportation funds FIU transportation research
Campus Life
Florida International University’s efforts to find traffic solutions got a boost this week. Earlier this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) to advance research and education programs that address critical transportation challenges facing the nation. The UTCs, which are [...]


Star Party Jan. 27
Campus Life
Join physics professor James Webb for a star party Jan. 27! Every semester, Webb hosts a series of parties, sharing his passion for astronomy with the general public. These nighttime events feature a brief lecture and refreshments, capped off by a chance at some stargazing, weather permitting This event will feature [...]


Law professor explores life and death in new book
Campus Life
Are you alive? What makes you so sure? These strange questions are the opening lines of a new book by College of Law professor Elizabeth Price Foley. The Law of Life and Death uses stories of real people – some of whom, like Terri Schiavo, readers are sure to recognize [...]


Enjoy a round of celebrity golf, support FIU’s First Gen Scholarship Fund
In the World
FIU and the PGA World Golf Championship have partnered to offer golf fans the opportunity to attend the Cadillac Championship in Doral March 7-11 and support the FIU First Generation Fund If you enjoy golf and like giving back, FIU and the PGA World Golf Championship have just the ticket [...]


2012 Peer Advisors announced
Campus Life
The FIU Office of Orientation and Commuter Student Services welcomed new members to the Peer Advising family on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Thirty-four students were selected to become 2012 Peer Advisors. Two 2011 Peer Advisors will be staying with the group, serving as Peer Advisor Coordinators. The selected students began a [...]


Eminent engagement expert to visit FIU
Campus Life
WHAT: A national authority on university-community engagement, Ira Harkavy, founding director of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, will be visiting Florida International University to discuss FIU’s engagement efforts and help create strategies and avenues for faculty, students and partners to work together to tackle [...]


President Rosenberg’s message about on-campus demonstrations
Campus Life
The following message was sent from President Mark B. Rosenberg to the university community on January 18, 2012. Dear students, faculty and staff: I know that many of you have heard that two students and five individuals who are not students were arrested on Thursday, January 12 for disrupting school [...]


Good handwriting and good grades: FIU researcher finds new link
Campus Life
Who cares about handwriting, anyway? It’s the 21st century, after all. We have iPads and iPhones, computers that spell check and fonts that go from French script to Freestyle and back to Times New Roman. But to Laura Dinehart, an assistant professor at Florida International University’s College of Education, handwriting [...]


Tips to get your child to practice their handwriting
Campus Life
A study by FIU College of Education Professor Laura Dinehart concludes that a 4-year-old who practices his or her handwriting can do better in elementary school–both in reading and math–than someone who never focused on penmanship. Below are some of Dinehart’s tips to get a child interested in handwriting: 1-      Have writing material [...]


Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint delivers keynote address at MLK breakfast
Campus Life
MLK Breakfast at FIU – Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint by fiunews Introduction by Dr. Ora Strickland, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences One of the highlights of FIU’s Martin Luther King commemorative breakfast this year was keynote speaker Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, professor of clinical psychiatry at [...]


Betsy reads your comments Jan. 13
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!  


And then brunch was served…
Freeze Frame
The Office of Campus Life at Biscayne Bay Campus officially welcomed students taking classes this spring to FIU’s north campus with a brunch the morning of Jan. 12. Among the students who enjoyed the delicious spread – there was coffee, juice, eggs, all kinds of bagels…the works – was Richard [...]


SEAS launching Envrionmental Film Series for spring semester
Campus Life
The School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) in the College of Arts & Sciences is inaugurating its first Environmental Film Series from January to April during the spring 2012 semester. “As the first film series for the school, we consciously tried to connect each film with each discipline in [...]


Going bananas for Yonanas
Campus Life
FIU alums invented a kitchen appliance that provides a healthy alternative to ice cream. Now their cool invention is hotter than a South Florida summer day.  “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill Eileen McHale ‘93 loves ice [...]


The musical engineer
Freeze Frame
Alex Delascasas studies electrical engineering at FIU but loves to enjoy Modesto A. Maidique Campus and play his guitar outside the library. Wonder if he has seen this video?


FIU Foundation Board of Directors members announced
Campus Life
FIU has appointed four community leaders to serve on the FIU Foundation Board. “The FIU Foundation is honored to welcome these established professionals whose record of service to South Florida aligns with the mission of FIU,” said Howard Lipman, senior vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the [...]


FIYou: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10
Campus Life
Name: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10. I’m currently pursuing a Ph.D. in adult education and human resource development. Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla. Job Title/Department: I’m the managing editor of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, a quarterly publication produced by the Department of Leadership and Professional Studies in [...]


Alumna pioneers water treatment business
Campus Life
Lin Li (MIB ’11) had already been accepted for graduate work at Monash University in Australia when she heard about a partnership between FIU and Qingdao University, where she had earned two bachelor’s degrees. “The United States is one of the world’s most important economic centers and Miami is a [...]


Coley earns Sun Belt Player of the Week honors
Sports
Sophomore Jerica Coley has been named Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, as voted on by the league’s head coaches on Jan.. The honor marks the second of the campaign for Coley and the third of her career. A Preseason First Team All-SBC pick, Coley led FIU [...]


‘FIU Magazine,’ Jan. 2012: A Beautiful Mess
Campus Life
Miami-Dade County’s Teacher of the Year Agustin Grana ’00 is a voice and advocate for special needs students By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 After three years of teaching intellectually disabled children, Agustin Grana ’00 quit. His students – 14 to 22 years old – showed little academic progress. He was [...]


FIU joins First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiative to help take care of veterans and families
Campus Life
As part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, announced this week, FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has joined medical schools around the nation in pledging commitment to creating a new generation of doctors, medical schools, and research facilities that will make sure America’s heroes receive medical care worthy [...]


Important eligibility and funding changes to Pell Grants
Campus Life
Although Congress and the president have now enacted a federal budget that maintains the Pell Grant maximum at $5,550 for the 2012-2013 academic year, a set of changes to Pell eligibility were enacted that will affect students currently receiving grants. These amendments include limiting Pell grants to a total of [...]


FIU hosts 21st Annual Breakfast to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Arts and Culture
     Florida International University’s Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a two-week long celebration inspired by King’s life and work.      The MLK Commemorative Celebration between Jan. 11 and Jan. 25 is one of the most anticipated annual FIU events [...]


Future Florida senator
Freeze Frame
Polical science major Nathaly Pena transcribes her notes at the FIU Bookstore.”I’d love to be a senator for the State of Florida and move on to be an ambassador,” she says.


Down to business
Freeze Frame
Johanna Raffo, a Colombian exchange student studying business law, makes her way across Modesto A. Maidique Campus Friday, Jan. 6. The Spring 2012 semester begins Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.


FIU’s Spring 2012 starts here
Campus Life
Find out everything you need to know to navigate the new semester. FIU is resuming the academic year with the first day of Spring 2012 classes on Monday, Jan. 9. Here are some important dates to keep in mind: Sun., Jan. 8: Last day to add courses without incurring a [...]


‘FIU Magazine,’ Jan. 2012: The Education Effect
Campus Life
FIU, JPMorgan Chase and Miami-Dade County Public schools come together to transform lives at Miami Northwestern Senior High By Deborah O’Neil, MA ’09 Every morning, a chorus of cheers and applause greets the students of Miami Northwestern as they start the day at Liberty City’s landmark high school. “It’s you! [...]


FIYou: Ivy Siegel MS ’06
Campus Life
Name: Ivy Siegel MS ’06 Hometown: I was born in New York but have lived in Hollywood, Fla., my whole life. Job Title/Department: Assistant Director, Campus Life Campus: Biscayne Bay Campus In a nutshell: I advise SOC and Panther Power and oversee Week of Welcome, Release Week and our Midnight [...]


FIU to commemorate second anniversary of Haiti earthquake Jan. 12
Campus Life
Two years after the earthquake in Haiti, there are signs of progress in the reconstruction of the nation’s capital; however, there remains great need. FIU will commemorate the tragedy that killed a quarter million people and reflect on the road ahead during special events planned for the two-year anniversary on [...]


FIU swimming goes the distance at Orange Bowl Swimming Classic
Sports
The FIU swimming team kicked off 2012 with a win at the Orange Bowl Swimming Classic at the Jacob’s Aquatic Center in Key Largo Jan. 3. The Panthers won top honors in the women’s division, besting George Mason, which took second place, and the University of Vermont, which finished third. [...]


Of life and limb
Science and Health
When someone loses a limb to war, accident, or disease, she can get an artificial limb that restores some of her lost movement. But even the best prosthesis doesn’t restore the sense of touch. And touch is what lets you grip an egg tightly enough that it doesn’t fall but [...]


American Association of Museums bestows accreditation upon Frost Art Museum at FIU
Arts and Culture
Congratulations are in order for The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU: After a rigorous process that examined all aspects of its operations, the museum has achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM) once again. This is the highest national recognition for which a museum can [...]


FIU alumna volunteers a year in Nigeria
In the World
Christine M. Adolf ’07 is spending a year in Kaduna, Nigeria as a volunteer, exploring how she can use her background in business to empower people living in poverty around the world. Read her blog on BizNews, the College of Business Administration’s news site.


Star fan
Freeze Frame
FIU alumnus and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Danny Pino ’96 hit St. Petersburg to support the Panthers at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. Pino tweeted this photo after the game and said, “Proud of FIU Panther Fball. Long way in short time. Congrats to Marshall. #sportsmanship.”


Coach Tomic to leave FIU, Athletics seeking replacement
Sports
Danijela Tomic, who has led FIU’s volleyball team to numerous records and history-making wins as head coach for seven years, will leave the university to serve as head coach at Bowling Green State University. During her time at FIU, the three-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year developed the [...]


Panthers fall to Marshall at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
Campus Life
A blocked punt by Marshall in the fourth quarter set up what proved to be the game-winning field goal as the FIU Panthers fell, 20-10, Tuesday night in the 2011 Beef  ’O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg. “We won eight games this year. [FIU head] coach [Mario] Cristobal has done [...]


President Rosenberg: Game Day! Dec. 20, 2011
Campus Life
President Mark B. Rosenberg is in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The president is sharing commentary and photos from his trip, so be sure to check out his blog on this whirlwind trip. Yesterday FIU News published his first and second entries.  Below [...]


Researchers break world record for data transfer
In the World
Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. During last month’s SuperComputing 2011 conference in Seattle, the international team, which included researchers from FIU, transferred data in opposite directions at a combined rate of 186 gigabits per [...]


International relations student finishes Congressional internship, gains on-Hill experience
In the World
Like many FIU students who return from Washington D.C. after completing federal internships, Luis Enrique Pantigoso recently came back from D.C., pumped about his future. The Peruvian-born 28-year-old international relations junior was among 16 students from universities across the United States who spent 12 weeks this fall completing the competitive [...]


Pres. Rosenberg: Beachside! Dec. 19, 2011
Campus Life
President Mark B. Rosenberg is in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The president is sharing commentary and photos from his trip, so be sure to check out his blog on this whirlwind trip. Yesterday FIU News published his first entry. Below is [...]


Pres. Rosenberg: The 12th Panther is in the House! Dec. 18, 2011
Campus Life
President Mark B. Rosenberg is in St. Petersburg, FL, for the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The president is sharing commentary and photos from his trip, so be sure to check out his blog on this whirlwind trip. Below is the president’s first entry: St. Pete—the 12th Panther [...]


Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl Central
Campus Life
When our FIU Panthers left Saturday, Dec. 17, for the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Pete, FL, FIU News was there. Check out the video below. Check back for new videos daily in the days leading up to Tuesday’s game (Dec. 20). President Rosenberg is also blogging from St. [...]


Early spatial thinking skills predictor of STEM achievement
Science and Health
Recent graduates may be surprised to learn that the vocabulary their parents used with them as children may have had a hand in their chosen field of study. Those graduating with a STEM-related degree (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) can look forward to the more than 8 million jobs that [...]


Office of Global Learning Initiatives featured in AAC & U publication
Campus Life
The university’s quality enhancement plan (QEP) and Office of Global Learning Initiatives received some high-profile exposure recently with a fabulous write-up in the December 2011 newsletter of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. The article quotes OGL Director Hilary Landorf and Associate Director Stephanie Doscher, who are leading the [...]


A snapshot of commencement
Campus Life
More than 3,700 FIU students received their degrees during Fall Commencement ceremonies at FIU. To commemorate this landmark occasion in these Panthers’ lives, we decided to encourage graduating students, as well as their friends and family, to capture these veritable Kodak moments. We strategically placed disposable cameras (remember those?) around [...]


Break time
Freeze Frame
And then, it was time to rest. After a long fall semester, liberal studies freshman Ronald Washington was able to kick back on campus, browse the Web and enjoy the nice outdoors.


Betsy reads your comments Dec. 16
Campus Life
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!


FIU Model UN named Outstanding Small Delegation
Campus Life
FIU Model UN was named Outstanding Small Delegation (2nd place) at the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) Dec. 4. The conference is considered the fall championship of collegiate Model United Nations. Yale took first place with Best Small Delegation. “Our goal was to win a delegation award [...]


Good dispositions make better teachers
Campus Life
If you were to ask Erskine Dottin, a professor in the College of Education, what it takes a university to produce a quality teacher he probably would say the task requires collaboration. This fall, Dottin embarked on a partnership with Charles Wyche Elementary to match FIU students from his Introduction [...]


Former FIU Board of Trustee Leader named Chairman Emeritus
Campus Life
The Florida International University Board of Trustees (BOT) named Albert E. Dotson, Sr. chairman emeritus in honor of his years of leadership and service to the university. Dotson’s service to FIU spans three decades, most recently as chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2011. In approving Dotson’s [...]


FIU adds sand volleyball, hires coach
Sports
Kick off ’em sneakers, Panthers: FIU Athletics is adding women’s sand volleyball to its programs and has hired Olympic silver medalist Rita Buck-Crockett to coach the new team, which will begin competing at the NCAA Division I level in 2013. With the addition, FIU increases its intercollegiate-sport count to 18. [...]


Burger King CEO shares leadership philosophy
Campus Life
A crowd of more than 145 students, faculty, alumni and representatives of the business community convened at FIU to hear Bernardo Hees, chief executive officer, Burger King Corporation, talk about leadership. Hees’ appearance at the College of Business Administration was part of the Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture Series. This program [...]