Artist-in-residence, local students plant the seeds of sustainability
On Earth Day this year, a group of third-graders at Joella C. Good Elementary School gathered on their campus with green flags and shovels in hand. With the help... Read more.
Alumnus’ app featured in App Store top 10
A new app that helps convey emotion while texting, created by alumnus Jordan Shidlofsky JD ’14, was featured in the App Store’s top 10 most downloaded apps for... Read more.
In the throes of an epidemic, FIU says throw out your old prescription drugs
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is April 29 As the nation struggles to understand the opioid epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)... Read more.
FIU law dean Acosta confirmed as U.S. Labor Secretary
Today, FIU College of Law Dean R. Alexander Acosta was sworn in as the 27th United States Secretary of Labor. Secretary Acosta is the first FIU administrator or... Read more.
Scientists study portion of Everglades closed to people for decades
After nearly 40 years of being closed off to the public, visitors to Everglades National Park can now explore Joe Bay. Joe Bay is one of Florida Bay’s main... Read more.
FIU digital media professor among ‘New Generation of Dreamers of South Florida’
The Miami Times recently recognized School of Communication and Journalism (SCJ) professor, author and activist Moses Shumow for his tireless commitment to... Read more.
FIU graduates do well by doing good
Social entrepreneurship runs deep with the class of 2017 While traveling in Asia, Ari Sernik volunteered at a Cambodian orphanage for HIV-positive children. After... Read more.
Learning through leadership, experience and service
In the summer of 2016, Anthony Suarez organized a student trip to Managua, Nicaragua, as part of FIU’s Alternative Breaks program. Suarez’s team members spent... Read more.
Business with bees creates sustainability
For some, the idea of beekeeping may be daunting. But for senior marketing major Andrea Saladrigas, daughter of Florida’s third largest beekeeper, it was a simple... Read more.
FIU celebrates Maya Angelou’s legacy, brings together Little Haiti community
Brave. That is the word used to describe women like Carlotta Walls LaNier and Maya Angelou whose courage and resilience paved the way for desegregation, the civil... Read more.