Teaching, not testing makes better students
Teaching is more than just assembling a series of best practices that are expected to lead students to perfect standardized test scores. According to an article... Read more.
WWII veterans receive Legion of Honor, impact students
Journalism icon Tom Brokaw has called them the Greatest Generation that ever lived. Some were 18 or 20, others 22, at the time they changed the course of history.... Read more.
FIU volunteers join the Miami Heat to protect sea turtles
Florida’s sea turtles face an uncertain future as they confront pollution, habitat encroachment and illegal harvesting. Miami Heat legends Alonzo Mourning (left)... Read more.
Cuban Allure, American Seduction exhibit to open at Wolfsonian-FIU
On the heels of renewed diplomatic relations and travel between the United States and Cuba, The Wolfsonian–FIU will explore images of pre-Revolution Cuban culture... Read more.
SGA president starts FIU expansion petition on Change.org
Alexis Calatayud, Student Government Association president for Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) and a senior political science student in the Green School of International... Read more.
Student-run hackathon to inspire entrepreneurship, innovation
During the first weekend in March, 250 college students will hack day and night to make a new piece of technology that can help make the world a better place,... Read more.
Researchers analyze costs of ADHD treatments
In the United States, medication is the first line of treatment for 90 percent of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, FIU researchers... Read more.
FIU Libraries awarded GRAMMY grant to preserve Latin culture
1917 Edison recording If CDs and audiotapes are practically extinct, what happens to even older forms of music storage? At FIU, they’re preserved for generations... Read more.
Rosenberg family donates $1 million for scholarships
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and his wife Rosalie announced their $1 million donation to FIU for first-generation scholarships at the launch of this year’s... Read more.
Researchers ‘going to the mat’ to help teens cope with stress
Though yoga is believed to have started more than 2,000 years ago, FIU-BRIDGE researchers and FIU students are finding that this ancient practice may have much... Read more.