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Feb. 10 lecture to explore life of a citizen scientist

cochrane — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:13 +0000

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. [...]

Leadership lecture series kicks off Feb.8

eaguila — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:31 +0000

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 [...]

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange final interviews coming to FIU

cochrane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:29:19 +0000

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 [...]

Holy Coley! Point guard among elite scorers in nation

cochrane — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:01:33 +0000

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 [...]

Working through red tape: How FIU Law students will help small business

Martin Haro — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:38 +0000

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 [...]

Geopolitical Summit to host Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman

oneild — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:02 +0000

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 [...]

Dance Marathon a ‘personal’ event for student

Martin Haro — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:26 +0000

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 [...]

University Health Services issues chickenpox information

cochrane — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:03:28 +0000

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 [...]

FIU hosts Haiti-CEO retreat

eaguila — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:08 +0000

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 [...]

Justice Alito presides over FIU moot court finals

eaguila — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:28 +0000

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. [...]

Why the whistleblower-journalist relationship matters

Martin Haro — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:31:15 +0000

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 [...]

Research with monkeys may yield solutions to conservation issues

cochrane — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:25:20 +0000

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 [...]

Cristobal signs highest-rated recruiting class yet

eaguila — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:42:41 +0000

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 [...]

Panthers sweep Sun Belt swimming, diving awards

eaguila — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:52:34 +0000

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 [...]

FIYou: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06

Martin Haro — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:45:04 +0000

Name: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Instructor, Department of 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 [...]

FIU Theatre to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

jprenaud — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:33:44 +0000

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 [...]

Vote for the next Movie on the Lawn

Martin Haro — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:06:47 +0000

The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 1 The Frost Art Museum wants 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 at [...]

What can FIU learn from the Penn State sex abuse case?

eaguila — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:36:20 +0000

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 [...]

FIU professors debrief foreign journalists on presidential primaries

jprenaud — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:01:26 +0000

FIU professors from the Department of Politics and International Relations sat down with journalists from across the country on Monday, Jan. 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 ranging [...]

President Rosenberg meets with Occupy FIU

eaguila — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:33:13 +0000

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 [...]