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Panther wins Irish Women’s Open to kick off active summer

Monday June 10, 2013

FIU English major, Meghan McLaren, won the Irish Women’s Open Amateur championship by a single stroke in her first competition of the summer. In addition, she helped England win the tournament’s Nations Cup.

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9 Famous FIU Connections

Monday June 10, 2013

Many of FIU's famous connections can be traced back to the FIU English Department in SEAS.

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FIU family, Liberty City residents create neighborhood mural

Monday June 10, 2013

“Tree of Life” is a vibrant metaphor for the promise of a community and the resilience of its residents. Created by the people of Liberty Square in collaboration with FIU and community organizations, the piece is a work in progress, much like the children who created it.

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Freeing Animals From Our Evolutionary Traps

Monday June 10, 2013

In the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Bruce Robertson of Bard College, Jennifer Rehage of Florida International University, and Andrew Sih of University of California, Davis, take a look at a lot of documented examples of evolutionary traps and try to come up with a theory for them.

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Fear of sharks helps preserve balance in the world’s oceans

Tuesday June 4, 2013

A prey’s fear of a shark is critical to protecting ocean biodiversity, according to researchers at Florida International University. Without this fear, a cascading effect within the ecosystem could destabilize the world’s oceans.

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Geosciences PhD candidate wins AGU's Outstanding Student Paper Award

Tuesday May 28, 2013

Yosmel Sanchez-Hernandez was awarded the American Geophysical Union's Outstanding Student Paper Award.

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Drinking Water Quality in Bakuriani

Tuesday May 28, 2013

On 14-16 May 2013, the USAID funded program Integrated Natural Resources Management in Watersheds (INRMW)- Georgia organized a three-day training on Drinking Water Quality in the town of Bakuriani.

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Summer 2013 Workshop Series

Tuesday May 28, 2013

The MARC U*STAR, MBRS RISE & McNair Programs will be hosting a Summer 2013 Workshop series open to FIU students.

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Pain & Gain by Pete Collins, Now a Paramount film

Tuesday May 28, 2013

The Paramount Pictures film Pain & Gain is based on the writing of Pete Collins, part of his MFA thesis of creative nonfiction crime stories about South Florida con men.

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Sandy-slammed shore recovers, tops America's best beach list

Friday May 24, 2013

Main Beach is on the list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach, " director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research.

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