FIU’s location in the vibrant and dynamic city of Miami makes it the perfect place to learn about different cultures and international issues.
Each year students in FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management have an opportunity to help stage one of the country’s most celebrated culinary events, the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
In 2009, law students in the Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic took on an international case of historic consequence. They represented five Liberians in a 13-month-long civil trial that argued Chuckie Taylor, the son of the former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, had brutally tortured them leaving irreversible physical and psychological damage.
Henry Vega ’99, an electroacoustic performer living in The Hague, uses a most unexpected instrument to compose music: the computer. Vega began his musical training at the FIU School of Music learning the classics.
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Professor explores political consequences of disasters
Why is it that some governments or administrations emerge from disasters more popular and politically stronger, while most appear to emerge less popular and ...
A.J. Walking: 43 days to football
What does it mean for an offense to run the option? We can almost hear the roar of the crowd at the game! There are less than two months until the start of the 2010 FIU football season and opening game on Sept. 11 vs. Rutg...
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Taking Charge: Coach Cristobal’s recruits step up as the senior leaders of the 2010 football team
For three years, Coach Mario Cristobal has been shaping a class of leaders among his football players. This year, for the first time, the team has a core of senior players who matured under Cristobal’s leadership. They st...
A.J. Walking: 43 days to football
What does it mean for an offense to run the option? We can almost hear the roar of the crowd at the game! There are less than two months until the start of the 2010 FIU football season and opening game on Sept. 11 vs. Rutg...
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