The Criminal Justice Department

Professor Luis Salas received an additional $2.9 million this fiscal year to continue work on his project “Colombia Justice Reform and Modernization Program.”

The Africa & New World Studies Department

Ava Purkiss is scheduled to receive the FIU College of Arts & Sciences Academic Excellence Award on Sunday April 26, 2009.

Dionne Stephens has a new book in 2009 "Examining African American female adolescent sexuality within mainstream Hip Hop culture using a womanist-ecological model of human development". In S. Loyd, A.L. Few and K. Allen (Eds.) Handbook of Feminist Theory, Methods and Praxis in Family Studies (pp. 160- 174). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

The Women's Studies Center

Laurie J. Shrage has a book coming out in July 2009 "You've Changed - Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity". New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

The Deep Sound Project

Erik DeLuca from the School of Architecture and the Arts and Dr. James Webb, Physics Department have just received a large Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs grant to support their Deep Sound Project.

On March 21st, 2009 South Floridians have the opportunity to take part in an extraordinary, unique experience. The Deep Sound Project: The Sonic World of Deep Oceanic Space, a surround sound, audio-visual...[Full Article]