Sweet cravings, real estate lessons fuel success for Joseph’s Cookies

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Barred by diabetes from eating sweets, Joseph Semprevivo was determined to find a way to enjoy the baked goods he craved. Diagnosed at 9 years old, he had no cooking or baking experience, but really missed the sugary treats. Two years later, he started experimenting in the kitchen of his parents’ restaurant. At 15 years […]

Teaching, not testing makes better students

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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 published by Assistant Professor James Burns, who joined FIU’s College of Arts, Sciences & Education faculty in January, teachers should be lifelong learners who inspire their students to take […]

Panther Alumni Week grows in size, impact

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When does Miami’s proverbial 3:05 cafecito break become an opportunity for a student to sit down and network with an accomplished public relations specialist? During FIU’s annual Panther Alumni Week, a highlight of which was a coffee break where students gained valuable incite from advertising and marketing expert Lily Saviñon ’10, founder of the Miami-based […]

FIU achieves top rank in Carnegie research classification

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced today the newest edition of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. FIU moved into the top category—R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity. “We are focused on using state-of-the-art research and innovation as drivers to become a solutions center for our community and the world,” […]

5 things you need to know about Zika, its spread

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On Monday, Feb. 1, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a public health issue of international concern, a designation it has issued only three times previously. On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott directed Florida Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong to declare a health emergency regarding Zika in Miami-Dade, Lee, Hillsborough and Santa Rosa counties. […]

Visit Shakespeare’s London at FIU’s new virtual reality facility

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It’s 1598, and you’re on your way to the Globe Theater to watch one of Shakespeare’s plays. You walk along the dirt roads and the green fields of London and you realize you can see the London Bridge in the distance. A vagabond asks you for a coin, and you find the village houses and the town market bustling with customers. […]

Student programmer uses coding to solve community problems

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We often steer clear of tedious budgets, graphs and numbers. And many times, we’re not sure where to go to access important community information. When this data becomes inaccessible and hard to understand, it creates a problem for civic engagement. FIU student Gregory Johnson recognized this problem in Miami-Dade County and had a solution: coding. In August of […]

Scientists discover how arsenic builds up in plant seeds

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Researchers from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine are part of an international team that has identified how arsenic builds up in the seeds of plants similar to rice. The discovery holds the promise of the future development of healthier rice grains. “While the process of how arsenic is taken into roots and shoots of […]

Alumna takes on Alaska’s wild side

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When I tell Meredith Marchioni that I’ve just learned there may be a brown bear nearby, she immediately takes off. Not away from the bear but toward it. “Down here?” she turns to ask, heading toward a line of cottonwood trees on the banks of the Kenai River, Alaska’s world-renowned fly-fishing spot. We’ve met here so […]

Portrait of the artist-turned-curator: Alumnus wears his heart on his sleeve at Art Basel Miami Beach

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Omar Lopez-Chahoud ’90 takes joy in introducing up-and-coming artists to the masses The glitz and glamour that accompany one of the world’s largest gatherings of art—think celebrities and late-night after parties—resonate little with Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Despite his intensive involvement with the scene that surrounds Art Basel Miami Beach, held earlier this month, he does what […]