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Florida International University has become a leading patent producer after faculty inventors have been recognized for receiving over 80 patents this past year. According to the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association, FIU has now entered the top 25 U.S. utility patents granted among U.S. public universities. Within this past year, FIU […]

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has recently appointed Silvia Castellanos to the Children's Trust Governing Board of Miami-Dade County. Castellanos has built an impressive résumé over the course of her career.  She is the Director of External Affairs for Banyan Community Health Center where she works on developing Banyan’s, federal, state, and local strategy.  Castellanos has also […]

Climate change has become a paramount concern for voters in recent years.  Recently, Florida International University hosted a conference with leading experts on climate change to discover if governments are really tackling the issue. FIU put together the conference that lasted two days.  Speakers included representatives from institutions and organizations such as Stanford, MIT, University […]

Florida International University has always been ahead of the curb on environmental research.  Now FIU has published what they believe is the most unsuspecting threat to local ecosystems today. In a study funded by the National Science Foundation, seagrass was concluded to possibly be a big problem moving forward in bodies of water, specifically in […]

The Chairman and Founder of Leon Medical Centers Benjamín León Jr. has made an impactful contribution to Florida International University— a $10 million gift in FIU's CasaCuba. FIU CasaCuba will be a Cuban cultural center on FIU's campus and academic center that facilitates the discussion and study of Cuban affairs.  The goal in mind is […]

It’s official: Hispanics in the U.S. continue to refuse to refer to themselves as LatinX. Nearly 80% refer to themselves as Hispanics versus 1.3% as LatinX, revealed Florida International University’s (FIU) Annual Hispanic Public Opinion Survey unveiled this Wednesday. Are Hispanics Mostly Democrat or Republican? While most Hispanics remain registered Democrats, support for the party […]

Florida International University's environmental efforts are finally being recognized as the school was hosted by the Everglades Foundation at the university's center in Washington, D.C. For over 20 years, FIU has directed $40 million water-quality monitoring project - the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Program funding by the National Scicen Foundation - that is […]

Florida International University has dominated headlines for its legal and medical programs.  Now the Miami-Dade-based university is utilizing the newly impressive  Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom and hosted the World Strategic Forum. FIU made national headlines when an impressive set of new Senior Fellows at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom were announced.  […]

Florida International University has dominated headlines for their legal and medical programs.  Now the university in South Florida is ushering in an impressive set of new set of Senior Leadership Fellows at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. The list from FIU includes former President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad.  Mahuad was president from 1998-2000.  […]

Florida International University has done nothing but impress the nation recently with their academic endeavors.  The school is now ranked 64th according to US News among public schools, and 124th overall including private institutions. FIU also has a top 10 recognition from Degree Choices, who ranked the school at 8th nationally for return on investment, […]

While the buzz around Florida International University has primarily come from state-level within Florida, FIU has been further legitimized by being ranked the #4 public university by the Wall Street Journal. With FIU Law School, Medical school and various undergraduate programs rising in national rankings, the school as a whole is being recognized for these […]

Florida International University has recently made some drastic improvements that have skyrocketed the Miami-Dade school to national prestige.  The school has now developed a new study method that has been scientifically proven to improve learning abilities. With funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Kramer and a team from the STEM Transformation Institute followed 811 FIU […]

Florida International University has welcomed new medical students.  The tradition marks a huge milestone for the school as they inducted 121 future physicians, demonstrating how large the program has grown since its inception in the late 2000s. In 2009, FIU hosted its first of these ceremonies where only a couple of students participated in the […]

FIU has climbed the ranks of colleges across the nation, making them a serious contender in academia.  The school has just released new economic data that shows a significant spending gap between the generations in America. According to FIU economist Hakan Yilmazkuday, there could be multiple reasons for the generation spending gap.  A professor of […]

Florida International University has recently sky rocketed among universities across the nation in prestige.  Now the accomplished FIU is working diligently to rehabilitate the endangered parrots. The Americas have faced a problem with the poaching and smuggling of endangered variations of birds, in this case parrots.  The birds were poached from their nests and smuggled […]

In a state with very competitive law schools, Florida International University has climbed the national law school rankings by 38 spots, making them a top 60 law school in the country. FIU has for a long time sat on the sidelines compared to other institutions such as University of Miami, University of Florida, and the […]

This week Florida International University reportedly dealed with a false active shooting report this week near their College of Nursing and Health Sciences on the Modesto Maidique Campus. FIU and local police responded immediately and thankfully no deaths occurred and the building was cleared safely.  Authorities now believe this was a, "swatting," incident where a […]

Florida International University has recently led state universities across Florida in technological advancements, quality education, and contributing to the local economy.  The next feather in FIU's cap is a new algorithmic technology that diagnoses strokes with an 84% success rate. The project that has taken four years to develop seems to be making finalizing headway.  […]