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December 15, 2020 at 2:00pm
Every year, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) honors an individual who demonstrates leadership, originality and has innovative solutions to current environmental challenges.
Berrin Tansel, professor of environmental engineering and undergraduate program director in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized this year. As the first female faculty member to join the College of Engineering & Computing in 1990, Tansel has been awarded AAEES’ 2021 Science Award for her contributions to the field of environmental engineering.
Growing up in a small town in Turkey, Tansel, who is a chemical engineer by training, moved to the states when she received a scholarship to pursue her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Wisconsin. At the time, environmental engineering was emerging, with regulations being changed by the Environmental Protection Age
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FIU’s Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator awarded $2.5 million to develop entrepreneurial leaders in the creative sector
November 10, 2020 at 8:00am
FIU’s Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator (RA+DI) has received a gift of $2.5 million from the Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation to develop diverse, entrepreneurial leaders in the creative sector and boost South Florida’s economy.
This gift marks the third awarded to FIU’s RA+DI by the Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation, which is focused on providing access to education and training for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners to grow their ventures, create jobs, and expand economic opportunities in local communities.