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Share this article Share this article MIAMI, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maurice A. Ferré Foundation has announced a $2 million gift to Florida International University and pledged to raise additional funds, totaling $5.55 million, for the university to establish the Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership at the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs. The new institute will honor the life and work of its namesake and will address the critical matters of prep...

Jackson’s vaccine sites are open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the vaccine sites. On the day and time of your appointment, students who are Florida residents must show their driver’s license, passport or other government-issued photo ID with birthdate at the time of check-in. Non-Florida residents will be required to show a valid student ID, along with a driver’s license or passport. Jackson is exclusively offerin...

Updated on February 24, 2021 at 1:02 pm EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images Florida International University has received a grant from the James L. Knight Foundation in order to enhance the schools resources for students seeking to join the tech industry. The $10 million gift will go to FIUs School of Computing and Information Sciences, a press release said, with the goal of developing "technical talent at scale to meet the demands of industry and Miamians seeking to advance their skills....

Florida International University Search February 24, 2021 at 9:00am Building on South Florida’s momentum around technology and entrepreneurship, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $10 million gift to FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences to develop technical talent at scale to meet the demands of industry and Miamians seeking to advance their tech skills.   The investment will catalyze the development of the local tech ecosystem by attracting top faculty res...

Florida International University Search Menu Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks with Mark Green of the McCain Institute and Green School Senior Fellow David J. Kramer during State of the World 2021. State of the World 2021 kicks off with Albright, FIU experts and more February 1, 2021 at 4:55pm FIU’s fourth State of the World conference opened Monday with leading FIU experts speaking on the global pandemic; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talking about the futur...

Florida International University Search January 27, 2021 at 9:00am FIU has joined the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida in launching a “Year of Reflection,” a collaboration devoted to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion programming as well as research for faculty, staff, and students.   The three universities form the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities. Since 2014, the collaborative partnership has pooled the universit...

Florida International University Search January 14, 2021 at 9:48am Vulnerable communities, which include Black and Hispanic South Florida residents, are often disproportionately impacted by disasters such as hurricanes, floods and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic.     FIU researchers plan to study and address these racial and ethnic disparities over the next three years with a $4.63 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Commons for Justice (CfJ) project will look for ...

Florida International University Search January 14, 2021 at 11:00am FIU has been selected by NBCUniversal News Group to participate in NBCU Academy, a newly launched, innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development program for four-year university and community college students through education, on-campus training and online programming. FIU is among 17 academic partners nationwide to be selected for NBCU Academy. “As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, we have a gre...

In addition to the vaccination initiative started last week, a limited number of vaccines have been allocated to the university.

Florida International University Search FIU delivered laptops, bikes, and other toys to Miami-Dade elementary school students on Thursday, Dec. 17. This is the 29th year that FIU has given students at low-income schools surprises for the holidays while celebrating their academic achievements. Typically the FIU Children’s Holiday Celebration takes place at the university, but it went virtual this year because of COVID-19. Three students from Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary and Jesse J. McCrary...