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The Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology
The University of Florida recently began construction on the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a 263,000-sq.-ft. academic building located in the heart of UF s main campus in Gainesville.
The facility will connect students and researchers from across disciplines and create a hub for advances in computing, communication, and cyber-technologies with the potential for profound societal impact.
Anchored by a gift from UF alumnus Chris Malachowsky as well as funding from the state, the new building will provide collaboration space and focus on the application of computing, communication and cyber technologies to a broad spectrum of areas including health care, pharmacology, security, technology development and fundamental science.
Stempel professor among FIU physician-leaders tapped for Miami-Dade County mayor’s COVID-19 advisory panel
Dr. Mary Jo Trepka answers questions about the advisory group’s work and discusses how local citizens and members of the FIU community can best support their own and others’ health
December 18, 2020 at 4:45pm
Dr. Mary Jo Trepka is an infectious disease epidemiologist and professor and chair of the epidemiology department at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work. She was recently invited to participate in advising Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on issues related to COVID-19 as South Florida, like much of the country, continues to grapple with a surge in cases. Also serving from FIU are Drs. Aileen Marty and Yolangel Suarez Hernandez, both from the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, and Dr. Robert Sackstein, its dean.
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Hooi Hooi Ng studies potentially life-threatening vascular calcifications.
December 15, 2020 at 10:39am
Ng s research is a collaboration across FIU s research community. She is a joint postdoctoral associate in the lab of Alexander Agoulnik at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Joshua Hutcheson at the College of Engineering and Computing s Department of Biomedical Engineering. All three scientists collaborate in the Biomolecular Sciences Institute (BSI) a multidisciplinary consortium of FIU researchers housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. BSI is part of FIU’s Translational Molecular Discoveries Emerging Preeminent Program.
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An inspiring story of faith, family, and determination
Kylie Alvarez was tired of being tired.
Although she excelled in school she got a full scholarship to FIU and graduated summa cum laude schoolwork and everything else was exhausting. For years, I always wondered why I was so tired all the time, said Alvarez, a physician assistant student at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM).
Eventually, she went to the doctor. After a series of tests, she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid does not produce enough hormones. She also had a suspicious thyroid nodule. A month before starting PA school at FIU, she had surgery to remove her thyroid. And a biopsy revealed the nodule was malignant.