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¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Ranked by 'U.S. News & World Report' as Top Public School

By | September 9, 2019

U.S. News & World Report ranked ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app in its list of "Top Public Schools" in the nation for the first time in the university's history, landing at No.140 in the annual ranking of the nation's best universities.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Pine Jog Selected as 2019 ULIEA Grand Prize Winner

By | August 8, 2019

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) recently selected Pine Jog Environmental Education Center as the 2019 UL Innovative Education Award (ULIEA) grand prize winner.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Medicine, Florida Blue Team Up to Offer Free Wellness Programs

By | July 25, 2019

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Schmidt College of Medicine and Florida Blue have teamed up to offer free community wellness programs and activities as part of an initiative - the "¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Medicine Wellness Hub" in Boca Raton.

Hispanics' Consumer Confidence Drops for Second Straight Quarter

By | July 10, 2019

Consumer confidence among Hispanics in the U.S. dropped as concerns for the economic outlook for the U.S. worsened, according to a new national index from ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Business and Economics Polling Initiative.

Research Park at ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app® to Celebrate 2019 Awards

By | June 26, 2019

The Research Park at ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app recently named the recipients of its fourth annual Research Park Annual Awards.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Receives $1 Million from Rubin and Cindy Gruber

By | June 25, 2019

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app officially announced a $1 million gift from Rubin and Cindy Gruber to establish The Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox and to support student scholarships through their endowment.

Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's I-HEALTH

By | June 10, 2019

Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., has been named as executive director of ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university's four research pillars.

Major Cities in U.S. Experiencing Downward Pressure on Housing Markets

By | June 5, 2019

Most major cities in the U.S. are experiencing downward pressure on the demand for homeownership, according to the latest national index produced quarterly by ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app and FIU faculty.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Participates in Historic Trip to Israel with Gov. Ron DeSantis

By | June 4, 2019

During the trip, ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app signed five MOUs with both universities and organizations to further strengthen the university's ties with higher education and research in the State of Israel.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Receives $750,000 from Gangal Foundation to Name Innovation Hall

By | May 22, 2019

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's College of Engineering and Computer Science received a $750,000 gift from the GANGALS nonprofit Foundation, Inc. to name the Lata and Shiva Gangal Global Innovation Hall in the Engineering East building.

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