Ram Praneeth | Staff Writer The FIU Police Department, in collaboration with the FIU Division of Information Technology, has issued a crucial alert on Wed. April 10 regarding a recent surge in reports concerning fraudulent employment schemes circulating on various online platforms. “We’ve received reports of individuals impersonating FIU faculty to lure victims into fake […]
Alba Rosa | Assistant News Director New research conducted by universities in Florida, Texas, New York, and more finds a term called “acculturative stress,” which explains the connection between cultural pressure and stress in Hispanic emerging adults, a community already disproportionately affected by it. In this research study titled “Acculturative Stress and Self‑rated Health among […]
Nafiul Khalid | Contributing Writer On Nov. 3, in a resounding commitment to preserve the fragile ecosystem of the Florida Keys, a hybrid seminar on land conservation was held at the Wertheim Conservatory at 3 p.m., bringing together the graduate students of the Department of Earth and Environment. The key speaker, Cynthia Guerra, the acquisition […]
Samantha Soria / Contributing Writer Cybersecurity is one of the many issues that the Biden administration is tackling and they are expanding their efforts to end ransomware campaigns and those who create them. FIU and DigitalEra Group, a tech-based company virtually hosted their fifth annual Security Miami Conference on July 15. Secure Miami brings the […]
Elise Gregg / Contributing Writer As the fall semester progresses, most FIU students and faculty members are responding to the challenges of online learning. FIU’s Department of Information Technology has found itself accommodating to the needs of university students and staff. While FIU’s switch to virtual learning has presented various difficulties, for IT it has […]
Teresa Schuster / Staff Writer From retailer Shein’s swastika necklace to NFL player DeSean Jackson‘s praise for Hitler, the past few weeks have seen a rise in antisemitism across the US. Last Monday, FIU Hillel’s virtual welcome program for freshmen was interrupted by several students and non-students bombarding the chat with anti-Israel messages. “It wasn’t […]
By: Victor Jorges / News Director President Donald Trump’s latest executive order against social media platforms is a step towards controlled speech, according to a communications expert. The Trump vs. Twitter war started with a battle after the social media platform added links to two of his tweets on May 26. Mail-in voting for the […]
By: Nicole Heller / Contributing Writer An FIU professor is pushing the boundaries of technology with a new electric vehicle battery. The model consists of a lithium-sulfur type of battery which is estimated to power three times more. He also revealed they are working on a second model with a lithium air-type of battery capable […]
By Mathew Messa/Staff Writer Students with a passion for gaming, coding, and creation will be thrilled to learn that this year’s Global Game Jam is set to take place at the end of the month. From Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, the University will have their very own “jam site” located in the PG6 Tech […]
By: Yeskanisayka Urbina/Staff Writer The University is hosting an annual conference for cybersecurity education and training to encourage cybersecurity in the workplace. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) 2018 conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and Wednesday, Nov. 7. The conference is an exhibition created by […]
By: Yeskanisayka Urbina/Contributing Writer FIU’s largest student organization for technology, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, hosted their second hackathon, ShellHacks, welcoming college students from different universities and majors to participate in the collaborative hacking event. The event took place on campus and it was the second time it was organized during a fall semester. With 36 […]
By: Sherrilyn Cabrera/Contributing Writer Business students now have a new incentive to be involved on campus with the launch of a new app that offers prizes for involvement. The FIU College of Business (COB) released the BizPass mobile app on Monday, Aug. 20 on the Playstore and App store. FIU Bizpass is a platform […]
