Samuel Larreal | Staff Writer With their last meeting of the year wrapped up, the Board of Trustees still has loose ends with some of this semester’s most controversial issues. During the Dec. 7 meeting, trustees discussed on-campus student housing, freedom of speech, the ongoing response to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and a recently confirmed partnership […]
Ram Praneeth | Contributing Writer Haiti, a country marred by instability and poverty, struggles with many internal and external conflicts. Education is no different in the nation’s long list of domestic battlegrounds. On Dec. 1, a virtual panel discussion from the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, titled “Reflections on Haiti: Layering the Conversation […]
Salma Ibrahim | Contributing Writer On Nov. 28, a panel conversation was held at Graham Center addressing the challenges of sustainable development and exploring the green potentials of Brazil. Spearheaded by the Brazil Institute, this event was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute, FIU’s Program of Excellence in Brazilian […]
Elise Gregg and Samuel Larreal | PantherNOW Staff Dozens of students packed the senate chambers on Monday, pressuring senators to pass a resolution that will likely remain stuck until next semester. The “Ceasefire Now!” resolution would support a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza strip and urge FIU to stand in solidarity with Palestinian students, as […]
Samuel Larreal | Staff Writer With only one senate meeting left in the calendar, a late-term student government resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza faces an uncertain path to the senate floor. The document still has to go through the Rules and Administration Committee before a full Senate vote. A refusal from the committee […]
Salma Ibrahim | Contributing Writer On Nov. 15, the Polish poster exhibition ‘Uncaptive Mind’ was inaugurated by the Ambassador of Poland to the United States Marek Magierowski at FIU’s Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, in the Green School Gallery. This exhibition is presented by the Green School’s Blanka Rosenstiel Lecture Series […]
Conor Moore | Assistant News Director To conclude International Education Week, FIU’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies held a lecture to discuss a litany of topics ranging from academic freedoms to feminism. Titled “The Landscape of Knowledge Production in Illiberal Contexts: Gender Studies & The Central European University”, the lecture was hosted by Dr. […]
Carlos Ricaurte | Contributing Writer On November 16th, FIU received Marek Magierowski, the Polish Ambassador to the United States. This visit was part of a larger string of lectures covering Poland and European politics in relation to the United States and its regional policy, especially since the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ambassador […]
Conor Moore | Assistant News Director Afghanistan’s first female vice president of Parliament Fawzia Koofi spoke over Zoom at FIU. Her daughter, Sharzhad spoke as well, detailing the plight of women and their ongoing oppression under Taliban rule. The event was hosted by the United Human Rights Foundation, an organization dedicated to educating people on […]
Conor Moore | Assistant News Director General Laura J. Richardson, four-star army general and head of the United States Southern Command discussed geopolitics and US influence in Latin America. Sponsored by foreign policy think tank Council on Foreign Relations, the event was hosted by the Jack D. Gordon Institute as part of the “Fireside Chat” […]
Conor Moore and Samuel Larreal | PantherNOW Staff Graham Center Lawns became embroiled in protest when a large crowd of students demanded a ceasefire on the Gaza Strip. In response, a Jewish student-led counterprotest denounced recent Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. The 100 person protest remained peaceful with moderate FIU Police presence. The protest was […]
Andres Davila | News Director Following a re-emergence of the immigration debate in the United States, FIU’s Office of Global Learning Initiatives dedicated Oct. 17, Tuesday’s Time Roundtable to the patterns and motivations of global migration. Marcie Washington, a politics and international relations professor, addressed the definition of global migration and its impacts on migrants. […]
