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FIU Researcher Helps Prevent HIV And AIDS In Rural South Florida

By: Valentina Palm / Asst. News Director   Dr. Patria Rojas assigned Latina farmworkers in Homestead to examine their naked bodies in the mirror for homework. Three years later, her HIV and sexual education intervention proved to be successful and will be replicated for males. “Some of these women, didn’t know they had a urethra […]

Honoring the legacy of Jeffrey Schmalz

Captivated by the story of a man who was dedicated to informing the world of an important cause, Samuel G. Freedman and Kerry Donahue set out on a journey to tell the incredible story of journalist, Jeffrey Schmalz. AIDS may have taken Schmalz in the end, but with his death, came the birth of a new journalism.

BBC to host lecture on AIDS journalist

“It’s important to bring young readers, both straight and gay, back to that time period and also be reminded of how many exceptionally talented, exceptionally gifted, exceptionally productive people – members of the media, the arts and business, all aspects of society – lost their lives to this disease at incredibly young ages,” said Freedman.

University hosts World AIDS Day

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The University celebrates World AIDS Day Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the Biscayne Bay Campus Panther Square.

University partnership to promote HIV/AIDS awareness

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The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration offered a grant to FIU-BRIDGE, one that would go towards a project promoting health as well as substance abuse, HIV and Hepatitis C prevention.

World AIDS Day brings awareness to University

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With World AIDS Day coming up on Monday, Dec. 1, the FIU Wellness Center is putting together one of their famous Random Acts of Wellness days.

University celebrates World AIDS Day by hosting HIV resource fair

SHS will be hosting a resource fair with free HIV testing in the ballrooms at Biscayne Bay Campus on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a tabling event outside of Green Library at Modesto Maidique Campus on Dec. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Media coverage of HIV/AIDS on steady decline

Katherine Lepri/ Staff Writer Five years ago, Allan Richards assigned his undergraduate students to monitor media coverage of HIV/AIDS. He was subsequently shocked by, what he considered, the lack of local reporting of the issue in south Florida, even though the region had seen a troubling uptick in new cases. “There are multiple reasons why […]

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