environmental studies

A Voice for the Wild: FIU Student raises environmental awareness about controversial development

Paloma Pimentel | Contributing Writer The environmental concerns that sparked the fierce advocacy of Michael Perez’s movement are once again at the forefront of one of Miami’s most controversial infrastructure projects.  In an interview with PantherNOW, Michael explains how he spent his early life enjoying the verdurous riches of West Kendall, the suburbs of Miami.  […]

FIU Participates in Sustainability Tracking System

Taylor Gutierrez / Contributing Writer FIU currently holds a silver ranking with the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. This year, AASHE will reevaluate FIU’s sustainable efforts in 2021 and students can expect more sustainable programs at the university over the next few years. The AASHE monitors environmental sustainability efforts made by colleges […]

Alex Crow: planting the seeds for success

Bianca Antunez/Contributing Writer It is often said that to make big changes in the world, you must start with what you have in front of you; that is the same approach that Florida International University junior Alex Crow has towards the environment. Alex Crow is majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Natural Resources. When […]

Student Thoughts: Pope Francis merges religion and science

To have the most well-known and powerful religious figure in the world not just accept the science on climate change, but also find it necessary to let all of his followers know about it is unprecedented. If the most religious person in the world can understand that science and religion do not have to be polar opposites from each other, than how can we not?

Take a walk in the wild with FIU ‘Ecology of South Florida’ class

I could’ve dropped the class. It was completely out of my comfort zone - in the words of my friends, “it wasn’t me,” but I didn’t. I’m still not sure what compelled me to stay that first day.

Artist paints mural on Glenn Hubert Library walls as part of renovation project

Jaime Choclote, a comic artist and mural painter, has illustrated scenery of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous tribes onto the walls of the Glenn Hubert Library as a part of the library’s renovation project.

Road closing due to dorm construction

University Way, or 113th avenue, will be closing today at 5 p.m. at the Modesto Maidique Campus to make way for the construction of the new Parkview dorms and parking garage.

Construction begins for Parkview housing project

University housing students are losing a parking lot today but gaining new dorms as construction starts for the new housing structure called Parkview.

New housing for 2015

To help meet the need for on-campus housing, the University has made plans to accommodate the demand by constructing Parkview, a new housing complex consisting of two phases.
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