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Florida’s Economy is Booming, Influencers Say it’s Time to Disrupt it

Florida’s economy continues to grow, and so does its population. At the Florida Priorities Summit, produced by the Miami Herald and hosted by the University of Miami, experts weighed in on how they think the state’s economy needs to adjust. Some influencers think the next step in Florida’s economy is technology, not tourism. Melissa Medina, […]

Experts: Fixing Florida’s Affordable-Housing Crisis Involves Fixing Legislation

Gerard Albert III/ Editor in Chief More and more people are coming to Florida and the state is facing a problem: where to put them. Activists and policy makers met at the University of Miami this week for the second-annual Florida Priorities Summit produced by the Miami Herald. They came up with solutions to some […]

Improvement in Miami transit means ‘maximizing options’

By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director   Like a bad student, commuting in Miami has gotten a severely bad grade and it needs to improve. The public transportation system in Miami-Dade County is notoriously inefficient, and this year the inefficiencies were quantified by an organization called Transit Alliance Miami. Transit Alliance released a “Mobility Scorecard,” in which […]

Florida Influencers to discuss state priorities in two-day summit

A host of Florida influencers, including three from Florida International University, met at the University of Miami on Tuesday to discuss community-driven issues ranging from transportation to healthcare.

New information on cracks in FIU pedestrian bridge released

By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director   UPDATE 5/23/18 NTSB confirms knowledge of cracks on trusses: The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on their website confirming the existence and knowledge of cracks in the support structures of the bridge as early as Saturday,Feb. 24, weeks before the bridge was put up. “The NTSB is […]

Destini Feagin and the culture of college athletics

Giancarlo Navas/ Staff Writer The alleged sexual harassment by first year Head Coach of the women’s basketball team Marlin Chinn speaks to the system of indentured servitude that is college athletics. Cloaked in a veil of education is an oppressive system that feasts on the defenseless and emboldens the powerful. senior forward Destini Feagin may […]

FIU faculty senate discusses Miami Herald controversy

Members of the University community received an explanation about the recent conflict with The Miami Herald over media access at the Faculty Senate meeting.

$10 million is granted to relocate Fair, lobbying continues

The University received $10 million from the state to help move the Youth Fair, but a poll shows mixed feelings among voters.

Tuition tracker: Low-income students suffering most

According to tuitiontracker.org, sticker price is rising and so has the net price for low-income students, who are receiving less aid.

Professional journalists discuss use of social media for news

On Friday, March 21, the University chapter for the Society of Professional Journalists held their first annual “Listen, Learn, Connect” conference. The first invited speakers included Lori Todd, a social media manager for the Sun Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel and Jaqueline Charles, a Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald.

Women in sports journalism can feel like ‘crashing the frat party’

On the March 18 sports journalism panel for “Communication’s Week 2014,” Lindsay Casinelli, a Univision sportscaster and Michelle Kaufman, a Miami Herald sportswriter and a University of Miami adjunct professor, spoke up about the bias towards women in the business of sports journalism. “The first thing that people see are my boobs, and I live with that,” said Casinelli.

Professor uses camera lens to document “blackness”

“(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race,” published on Nov. 28, 2013, is a combination of written biographies and photographs that investigate the lived experiences of people who identify as Black or have their “blackness” questioned.
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