NASA

Nobel Prize Winner from NASA at Physics Colloquium

Alex Castro | Contributing Writer Decades worth of research and discoveries lead us toward a new era of space exploration technology. Aided by the leadership of one particular astrophysicist, NASA was able to create a new way in which we view space. John Mather is an astrophysicist with an avid background in engineering and physics. […]

Venezuelan Engineering Student Awarded NASA Fellowship

Cristina Gonzalez/Entertainment Director  With our curiosity in space remaining strong, one FIU student is developing an efficient communication system allowing spacecrafts to send information and photos back to Earth.    Marisol Roman, a PhD student with a focus in Electrical Engineering and Computing, is one of three engineering students who were awarded a fellowship by NASA, […]

Few space programs to blame for anti-science generation

Esdras Lopez/ Contributing Writer When President Kennedy issued a challenge to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade in the 1960’s, many thought this was an impossible dream. But the deadline was issued and a well funded NASA went to work, enthralling millions of Americans and the entire world when […]

Claw & Growl News & Opinion Talk Show February 24, 2017

The Claw & Growl discusses food selfies, diets, meal plans and the different vegan/vegetarian options that can be found on campus. We also discuss President Donald Trump's new executive order on immigration, the withdrawal of Obama's transgender bathroom bill, the new discoveries made by NASA and more!

NASA’s Kepler Telescope discovers possible extraterrestrial life

When it comes to extraterrestrial life, many would argue it means leaving the factual realm of science and entering the world of sci-fi, but according to NASA’s chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, aliens may soon become our reality.

VIDEO: Students live underwater, assist Fabien Cousteau in Mission 31

Six miles off the coast of Key Largo, University students Adam Zenone and Andrew Shantz spent 17 days living in the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only operational underwater research habitat.

Graduate student snags job with NASA

Rigoberto Roche has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering and is now working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. His job description includes writing code for the International Space Station and monitoring telecommunication satellites.

Stocker AstroScience Center celebrates grand opening with week of events

The Stocker AstroScience Center's grand opening was a week of lectures, music and star gazing.

Mars One applicant to speak at University events next month

Patrick Ford, a junior physics major and astronomy minor, and Mars One Project applicant will speak about the Red Planet in two different events next month.

Lecture to discuss connections between humans and environment

WaterSCAPES’ mission is to discover the connections between humans and the environment. The program seeks to answer questions regarding how Earth is changing and what the consequences are for life on Earth.

‘Background politics’ involved in senator’s resignation

Three senators resigned from the Student Government Council at Biscayne Bay Campus last week, and another resigned on Feb. 28 in what Speaker of the Senate Anaisabel Garciadescribed as a “GPA sweep.”

As empty seats still exist, so too do appointments

In the Student Government Council general meeting at Biscayne Bay Campus on Jan. 26, President Christin “CiCi” Battle appointed an executive assistant to the president in under five minutes.
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