eMerge Americas Techweek: University features research
Miami’s innovators have gathered to bring together projects and ideas at eMerge Americas Techweek, a conference that started on Thursday, May 1 and runs through Tuesday, May 6.
Miami’s innovators have gathered to bring together projects and ideas at eMerge Americas Techweek, a conference that started on Thursday, May 1 and runs through Tuesday, May 6.
Although other schools have started taking action against it, University graduates will still be allowed to snap a selfie as they walk across the stage to receive their diploma and shake hands with the president.
In the Senate’s last meeting of the academic year it passed its final piece of legislation 19-1: a bill supporting the University’s efforts to obtain the fairgrounds.
President Mark B. Rosenberg appointed College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth Furton to the provost position at a town hall on April 2. Furton will assume his new role summer 2014.
A recent iREAL commission meeting concluded three main themes: student success, becoming a top Carnegie Mellon tier school and finding more efficiency within the University to save funding and generate additional revenue. Two obstacles impede this path, however: prioritizing and funding.
Almost a year after the first swing of the hammer, the thudding smashes have finally stopped in the Wolfe Center.
The brand-new Wolfe University Center’s Panther Square renovations were on full display on March 31 during the ribbon cutting ceremony. President Emeritus Gregory Wolfe was extremely happy to see the work completed.
Provost Douglas Wartzok will step down from office on July 1 and has asked for his first sabbatical in 42 years as a faculty member.
The Board of Governors released final funding recommendations to the Florida Legislature based on its performance model: FIU ranked in the top three and is eligible for $7,268,298 in new funding, according to a Feb. 14 memorandum from President Mark B. Rosenberg.
Rosenberg said the University is going to be okay under the new performance funding model. But he wants to be better than okay — he wants all the money the University can get.
President Mark B. Rosenberg remained optimistic about University partnerships and improving under the Board of Governors’ performance funding model on Monday at the Biscayne Bay Campus town hall meeting where he also addressed the need for more parking and extended dining hours.