Danette Heredia | Staff Writer The School of International & Public Affairs presented its second annual Conference on Global Democracy where eight different panelists broke down the crucial role democracy plays in today’s global affairs, as well as the active regimes in China and Russia. Christopher Walker, Glenn Tiffert, Alina Polyakova, Eric Lob, Inga K. […]
Anler Cabrera | Contributing Writer On Sept. 19, 2023, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was felt on a global scale. The region historically comprised a 94% ethnically Armenian population, and although an Armenian territory, in 1924 The Soviet Union decided the region should be kept as an autonomous zone inside […]
Alexander Luzula|PantherNOW. The Green School of International and Public Affairs has found itself in a time of significant change. The opening of the new SIPA II building slated to host classes in the fall, the college’s recent acceptance into the prestigious Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs and most importantly, the June 26 announcement […]
Conor Moore | Staff Writer Two months following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country is still reeling from the political fallout. Protests, riots and wide-scale violence have been sweeping the country since. In response, FIU’s Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies hosted a webinar discussing the ramification of Khan’s sudden […]
Arianna Otero | News Director Former president Mark Rosenberg is set to return to campus, though he won’t be stepping foot in the classroom. Rosenberg will transition from teaching to a position working on a research project for the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy this spring semester. Rosenberg still remains a tenured faculty […]
Alexander Luzula | Contributing Writer FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs announced Professor Shlomi Dinar as its new interim dean in an email circulated Aug 12. Dinar will serve in the role through the fall semester and will be tasked with overseeing the search for a permanent dean, as well as the completion of […]
Jonathan Casaverde-Maimon / Contributing Writer School of International and Public Affairs Founding Dean John F. Stack Jr. passed away yesterday, June 23 at 71 years of age from a terminal illness. News of his passing was made public through a university-wide email by Interim President Kenneth Jessel. Stack had worked for FIU since 1976, beginning […]
Michael McEwen / Staff Writer Craig Faller, a retired U.S Navy Admiral, will be joining the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) as a senior fellow. “I am honored to join the FIU team,’’ Faller said to FIU News. FIU made the announcement this Wednesday. In a career spanning over nearly 40 years, Faller […]
Elise Gregg / Staff Writer A former university student was arrested twice in two days, on Dec 2 and at FIU on the third. Captain Delrish Moss told PantherNOW Gal Eric Presser – an FIU alumni, who graduated in 2016 from the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs- was arrested today by […]
Diego Diaz / Asst. News Director During his childhood in Haiti, Westernior Valmera witnessed kids his age struggling to afford backpacks and other school supplies. Students often had to work with their parents, and abandoned their education. “I came from a very poor environment, life conditions were never towards our advantage or preference,” said the […]
Diego Diaz / Staff Writer FIU’s Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) was recognized as a member of the prestigious Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). This signifies the first time a Florida university has ever been accepted into the association. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg announced the milestone […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor The SIPA building is getting a new twin sibling, as groundbreaking officially began for SIPA II- a new building coming to the Modesto Maidique Campus. This Tuesday, Oct. 15, University officials and special guests broke ground outside the Steven J. Green School of Public Affairs building for the construction of […]
