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FIU seeks $1M state grant for Americas conference, other events

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Published May 20, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

When Gov. Charlie Crist looks over the new state budget, he'll see three words over and over again: Florida International University ... Miami-based FIU was politically well-positioned this year with a Miami lawmaker in charge of assembling the budget -- and it shows. The school is even seeking a $1 million grant partly on the grounds that one of its partners in a venture, The Miami Herald, cannot afford to give the university the financial backing it once provided. (The Herald and the St.

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FIU students set new yo-yo record

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Published Aug. 25, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

black with a bright pink yo-yo in the middle -- is what lured freshman Kiara Pazan and her roommate to Florida International University's student center on Monday ...

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New program lets high school students take classes at FIU

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Published Aug. 23, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

The Miami-Dade school system has a new option for high schoolers looking to rack up college credits ... The Academy for Advanced Academics will allow juniors and seniors from five Miami-Dade high schools to take classes at Florida International University ...

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FIU medical students to get their `white coats'

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Published Aug. 7, 2009 at 6:42 a.m.

The White Coat Ceremony -- a medical school ritual held before classes officially begin -- arrives Friday at Florida International University ... That's when the new medical school's inaugural class of 43 students will be presented their medical coats, a sign that their journey toward becoming physicians has begun ... ``The White Coat Ceremony is their rite of passage, their formal introduction to the art of healing. Once they put their coats on, they will be changed forever, '' said John Rock,

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Kids from Roxy Theatre Group and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony get involved in the production of `West Side Story'

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Published July 28, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

The show, which opened last weekend, will have performances Saturday and Sunday at the Roxy Theatre across from Florida International University's west Miami-Dade campus ... She was told she would be the perfect Maria, but up until two days before her audition, she never even had seen the play ...

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FIU's med school partners with Baptist Health systems

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Published July 25, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Florida International University's new medical school has signed an affiliation agreement with Baptist Health South Florida -- a partnership that will increase the number of doctors doing their residencies in South Florida ...

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FIU begins new tradition

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Published July 1, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

They didn't graduate from Florida International University, but for their strong support, FIU named 10 state and local leaders ''honorary alumni'' at a luncheon Tuesday ...

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Seminar offered on G.I. Bill benefits

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Published June 24, 2009 at 2:18 p.m.

Florida International University will host an informational session Thursday to update veterans on the new educational benefits provided by the G.I. Bill, which was dramatically modified last year ...

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FIU medical school receives gift of $5 million, could get $10 million

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Published June 1, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

Florida International University's new medical school has received a major donation expected to be matched by the state for a total of $10 million, the school announced Monday ...

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U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta to lead FIU's law school

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Published May 28, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

Miami's top federal prosecutor is giving up fighting crime to help mold future attorneys as the new dean of Florida International University's fledgling law school ...

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