Florida International University

First Annual Biscayne Brewers Exposition This Sunday at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus: All Local Brewers

This Saturday the Biscayne Brewers Exposition will be held at the Kovens Conference Center on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and will feature area brewers who are known for creating the best product in their line of work.What originally was going to be a home brewing co ... More >>

FIU Chaplin School's New Home-Brewing Classes

Read "Microbrewing in Miami."Thirsty for knowledge? Well public education in Miami just became little better after Florida International University started offering classes on how to brew your own beer. The FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management introduces beginner, intermediate an ... More >>

Almost Every Florida Team (Including FIU) Got a Vote in Preseason Coaches Poll, Except for the Hurricanes

According to voters in the just-released preseason Coaches Poll, the University of Miami Hurricanes are about on the same level as the Florida Atlantic University Owls: Neither team received a single vote in the poll. Every other Division I FBS team in Florida did, though. Even Florida International ... More >>

Even Miami's Chick-Fil-As Were Packed With Homophobes Today

Chick-Fil-A has long had ties and donated to several anti-gay groups, including one that lobbied congress to not condemn Uganda for killing homosexuals. COO Dan Cathy's recent anti-gay marriage remarks drew criticism from several gay groups, and, because this America, the fast food restaurant is the ... More >>

FIU Will Have The Highest Tuition of Any Florida Public School

It's not the best public university in Florida. But soon it will be the most expensive. The State University System's Board of Governors announced today that it's approved a tuition raise of 15 percent for Florida International University, and full time students will pay $4,669 a year starting ... More >>

Microbrewing in Miami: FIU's New Research Brewery Built With Your SoBeWFF Dollars

​Mike Hampton, dean of the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, confirmed that a new research microbrewery will be built at FIU's Biscayne Bay campus in North Miami Beach. The new facility will replace the current classroom and laboratory used f ... More >>

FIU Should Have Thought About Buying FIU.XXX When It Had the Chance

​When the new .xxx domain name went online last week, universities and businesses around the country went on a buying spree to snatch up their names before porn squatters started selling smut with their monikers. Florida International University may regret missing its chance to do the sa ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire Attending FIU During NBA Lockout

​Isiah Thomas is no longer the only NBA legend shuffling around Florida International University. New York Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire is spending his free time during the NBA lockout by attending classes at the school.

Florida International University Disses Democracy

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- has a few words for Florida International Uni ... More >>

Univision Mayoral Forum At FIU Snubs Non-Cuban American Candidates UPDATED

Does the Golden Panther Speake Spanish Only?​UPDATE: Univision says candidates invited to its forum were invited based on the amount of money they've raised for their campaigns and not because of their Cubaness. You'd expect a state-run university in Cuba to exclude candidates from participating i ... More >>

FIU Completely Bans Smoking On Campus

​Students and faculty at Florida International University should expect increased incidents of their colleagues incessantly tapping pencils, drinking inhuman quantities of black coffee, and randomly exploding at them for no apparent reason before sending a text message latter saying, "Sorry about ... More >>

FIU Vice President Patti Bamford Claims School Fired Her for Whistleblowing

​Florida International University's former Associate Vice President of the Office of Business Services Patti Bamford has filed suit against the school, claiming that it fired her after blowing the whistle on some shady handling of money. Bamford claims the school publicly stated it didn't have the ... More >>

Sneak Peek at the SoBe Wine & Food Cookbook

The new cookbook from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. ​Short Order got our hands on an advanced copy of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook: Recipes and Behind-the-Scenes Stories from America's Hottest Chefs. Penned by Festival guru Lee Brian Schrager, the 256- ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio Station "Radiate"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations.  Dialed In for the week of October 25-31 Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM & 95.3 FM, "Radiate"Canadian duo The King Khan & BBQ Show tambourine-d their way into ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio Station "Radiate"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. Dialed In for the week of October 18-24 Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM & 95.3 FM, "Radiate"Electro-Psychadelic fus ... More >>

Isiah Thomas Promises A Scrappy Team For FIU Fans

via Wikimedia Commons​Shortly before 7:30 p.m. last night, a sparse crowd gathered outside the entrance to the freshly renovated $5 million U.S. Century Bank Arena at Florida International University's south campus.A bald man with a goatee wearing a navy blue FIU t-shirt talking to three other Gol ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. The Texans and New Yorkers from electro-pop group Neon Indian topped Radiate's chart this week. ​Florida International University- ... More >>

Broadway Ocho

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the Week of September 6-12English indie band Wild Beasts topped Radiate's charts this week.​Florida International ... More >>

Not Even FIU's Cheerleading Team and Marching Band Can Survive the Recession

via FIU's FlickrWe imagine Florida International University higherups had some tough meetings to attend when they cut both the school's cheerleading squad and marching bands this week. Imagine facing a roomful of cheerleaders to let them know their services are no longer needed. "But, we're cheerl ... More >>

University of Miami Wants to Go Toe-to-Toe with Isiah Thomas

After the infamous 2006 brawl, the University of Miami and Florida International University decided to call it quits on their burgeoning rivalry. The football teams haven't played each other since, the baseball teams won't meet this season, and a match in December 2008 between the basketball teams w ... More >>

FIU Spends Big Bucks on Bureaucrats

The school sure doesn't like its "people who produce."

FIU Pays Presidents ($680K) and Bureaucrats Well. But Professors? Forget About It.

Florida International University got a new president this weekend: Chancellor Mark Rosenberg. And guess what? He'll make a lot more than the last guy, Mitch Maidique. At $680,000 per year, he'll garner in excess of what you or President Obama or the heads of many multinational corporations and f ... More >>

Isiah Who?

From the Knicks to the Golden Panthers. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

FIU Reportedly Hires Worst Coach/GM/Human Being in NBA History. Welcome to Miami, Isiah!

So, Florida International University canned its basketball coach yesterday after a 13-20 campaign, reportedly so the school can replace him later today with a man more hated in New York City than the Red Sox and Patriots combined: the one, the only... dramatic pause... Isiah Thomas! via Wikime ... More >>

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Artsy head games at the Dorsch.

Art Without the Fear Factor

Marina Abramovic pushes to the limit

Dance City, USA

Ballet performances across the 305

Buzz Kill

Whacking all feral hives will keep ’em out, or at least delay their takeover

What's That Cop Doing in Our Huddle?

When campus police tangle with football players at FIU, you can expect a punt

Current Art Shows

Campus Crime Spree

FIU's police force goes solo on the arrests of three football players

Eye on the Everglades, Part 2

FIU decides to play hardball with former top scientist Ron Jones

Eye on the Everglades

As the acknowledged scientific expert on the Glades, Ron Jones brought Florida International University prestige and millions in grants, so naturally the school tried to have him arrested

People Power

Assuring rights for immigrants

Making the Grade

How well are Miami's art schools keeping up with the scene? Ask them.

Best Reading Series

Writers on the Bay

A Shakey Machine

FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

Gridiron Fever

FIU administrators think spending millions on a football program will do wonders for their school, and they'll sideline anyone who disagrees

Radio Goo Goo

Miami's newest addition to the radio dial

Standing Pat

The school board may vote to name a school after a powerful union boss. That's politics, baby.

Three Strikes and It's Out

Florida International University goes to bat for Little Havana's Casa del Bisbol Cubano

King Leer

What the Herald and FIU don't want you to know about the paper's top high school sportswriter

Best Place To Rollerblade

FIU University Park Campus

Miami Voice, Part 2

A recent study by a panel of journalists blasted Radio Mart'. Now it's time to name names.

Miami Voice

A new report confirms that Radio Mart' has become a mecca of shoddy reporting

Building Block

The state Board of Regents isn't standing between FIU and an accredited architecture school - Mitch Maidique is.

Crossing the Bar

When Dade's Chamber of Commerce considered backing FIU instead of FAMU in the fight for a new state law school, they figured it would be a walk in the park

Projector Set