Hakan Yilmazkuday interviewed by FIU News

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Dr. Hakan Yilmazkuday, Professor of Economics, was interviewed by FIU News for the newly introduced FIU Discovery. FIU Discovery, is a search portal that connects researchers within the university and across the world, and provides an integrated view of FIU faculty’s works, findings, digital research profiles and accomplishments. The interview link is here.

Congratulations to our FIU students!

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Congratulations to our FIU students for coming out on top in the STATEWIDE Japanese speech, skit, and manga contest held at the University of Miami on April 1st, 2023. In addition, we are happy to announce the students who received the Japanese National Honors from AFTJ (Association for Florida Teachers of Japanese) this Spring 2023! […]

Modern Languages Professor Andrea Fanta headed to Colombia on a Fulbright scholarship

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Dr. Andrea Fanta, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages in the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs at Florida International University, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award that will take her to the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia during the upcoming 2023-24 academic school year. Dr. Fanta […]

FIU Students Recognized at the 21st Annual Tri-University Graduate Student Conference on Latin America and the Caribbean

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Congratulations to the FIU students who presented on Monday, March 27that the 21st Annual South Florida Tri-University Graduate Student Conference on Latin America and the Caribbean.  Students presented abstracts for papers, poster presentations, Ted-style talks and short films on issues of significance to the people and societies of Latin America and the Caribbean and their diasporic […]

Green School holds inaugural Miami Conference on Global Democracy

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It’s glaringly apparent in the headlines nearly every day. Democracy is increasingly under attack throughout the world – even in countries with longstanding democratic values. Which made it especially timely for an inaugural conference, presented by the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs at Florida International University, to address this dangerous trend. […]

Global Affairs students travel to India to generate economic opportunities for women and fund educational initiatives

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Four Master of Arts in Global Affairs students traveled to India with a team of undergraduate business students during spring break to work on an innovative microenterprise project. The Bandhwari Women’s project seeks to empower local women in a poor village near New Delhi by generating employment opportunities in the handicrafts sector. College of Business […]

Professor Aderinto receives Dan David Prize, the world’s largest prize for history scholarship

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Dr. Saheed Aderinto, professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies in the Green School of International & Public Affairs at Florida International University, has been awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize, a major international award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the study of history and includes $300,000, the world’s largest cash prize in […]

FIU Celebrates Women’s History Month – Valerie Patterson

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Valerie Patterson rode an innate drive to succeed academically to heights she never imagined and has since come full circle to positively affect the lives and careers of thousands. Raised in Coconut Grove, she attended segregated elementary and junior high schools where teachers whose names she still recalls pushed her to excel. Thrilled that FIU opened in time […]