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Panthers Protecting Panthers has saved lives from COVID-19 (includes video story)

In response to the pandemic, FIU created an organization called Panthers Protecting Panthers that focuses on the safety and health of all students and...

The Latin Chamber’s partnership with Doral blossoms despite the pandemic

In August, influential Hispanic business group CAMACOL expanded its services in west Miami-Dade in a collaborative venture with the City of Doral. Four months...

Puerto Rican transfer students hit twice by natural catastrophe

When Gustavo Rivera, 22, transferred from the University of Puerto Rico to the University of Central Florida in spring 2018 after Category 4 Hurricane...

Young voters turn to social media for political education (includes video...

As the 2020 presidential election comes to an end, we look at the important role social media has played. Platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram...

Young voters speak series: More Florida

This is the third and final part of a series that includes the takes of dozens of young voters on the 2020 election. The...

Obama speaks at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus, trashes Trump

Former President Barack Obama spoke for 45 minutes at a campaign parking lot rally for his two-term Vice President, Joe Biden, on Saturday at...

South Florida Greek life adapting during the pandemic

For more than 6,000 students at South Florida universities, fraternities and sororities mean friends, parties and being a part of a community. Or at least...

It’s getting harder to prove sex crime on campus (includes video...

This fall, new Title IX changes are being implemented throughout the nation. These are affecting K-12 centers as well as colleges and universities. Title...

The future of university teaching is online

Mihaela Plugarasu has been a professor of communication arts at Florida International University for four years. When the pandemic started, she, like many other...

FIU sophomore Kevin Amezaga fights for better Miami-Dade transit

He's only a college sophomore, but Kevin Amézaga has made equitable, safer and better streets in Miami-Dade County his mission. He and the other...