Florida International University

Former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez took her oath of office Friday, cementing her (semi-)new title: president of Florida International University. The FIU community and Nuñez’s network gathered for her presidential investiture ceremony in Miami, complete with video comments from Gov. Ron DeSantis. She’d served at FIU on an interim basis since she left the governor’s office in February,

The annual Fulbright fellows gathering will be held for the first time in Miami this week — hoping to help reverse the U.S.'s pullback from influential international exchange programs.

Erika Donalds, wife of Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds, made a stop at Florida International University on Wednesday night, not to stump for her husband, but to advocate for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education and other conservative education reforms, reports POLITICO Florida.

The Trump administration is trying to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs as part of a broader campaign to end what it calls “wokeness” in American education. As part of this rollback, the Justice Department announced in July 2025 that it would no longer “defend” the federal definition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or HSIs.

The protest immediately followed the brokerage of another ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants — and potentially an end to the two-year-old conflict.

A career path once taken for granted isn’t how it’s working out these days for many young people in South Florida who find themselves in one of the toughest job markets in recent years.

Jane Until her death last week at age 91, Jane Goodall retained a charm, open-mindedness, optimism and wide-eyed wonder that are more typical of children.

The university was ranked No. 46 among public universities and climbed to No. 97 in the overall national ranking, the national media outlet announced Tuesday.

A team at Florida International University is using digital stethoscopes and machine learning to analyze heartbeats, similar to how a musician picks up an off-key note. Their models are showing 95% accuracy in predicting health issues that doctors may miss.

Just months after President Trump won a landslide in Florida's largest Venezuelan enclave, a new FIU survey obtained by WLRN shows that enthusiasm has eroded significantly among the state's Venezuelans. But it also shows a stark division: those who have been in the U.S. for 15 years or longer tend to remain supportive of Trump.

As of April 10, the federal government has stripped more than 600 students of their visas across the country.

With President-elect Donald Trump set to target groups of immigrants for deportation, Venezuelan FIU journalism student Grecia Pacheco shares her story — and the anxiety gripping hundreds of thousands like her.