2013 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

1/15/13FIU to operate Aquarius Reef Base

1/17/13Researchers combat water toxins

1/18/13FIU hosts international conference on biogeography

1/23/13TEDxFIU in Review: XimenaPrugue on energy poverty and solar technology

1/29/13Kindergartners learn about food system's at FIU's organic garden

1/29/13Internship profile: Lilian Marrero prepared for a career in water research with NASA internship

2/13/13 FIU partners with Colombian universities for environmental conservation in the Andean Amazon

3/1/13 Miami Heat players go green at Biscayne Bay Campus

3/4/13 FIU tops state in energy performance for five consecutive years

3/8/13 Students travel across country, abroad for alternative breaks

3/13/13 FIU leads national study on South Florida's water supply

3/18/13 FIU and Tsinghua University students team up for Solar Decathlon China 2013

3/21/13 GLOWS hosts climate change risk, adaptation training in Africa

3/22/13 SEAS launches 'Our Common Future' lecture series

4/3/13 FIU's Wertheim Lecture Series presents Whole Food's Market co-founder John Mackey

4/4/13 Faculty reveal challenges of gender equality at World Water Day 2013

4/17/13 Bike shop supports an increasingly popular green alternative

4/18/13 Researchers uncover mystery of charcoal's fate

4/19/13 FIU takes top spot in Florida in RecycleMania

4/25/13 Researcher finds answers to food security with honey bees

5/9/13 GLOWS hosts first water resources management workshop in Mexico City

5/15/13 Heithaus Lab Blog launches with shark research trip in La Reunion

5/17/13 Honors College students work to create a sustainable environment in Ometepe

5/24/13 Grad student creates science team to examine Everglades restoration efforts

5/31/13 What happens when an artist and a physicist meet?

6/3/13 Fear of sharks helps preserve balance in the world's oceans

6/24/13 GLOWS hosts South Caucasus Conference in Georgia

7/9/13 Aquatic ecologist wants to free species from evolutionary traps

7/17/13 FiU, Zoo Miami create research partnership

7/24/13 FIU shark expert to close out Zoo Miami's Crittercam exhibit

8/7/13 Conservation ecologist puts focus on water resources management in Latin America

8/13/13 SIPA Building receives sustainable design award

8/16/13 FIU-Tsinghua University team shines in Solar Decathlon China

8/21/13 Parkview Hall is ready for move-in

8/21/13 Mission Aquarius

8/22/13 Parkview Hall opens to university with ribbon-cutting ceremony

9/6/13 Conducting cool summer research in the Arctic

9/6/13 Federal grant to boost UniversityCity: a transportation hub at FIU

9/10/13 FIU opens doors to Aquarius Reef Base

9/10/13 Ph.D. student names three new algae species in the Everglades

9/13/13 Researchers find carnivorous crocs enjoy a taste of fruit

9/18/13 The world’s only undersea research lab

9/27/13 Hydology expert mentors Honduran researcher through USDA fellowship

10/11/13 Geneticist breeds new hope for chickpeas

10/25/13 Students celebrate launch of aquaponics lab at Miami Northwestern Senior High School

10/28/13 Sustainability experts gather to address Florida’s deteriorating transportation infrastructure

10/29/13 Food Day at FIU promotes awareness of hunger on global and local level

11/12/13 Researchers find 16,000 tree species in the Amazon

11/15/13 FIU Jogging Path opens at MMC

11/18/13 FIU students descend on Aquarius

11/21/13 Rare bat species receives endangered status

11/26/13 Common South Florida pollutants tolead to coral disease

11/26/13 Student-created NGO delivers clean water to Haiti

12/2/13 Toward Sustainable and Resilient Communities in the Americas: A Forum for Mayors

12/11/13 Researchers predict environmental factors will imperil banana production by 2060

12/20/13 Understanding genes could help save coral reefs

12/23/13 Promoting health equity in Guatemala

2012 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

2/27/12Researcher to discuss Cuban turtles, marine biodiversity at Luna Star Cafe

3/23/12Alligator researcher wins science policy experience in Washington, D.C.

4/10/12Rescuing endangered wild orchids from a man-made flood

4/13/12Native Flags project reaches 336 Miami-Dade Public Schools

5/9/12Wyland paints mural in front of Miami Beach Urban Studios

5/21/12Marine scientist champions Blue Carbon

5/24/12Marine science discoveries become art

6/13/12Students explore orchid conservation efforts in China

6/15/12Students offered rare glimpse into world of owl monkeys

6/21/12Whitney spreads his research wings at FIU

6/22/12Marine life invokes a love-of-life for one Ph.D. candidate

7/2/12 Biologist offers insight into future of the amazon

7/12/12Palm species named after Wertheim Conservatory curator

7/13/12Student volunteering brings improvement to Nature Preserve

8/17/12Researchers warn of extinctions in the tropics

8/22/12Global Water for Sustainability: Delivering clean water solutions around the world

9/14/12Students wade through research in the Everglades

9/19/12Can arsenic be removed from rice?

9/28/12FIU signs agreement with EPA

10/18/12Researcher to explore sustainability of freshwater resources

10/18/12Giant eyeball puts biodiversity in focus

11/2/12FIU disaster and weather experts on Superstorm Sandy

11/2/12MMC to host film screening of 'Costal Carnivores'

11/2/12Alumna finds answers for food security with honeybees

11/6/12Marine scientists to explore Arctic shorelines, habitat

12/5/12Grant for Everglades research renewed

2011 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

3/31/11FIU Earth Week, April 4-9, to bring environmental and sustainability issues to the forefront

2/3/11FIU No. 1 in SUS in energy conservation

3/1/11Serve the Preserve

3/1/11Pitch in in for RecycleMania

3/1/11Solar Decathlon 2011

3/1/11Green$$ for Green

3/3/11Earth-Friendly commencement gowns: All the rage this spring at FIU

4/15/11FIU community works to build a sustainable future

4/28/11Nice to meet you

4/29/11Students' eco-art installation highlights bottled water consumption

7/6/11The future of sustainable housing is under construction at FIU

8/24/11Wertheim Conservatory offers a taste of the lush life

9/8/11GLOWS conference highlights success, opportunities

9/15/11Team FIU in D.C. for Solar Decathlon 2011

9/30/11Team FIU taking' care of business at Solar Decathlon in D.C.

10/14/11Campus Sustainability Day

10/17/11FIU, FPL team up to offer community teach-in on nuclear energy

10/25/11GLOWS launches clean water program in West Africa

10/28/11Students re-imagine open spaces, present potential designs

10/31/11FIU awards $60,000 for student research in the Everglades

11/1/11Honduran students visit FIU for week of agroscience

11/4/11FIU plants half an acre of mangroves along Biscayne Bay

11/8/11Agroecology Program to award more than $330,000 in scholarships

11/14/11Environmental Immersion Day

11/23/11Giving thanks in the garden

12/2/11Students share vision for sustainable building at 2011 Solar Decathlon

12/2/11NASA fellowships in hand, students focus on hurricane research

12/9/11FIU exhibit on display at the Museum of Discovery and Science

2010 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

2/25/10MMC to host electronics recycling drive March 8-9

1/4/10FIU starts the new years as a Pepsi campus

2/4/10Having a good time at the FIU Organic Farmers Market

2/9/10Game on: RecycleMania hits FIU

3/2/10FIU earns state's first Tree Campus USA designation

3/26/10Communications Week honors students, Earth Day

3/30/10FIU appoints sustainability committee

5/27/10FIU earns kudos for its green efforts

2009 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

2/11/09Greeks Go Green

3/26/09FIU participates in Earth Hour March 28

4/6/09More than just going green

4/21/09Wal-Mart vice president to speak at College of Law Earth Day Celebration

9/4/09Beautiful imagery from the Wertheim Conservatory & Greenhouse

10/15/09FIU welcomes new faculty members

2008 FIU Articles – Sustainability related

4/7/08FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus Explores threats to Florida's environment

9/30/08FIU Organic Farmers Market

11/18/08Nursing & Health Sciences building to be first LEED certified on campus