Faculty honored as Kauffman Professors
Eleven FIU professors have been selected in 2009 to receive awards of up to $15,000 to foster entrepreneurial activities, research and courses within their disciplines. By Martin Haro Congratulations...
View ArticleJohn Paul II returns to FIU – on film
Picture it: Miami, 1987. Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air Mass at FIU. Twenty-two years later, official selections of the first John Paul II International Film Festival, co-sponsored by the...
View ArticleFIU establishes historic professorship of Jain Studies
FIU has established the Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship of Jain Studies, the first professorship of its kind in the western world. The Jain Education and Research Foundation donated $600,000 to establish...
View ArticleLiving without absolutes
Alumni couple Gitika and Sapan Bafna inspired by their Jain faith to expand religious understanding in South Florida South Florida’s small, tight-knit Jain community built a Jain temple in 2009. In...
View ArticleProfessors, students will travel to India to learn about Jainism
Two FIU professors and three students have been awarded fellowships to study Jainism in India this summer. The students will […]
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