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Warren Cuts Into Biden's Lead, Top Democrats in Dead Heat with Trump

By | September 18, 2019

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has pulled within 10 points of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic party's presidential nomination in 2020, according to a statewide survey of by ×ó°®ÊÓƵ.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Ranked by 'U.S. News & World Report' as Top Public School

By | September 9, 2019

U.S. News & World Report ranked ×ó°®ÊÓƵ in its list of "Top Public Schools" in the nation for the first time in the university's history, landing at No.140 in the annual ranking of the nation's best universities.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Pine Jog Selected as 2019 ULIEA Grand Prize Winner

By | August 8, 2019

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) recently selected Pine Jog Environmental Education Center as the 2019 UL Innovative Education Award (ULIEA) grand prize winner.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Medicine, Florida Blue Team Up to Offer Free Wellness Programs

By | July 25, 2019

×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Schmidt College of Medicine and Florida Blue have teamed up to offer free community wellness programs and activities as part of an initiative - the "×ó°®ÊÓƵ Medicine Wellness Hub" in Boca Raton.

Hispanics' Consumer Confidence Drops for Second Straight Quarter

By | July 10, 2019

Consumer confidence among Hispanics in the U.S. dropped as concerns for the economic outlook for the U.S. worsened, according to a new national index from ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Business and Economics Polling Initiative.

Research Park at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ® to Celebrate 2019 Awards

By | June 26, 2019

The Research Park at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ recently named the recipients of its fourth annual Research Park Annual Awards.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Receives $1 Million from Rubin and Cindy Gruber

By | June 25, 2019

×ó°®ÊÓƵ officially announced a $1 million gift from Rubin and Cindy Gruber to establish The Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox and to support student scholarships through their endowment.

Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's I-HEALTH

By | June 10, 2019

Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., has been named as executive director of ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university's four research pillars.

Major Cities in U.S. Experiencing Downward Pressure on Housing Markets

By | June 5, 2019

Most major cities in the U.S. are experiencing downward pressure on the demand for homeownership, according to the latest national index produced quarterly by ×ó°®ÊÓƵ and FIU faculty.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Participates in Historic Trip to Israel with Gov. Ron DeSantis

By | June 4, 2019

During the trip, ×ó°®ÊÓƵ signed five MOUs with both universities and organizations to further strengthen the university's ties with higher education and research in the State of Israel.

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