• (Joel Delgado/The Beacon)

    Durante and Jasper highlight strongest recruiting class in school history

    National Signing Day for college football is where a championship run could begin. It’s where the pieces that you have been assembling all throughout the year in recruiting become assembled into a finished puzzle, ready to suit up for their schools.

  • (Photo Courtesy of Scout.com)

    NSD: Patrick Jean picks FIU over Louisville

    On National Signing Day, some highly touted recruits weigh their options up until the very last second. Most never seem certain on where they want to go until they are forced to make a decision. But who can blame them, after all, they are only 18 years old.

  • (Joey Cruz/ The Beacon)

    NSD: Jeremiah McKinnon add depth to FIU secondary

    The three-star recruit started his football career at the age of three for the Miami-Optimist Richmond Giants. He then expanded his game to Miami Southridge Senior High School. Jeremiah McKinnon has kept his talents in Miami and signed to FIU.

  • (Rico Albarracin/The Beacon)

    NSD: Jeremy Smith signs with FIU

    Smith, a senior wide receiver from Flanagan High school, has committed to be a Panther for the next four years. Head Coach Mario Cristobal had nothing but praise when speaking of Smith.

  • (Photo Courtesy of the Miami Herald)

    Hilliard headlines highly-touted 2012 recruiting class

    The legacy that T.Y. Hilton left at FIU will be in the memory of so many Panther fans as the football program continues to grow. It was Hilton who helped bring the team two consecutive bowl appearances while being named MVP in both.

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Pell grant funding cancelled for summer term

The Summer Pell Grant program, or Pell Grant 2, was eliminated, rendering summer classes unattainable for some students.

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University faculty weighs in on Florida Republican primary

With voters submitting their ballots for the GOP presidential primary today, professors at FIU see Florida as a crucial battleground state.

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Kendall Berry murder suspect may walk free

The case of Kendall Berry’s murder could be dismissed without even going to trial.

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Professor wins national fellowship

A $50,000 check, plaque and pin later, Campbell McGrath, creative writing graduate professor, received the U.S. Artist Knight Fellowship Award late last year.

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SPC series features architectural history scholar

On the evening of Jan. 26, Assistant Professor David Rifkind knew just what to say.

Craig Romney [left] and SGC-MMC President Patrick O'Keefe [right]

GOP presidential candidate’s son visits University

Craig Romney, the youngest of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s five sons, spoke at the College of Law today to members of the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Sports

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Team excited to face Marlins in exhibition game

Major League Baseball’s slogan is “I live for this.”
For the Florida International University baseball team, it is probably, “Let’s get to March 7 already.”

(Joel Delgado/The Beacon)

Durante and Jasper highlight strongest recruiting class in school history

National Signing Day for college football is where a championship run could begin. It’s where the pieces that you have been assembling all throughout the year in recruiting become assembled into a finished puzzle, ready to suit up for their schools.

(Photo Courtesy of Scout.com)

NSD: Patrick Jean picks FIU over Louisville

On National Signing Day, some highly touted recruits weigh their options up until the very last second. Most never seem certain on where they want to go until they are forced to make a decision. But who can blame them, after all, they are only 18 years old.

(Joey Cruz/ The Beacon)

NSD: Jeremiah McKinnon add depth to FIU secondary

The three-star recruit started his football career at the age of three for the Miami-Optimist Richmond Giants. He then expanded his game to Miami Southridge Senior High School. Jeremiah McKinnon has kept his talents in Miami and signed to FIU.

(Rico Albarracin/The Beacon)

NSD: Jeremy Smith signs with FIU

Smith, a senior wide receiver from Flanagan High school, has committed to be a Panther for the next four years. Head Coach Mario Cristobal had nothing but praise when speaking of Smith.