Fewer cheap flights, more international suitcases – South Florida’s tourism outlook for 2027
Michael Cheng, Florida International University What happens after a city hosts the world? Miami is about to find out. In…
Student helps bring lost Florida palm back from the brink
For more than 40 years, scientists believed the Miami palmetto palm had disappeared from the wild — until FIU Ph.D.…
Why does ‘The Odyssey’ still resonate three millennia later?
Nearly 3,000 years after it was composed, Homer's The Odyssey continues to inspire readers, artists and filmmakers because it asks…
FIU researchers test video game as anxiety treatment for teens
For many teenagers, anxiety is more than occasional stress or nerves. It can make school feel overwhelming, strain friendships and…
Autistic children drown at alarming rates ‑ swim lessons and water safety strategies can save their lives
During roasting-hot summer days, more and more people make their way to swimming pools, lakes, rivers and other spots where…
Why staying in sports or clubs may help kids say no to alcohol
Middle schoolers who stayed consistently involved in extracurricular activities maintained stronger personal reasons to avoid drinking alcohol, according to a…
Student shatters Guinness World Record
Giovanni Junqueira Garotti will soon celebrate breaking a Guinness World Record. The dietetics and nutrition major spent the last two…
Helping children navigate the emotional aftershocks of an earthquake
The devastating earthquake in Venezuela has left countless families grieving, displaced and searching for loved ones. For many South Florida…
Venezuela’s earthquakes explained by an expert
Two major earthquakes occurred in Venezeula on June 24, the first a magnitude 7.2 and the second a magnitude 7.5…
Some kinds of insider trading are perfectly legal – and they offer useful signals about a company’s health
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University; Dallin Alldredge, Florida International University, and Lee Biggerstaff, Miami University It’s a mantra among…