FIU Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Discover healing through rhythm & sound. Join us for “Sacred Sound & Movement” on August 4, 7 p.m. at Coral Gables Congregational UCC. Presented by the Green School’s Program in the Study of Spirituality. ✍ Register: go.fiu.edu/sacredsound

Congratulations to Logan Womack, who will receive his BA in Economics (FIU - Department of Economics) at commencement next week, for being named an FIU Outstanding Graduate! 📖 Learn more about Logan:

Brian Fonseca, director of the FIU Jack D Gordon Institute for Public Policy, and Randy Pestana, director for Cybersecurity Policy at the Institute, discuss the ramifications of last week’s CrowdStrike bug and the vulnerabilities inherent in our rapidly increasing interconnected world. 📖 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/djdSwW83

Anthony Pereira, director of the FIU Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), was a featured guest on WLRN 91.3 FM’s South Florida Roundup. He analyzed the widely reported chaos at the Copa America soccer championship game held at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, and also shared information about the FIU and Argentine Football Association partnership program. 📖 Learn more: https://ow.ly/20Vy50SHuth

For the first time, FIU students are studying Mandarin Chinese in a study abroad program in Taiwan. FIU and Shih Chien University were connected by Leland Lazarus, associate director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, who worked with the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Miami on an agreement that made the program possible. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eMyh5fAd

In a New York Times story about the Copa América final in Miami, Eduardo A. Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations, commented how the Colombian and Argentinian communities in the U.S. are now conservative on the political spectrum. https://lnkd.in/eyH3Pc4s

Eric Lob, associate professor of history, was on CBS News 24/7 to discuss how reformist Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s presidential race, beating his ultraconservative opponent, and what his win might mean for the future of Iran. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/esPYDrPH.

FIU’s award-winning Model UN team, based at the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, placed in the top 10 nationally for the 13th consecutive year. The team members assume the personas of international representatives and debate the issues as if they were at the United Nations. Membership is open to FIU students majoring in any subject. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eumhb6hG

New comparative politics course this fall: “Law, Politics, and Society in Israel,” a seminar taught by Visiting Professor Rifat Azam, will examine the central legal, political, and social issues currently facing Israeli society. 🎓 Learn more: https://ow.ly/migA50StcvN

Yesterday, our expert on Latin America, Eduardo Gamarra, professor of FIU - Politics and International Relations – and native Bolivian – was quoted in five media outlets on the Bolivian coup. He said the episode could put Arce in a more advantageous position in contrast to his political foes ahead of next year’s presidential elections. In a country where the government controls the courts, Gamarra said, the deployment of the troops might be used to accuse adversaries of having participated in a coup. 📺 Watch his CBS News interview here: https://ow.ly/bpFJ50Src3x