FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity

23/01/2024

Congratulations to Florida International University's Pezhman Mardanpour, who has been awarded two grants from the AFOSR, Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his work in applying constructal theory to the aeroelastic design of future aircraft. The first is a $900,000 three-year research grant, and the other is a $253,000 equipment grant. This research stands to significantly impact the aeroelastic design of future aircraft, expecting to make designs more stable, sustainable, and cost-efficient designs.

Read more here: https://mardanpour.fiu.edu/news/

22/01/2024

Property taxes can be confusing for homeowners and require proper assessment. This breakdown of property tax includes commentary from our FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity program director Suzanne Hollander.

Read more at REFI: https://refi.com/what-are-property-taxes-and-can-i-appeal-assessments/

Learn about property taxes, their assessment, and appealing overvaluations to manage your homeownership costs effectively.

19/01/2024

The practice of property owners paying real estate commissions is being challenged in courts nationwide. This will especially affect Florida, which has more real estate agents than any other state in the nation. Our FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity program director Suzanne Hollander was interviewed to give her insight on this issue.

Read more at WLRN Public Radio and Television: https://www.wlrn.org/business/2024-01-16/real-estate-florida-commission

Federal lawsuits are challenging the way real estate agents are paid commissions. No place has more at stake than Florida.

17/01/2024

A study from the University of Birmingham has found that alcohol intoxication does not impact women’s ability to recall the events of a sexual assault. As up to 80 percent of victims report being intoxicated at the time of their attack, these findings will hopefully lead to them getting the proper justice and accountability that they are due.

Read more at Women In Academia Report: https://www.wiareport.com/2024/01/study-finds-that-alcohol-intoxication-does-not-impact-womens-ability-to-recall-a-sexual-assault/

Acute alcohol intoxication has a significant impact on criminal proceedings, with up to 80 percent of victims reported to have been alcohol intoxicated when their attack occurred. During trials, vi…

15/01/2024

FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity would like to honor the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., in remembrance of his birthday.

Dr. King was a courageous leader of the Civil Rights Movement who was committed to ensuring equality and justice for all.

We remember him by some of his many words of wisdom: “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

12/01/2024

In higher education, the relationship students have with their professors is essential to their learning experience. However, professors often have difficulty getting students to engage with them outside of class hours, and there is concern that this will negatively impact their education. There are steps that can be taken to improve the student-professor relationship.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/01/09/student-professor-relationship-peril-opinion

We can take steps to improve this essential relationship, Megan Thiele Strong writes.

10/01/2024

Experiences with discrimination are known to negatively affect a person’s health. However, for pregnant women, these experiences are not only detrimental to them, but have been found to affect the brain circuitry of their children as well.

Read more at Women In Academia Report: https://www.wiareport.com/2023/12/new-study-finds-that-discrimination-against-the-mother-can-impact-the-brains-of-unborn-children/

Experiences of discrimination and acculturation are known to have a detrimental effect on a person’s health. For pregnant women, these painful experiences can also affect the brain circuitry of the…

08/01/2024

FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity would like to welcome back all faculty, staff, and students to FIU for the Spring 2024 semester. We hope you enjoyed your holiday break, and we are looking forward to a healthy and prosperous semester ahead!

05/01/2024

In the US, there exists a disparity among patent inventors, where women, racial minorities, and people from low income backgrounds are underrepresented in the invention rate. However, there are several policy interventions that would be effective in closing the attribution gap.

Read more at Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2911

Expanding who gets credit for invention may boost participation in innovation

03/01/2024

While still underrepresented in the history of the Nobel Prize, women laureates have been increasing in numbers since the start of the 21st century. Since 2001, there have been 35 women who have been honored by the Nobel Foundation, which is more than double that of the 20th century.

Read more at Statista: https://www.statista.com/chart/31405/female-nobel-prize-winners/

This chart shows the number of female Nobel Prize winners since 1901.

21/12/2023

FIU Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity would like to wish all faculty, staff, and students a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Enjoy the time off, and see you in 2024!

20/12/2023

The Marathon City Council has ruled to end the use of shallow sewage wells in order to reduce pharmaceutical contamination in local fish populations. This decision was spurred by findings from FIU scientists like Jennifer Rehage, who identified the extent of contaminants in the ecosystem.

Read more at FIU News: https://news.fiu.edu/2023/city-of-marathon-to-replace-shallow-sewage-wells-following-research-findings-of-contamination

The move by the Marathon City Council could reduce pharmaceutical contamination in local fish populations uncovered by FIU scientists.