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Luis Irizarry of Squadflick

Luis Irizarry of Squadflick

Original published date: February 21st, 2019 FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences alumni, Luis Irizarry, moved to Miami, Fl in 2007 from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He graduated in the Fall of 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science....

UPE Member Selected for Twitter #EarlyBird Program!

UPE Member Selected for Twitter #EarlyBird Program!

UPE member and FIU SCIS student Taylor Rivera were recently selected to attend Twitter's #EarlyBird event in San Francisco, California. She was one of the 35 students selected from over a thousand who applied to take part in this program. She was also the only FIU...

SCIS student elected into student government

SCIS student elected into student government

As of Wednesday, April 9th, the elections for the next Student Government Association term finally concluded. The campaign was a long one; from debates, to town halls, to even a recount for the presidency and two entire schools. Now, as of Monday, April 15th, the...

Chevron Sponsors UPE & WiCS

Chevron Sponsors UPE & WiCS

Chevron invited UPE, WiCS, and other student organizations they sponsored this past year for a Lunch and Learn at the Engineering Center this week. They had the opportunity to speak to their representatives about how Chevron's donation has impacted their programs and...

I am a Sophomore, now what?

I am a Sophomore, now what?

“Do today what others won’t, so tomorrow you can do what others can’t” It’s been close to two years since I moved to the United States from India to attend the Honors College at Florida International University (FIU) majoring in Computer Science. Since I...

Dr. Monique Ross receives NSF Career Award

Dr. Monique Ross receives NSF Career Award

Dr. Monique Ross Join us as we congratulate Dr. Monique Ross for being awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award. Under her direction the project, CAREER: Cracking the Diversity Code: Understanding Computing Pathways of those Least Represented, was...