Tudor Parfitt
Research Professor
Tudor Parfitt, aka the British Indiana Jones, discusses his new project to study the Conversos and early Jewish life in the Americas following Spain’s first expeditions to the New World in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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John Dufresne
Novelist, Professor & Guggenheim Fellow
FIU creative writing Professor and 2012 Guggenheim Fellow John Dufresne talks about why he writes fiction and describes how novels and stories should be “a plunge into reality.”
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Michael Heithaus
Marine Biology Professor
I’m a marine biologist who loves exploring the world’s oceans. From the Florida Keys to Shark Bay, Australia, I’m investigating potential impacts to our ecosystems as the population numbers of the oceans’ predators continue to drop. My goal is to not only find solutions to help these populations, but also educate the general public about …
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Ranu Jung
Biomedical Engineering Professor
Ranu Jung, Ph.D., is the Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars chair in biomedical engineering, as well as professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at FIU. She has trained in both the experimental and quantitative study of neurophysiological processes, and was at the forefront of the emergence of computational neuroscience and neural engineering. …
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Pedro Greer
Medical Professor
I love medicine and what it can do for our community, particularly those in need. This is our country, this is our community and it’s our responsibility as physicians to make sure we take care of those who need it most. If we train our medical students to get back to social justice and ethics …
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