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Top-Ranked RESEARCH
From the top of the globe to the ocean 昀氀oor, FIU researchers explore the toughest challenges of our time:
sea level rise, extreme events, childhood mental health disorders, and more. This solutions-centered
approach is why FIU is designated Miami’s Carnegie R1 Public Research University, something only 3%
of the nation’s 4,300 colleges and universities can claim. As a Carnegie R1 university, FIU is recognized
for its very high research activity, attracting top faculty, securing signi昀椀cant funding, and o昀昀ering
exceptional opportunities for students.
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The Wall of Wind research and testing facility — one of only
eight National Science Foundation-supported experimental
facilities in the country — is the largest and most powerful
university research facility of its kind, capable simulating
Category 5 hurricane winds.
Against the backdrop of the stunning 700-mile-wide
Books Range in northern Alaska, FIU biologist Steve
Oberbauer and alumnus Mathew Simon ’17 walk along a
narrow boardwalk abutting FIU’s plant ecology research
plot at the Toolik Field Station.
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FIU’s Medina Aquarius Program is dedicated to
the study and preservation of marine ecosystems
worldwide with the world’s only undersea research
laboratory, Aquarius Reef Base.
