Greater Downtown Miami is located in FloridaGreater Downtown Miami, In the 2010s there was a second skyscraper building boom, Other Races: 3.2% (0.6% Arab). Colleges and schools Psychology 148, Much of Florida is on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida Spanning two time zones it extends to the northwest into a panhandle extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico It is bordered on the north by Georgia and Alabama and on the west at the end of the panhandle by Alabama It is the only state that borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Florida also is the southernmost state in the 48 contiguous states with Hawaii being the only state reaching farther south Florida is west of the Bahamas and 90 miles (140 km) north of Cuba Florida is one of the largest states east of the Mississippi River and only Alaska and Michigan are larger in water area the water boundary is 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 nautical miles (10 mi; 17 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, Spirit traditions Warnings are placed in Everglades National Park to dissuade people from eating fish due to high mercury content; In conjunction with the Office of Alumni Relations the Division of External Affairs publishes a quarterly news and alumni magazine "FIU Magazine" FIU Magazine is distributed free of charge to all FIU alumni faculty and donors, Miami Florida Business directory, Several archaeological sites are known from the area occupied by the Mayaimi including Fort Center Belle Glade Big Mound City the Boynton Mounds complex and Tony's Mound.
7.6 Future of the Everglades While Barry University is primarily a liberal arts college the university has expanded its programs of study to include specialized programs in nursing teacher education medical technology and social work. Villa Vizcaya a popular tourist attraction North Miami Beach Languages The southern side of Miami includes the neighborhoods of Coral Way the Roads and Coconut Grove Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 between Downtown and Coral Gables and is home to many old homes and tree-lined streets Coconut Grove established in 1825 is a historic neighborhood with narrow winding roads and a heavy tree canopy It is the location of Miami's City Hall at Dinner Key the former Coconut Grove Playhouse CocoWalk and the Coconut Grove Convention Center It is also home to many nightclubs bars restaurants and bohemian shops which makes it very popular with local college students Coconut Grove is known for its many parks and gardens such as Vizcaya Museum the Kampong the Barnacle Historic State Park and numerous other historic homes and estates. 1940s: World War II The Miami Herald also participates in "Politifact Florida" a website that focuses on the truth about Florida issues along with the Tampa Bay Times which created the Politifact concept the Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida, Extent and data Graduate admissions Non-Hispanic White 11% 57% 63%. . . American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%, Fluctuating sea levels compressed numerous layers of calcium carbonate sand and shells the resulting permeable limestone formations that developed between 25 million and 70 million years ago created the Floridan Aquifer which serves as the main source of fresh water for the northern portion of Florida However this aquifer lies beneath thousands of feet of impermeable sedimentary rock from Lake Okeechobee to the southern tip of the peninsula, Popular music Settlements Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.62. . Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, During the mid-1930s the Art Deco district of Miami Beach was developed Also during this time on February 15 1933 an assassination attempt was made on President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt While Roosevelt was giving a speech in Miami's Bayfront Park Giuseppe Zangara an Italian anarchist opened fire Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago who was shaking hands with Roosevelt was shot and died two weeks later Four other people were wounded but President-elect Roosevelt was not harmed Zangara was quickly tried for Cermak's murder and was executed by the electric chair on March 20 1933 in Raiford Florida, FIU offers 191 academic programs 60 baccalaureate programs 81 master's programs 3 specialist programs 34 doctoral programs and 4 professional program in 23 colleges and schools in addition 97% of the faculty have terminal degrees and 50% currently have tenure at the university with a student/teacher ratio of 27:1.
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