Florida International University

A South Florida university has launched an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the Miami-Dade chapter of the Republican Party that included violently racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language. The chat, which was denounced by the state GOP, involved students and several top conservative leaders at Florida International University, according to the Miami Herald, which viewed and independently verified the conversations.

Hurricane season is starting to pick up and researchers are looking for new ways to get ahead of the storms. At FIU, they ramped up their technology with a contraption known as “The Wall of Wind”.