FAU Scientist Proposes New Treatment
For Heart and Brain Disease
B OCA RATON, FL (January 30, 2004) - Dr. Herbert Weissbach, director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, has released findings from research suggesting ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture by Susan Eisenhower on “Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: Is the Partnership Working?”
Granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower Participates in FAU Presidential Symposia Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (January 30, 2004) – Building and maintaining democracy has become a focal point for many nations in the world as it fights to preserve national security. Susan Eisenhower, chairman of the Eisenhower Institute and a leading expert on the Soviet Union/Russia and arms control, will speak on the topic of “Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Lecture
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents Donald A. Ritchie, Associate Historian of the U.S. Senate and author of Doing Oral History, with "The Legacy of Joe McCarthy" ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Art Lecture
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents Barbara Barletta, Professor in the School of the Arts at University of Florida in Gainesville, with "The Parthenon - How Innovative Was it?" ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Lecture
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents Max Castro, visiting professor from University of Miami with "Latin America in Miami, Miami in Latin America: Society and Politics in a Transnational City" ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Lecture
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents Claire Culleton, Associate Professor of English at Kent State University and author of two books on James Joyce, with "Joyce as a G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover's Manipulations of Modernism" ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Classical and Jazz Music
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University's fourth annual music festival:
¡Celebrando La Música!
WHERE: BOCA RATON
Saturday, February 28, 6 p.m.
President's Reception
FAU Boca Raton campus, University Theatre, 777 Glades Road ....more>>

FAU's Theatre Department Presents "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"
BOCA RATON, FL (January 28, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University's School of the Arts presents the Tony-award winning comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," which takes an irreverent look behind the scenes of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Performances are February 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and February 15 and 22 at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Individual tickets may be purchased for $15, with group discounts available. FAU faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $10 with ID and FAU students may receive tickets for free with ID ....more>>

Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation FAU Scholarship Recipients
BOCA RATON, FL (January 28, 2004) – Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing announced Sandra Burke, Souroushan Khademi and Christina Virzi as recipients of a Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation Scholarship. The emphasis of these scholarships is to promote critical nursing care for children with genetic disorders ....more>>

FAU Receives Patent In Detection Of Colon Cancer
BOCA RATON, FL (January 27, 2003). Dr. Ramaswamy Narayanan, a research professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University announced patent approval this week for a novel approach for the detection of colon cancer. The patent is the result of four-and-a-half years of research to isolate and prove the findings ....more>>

Scholar Stanley Fish to Lecture at FAU
BOCA RATON, FL (January 26, 2004) - The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University will present two lectures by Stanley Fish. On Wednesday, January 28 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Fish will present "Why Milton Matters: The Case Against Historicism" and on Thursday, January 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., his lecture will be "One More Time: Tolerance, Free Speech, Difference, Mutual Respect, Contingency, Truth, and Interpretive Communities Revisited." A reception will follow Thursday's lecture. Both lectures, which are free and open to the public, will take place in the Performing Arts Building, Room 101 on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture By Michael J. Devine On
“The Korean War and Its Unfinished Business”
Director of the Truman Presidential Library Participates
in FAU Presidential Symposia Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (January 26, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University’s “Presidential Symposia” Lecture Series presents Dr. Michael J. Devine, who will be speaking on the topic of “The Korean War and the Middle East Crisis.” The lecture will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 3:45 p.m. in the Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium on the Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Road ....more>>

FAU Hosts Workshop on Gullah/Geechee Nation
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (January 26, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University's Center for Urban Redevelopment and Education (CURE) will host a lecture and workshop on Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Heritage Preservation. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be Monday, February 2 from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. at FAU's Reubin O'D. Askew Tower, room 724, located at 220 SE Second Avenue, Fort Lauderdale ....more>>

Historian To Lecture On Nazi Persecution Of
Jewish-Christian Germans
BOCA RATON, FL (January 23, 2004) - The fate of Jewish-Christian German citizens persecuted by the Nazis will be the topic of a lecture by renowned historian James F. Tent on Tuesday, February 17 at 4 p.m. in Florida Atlantic University's Social Science Building, Room 250 ....more>>

FAU Hires New CURE Director
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (January 23, 2004) - Ralph B. Johnson has been named the new director of Florida Atlantic University's Center for Urban Redevelopment and Education (CURE), a center that collaborates with non-profit, governmental and civic organizations to improve the quality of life in low and moderate-income communities in the region ....more>>

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Boca Raton, FL (January 22, 2004) - The Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees approved this week the creation of a new Master of Science degree in Biomedical Science. This program will be housed in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and will begin accepting students immediately ....more>>

FAU Plans Benefit Performance: "Sophie Tucker Review"
BOCA RATON, FL (January 22, 2004) - When she dons her wig and makeup and belts out one of Sophie's famous songs, Charen De Koven recreates the late Sophie Tucker, "the last of the red hot mamas." De Koven took up the Tucker mantle this year after studying the unique antics and sudden rise to fame of the songstress ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Theatre
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University's Theatre Department presents: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," written by Tom Stoppard and directed by David Mann ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Lecture
EVENT: Stanley Fish, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at University of Illinois at Chicago with two lectures: ....more>>

FAU to Track Aviation History in the Making
BOCA RATON, FL (January 20, 2004) - In celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight, Dr. Gustavus McLeod - first person to fly in an open cockpit airplane to the North Pole and recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2002 - will fly a hybrid Velocity aircraft solo around the world via the North and South Poles ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture Focusing on “Neurodegenerative Diseases”
Jeffery W. Kelly to Open Frontiers of Science Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (January 21, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will present a lecture on the topic of “The Chemistry and Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases” by Dr. Jeffery W. Kelly. The lecture will take place Thursday, January 22 at 4 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center, Room 126, on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture by Congressman Robert Wexler on
“Israel and the Middle East Crisis”
Congressman of the 19th District of Florida Participates in FAU Presidential
Symposia Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (January 21, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University Presidential Symposia Lecture Series presents Congressman Robert Wexler tomorrow on Thursday, January 22 at 3:45 p.m. at the Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Seminar
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University's Holocaust and Judaic Studies Program and the American Jewish Committee to present a "Seminar on Hate and Violence" ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture Series on Autism
First lecture will be hosted by Dennis Debbaudt this Friday
Boca Raton, FL (January 14, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University Center for Autism and Related Disability (CARD) will present a lecture on autism by Dennis Debbaudt. The lecture will take place in the Majestic Palm Room at the University Center on the Boca Raton campus on Friday, January 16 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Classical Music
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents:
Chamber Soloist Judith Burganger with the Miami String Quartet
in two concerts ....more>>

FAU Presents Lecture: Environmental Change and International Security
BOCA RATON (January 14, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents "Environmental Change and International Security," a free public lecture by Geoffrey D. Dabelko, director of the Environmental Change and Security Project (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The lecture will take place Thursday, January 22 at 7 p.m. in General Classroom North, Room 101 of FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road .....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Symposium
EVENT: Same-Sex Marriages/Unions - an interdisciplinary symposium
WHEN: Monday, January 26, 4 - 7 p.m ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Lecture
EVENT: "You Must Remember This/We'll Always Have Paris," presented by Peter A. French, Lincoln Chair in Ethics at Arizona State University ....more>>

FAU's Trio Amadé Releases New CD at Concerts
BOCA RATON (January 13, 2004) - Trio Amadé, Florida Atlantic University's School of the Arts ensemble-in-residence, will celebrate the release of its debut CD entitled "Obseción" at two concerts. The first performance will be Saturday, January 17 at 2 p.m. in the College of Liberal Arts Auditorium on FAU's Davie Campus, 2912 College Avenue ....more>>

FAU Honors College Presents Mystery Author
James Patterson
JUPITER, FL (January 13, 2004) - Florida Atlantic University's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Speakers Forum will present award-winning novelist James Patterson at a luncheon on Friday, January 23, 2004. The event will be held at Eastpointe Country Club, 13535 Eastpointe Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens ....more>>

CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT
CATEGORY: Film Festival
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University hosts a Venezuelan film festival

Inaugural Lecture with Javier Guerrero, President of Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela
Friday, January 23, 6:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Building, Room 101 ....more>>

FAU Names New Administrative Team
BOCA RATON, FL (January 9, 2004) -- Florida Atlantic University President Frank T. Brogan today named three new administrators to help lead the university to the next level of excellence.

John F. Pritchett has been named provost and chief academic officer, Lawrence F. Davenport has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer and Ann E. Paton has been named vice president of university advancement ....more>>

CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT
CATEGORY: Ceramics workshop and lecture
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University hosts visiting artist Les Lawrence with
ceramics workshops and a lecture presentation ....more>>

Works of Uruguayan Artists on Display at FAU
Reception and public lectures to complement exhibition
BOCA RATON, FL (January 8, 2004) -- Florida Atlantic University presents "Daniel Batalla and Gustavo Serra: The Path of the School of the South." The exhibition runs Friday, January 16 through Saturday, February 21 in the Ritter Art Gallery on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The exhibition and all related lectures and receptions are free and open to the public ....more>>

FAU Students Open Income Tax Assistance Center
DAVIE, FL (January 7, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University Accounting Student Association on the Davie campus will open a new Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Center on Friday, January 16, 2004. The center will operate in FAU’s Liberal Arts Building, 2912 College Avenue, Davie in room 303F every Friday morning from 9:30 a.m. until noon through tax season ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Chamber Music
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents Trio Amadé
WHEN: Saturday, January 17, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Liberal Arts Auditorium
Davie Campus
Florida Atlantic University
2912 College Avenue
Davie ....more>>

CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Jazz Music
EVENT: Florida Atlantic University presents the Dallas Brass in Concert
WHEN: Monday, January 12, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: University Theatre
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431 ....more>>

FAU Hosts Lecture by Susan Eisenhower on "Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: Is the Partnership Working?" Granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower Participates in FAU Presidential Symposia Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (January 5, 2003) - Building and maintaining democracy has become a focal point for many nations in the world as it fights to preserve national security. Susan Eisenhower, chairman of the Eisenhower Institute and a leading expert on the Soviet Union/Russia and arms control, will speak on the topic of "Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: Is the Partnership Working" during the first lecture of the "Presidential Symposia" series on Thursday, January 15 from 3:45 - 5:30 p.m ....more>>