FAU Jupiter News
Bea Weiser, 98, Volunteers to Help People with Alzheimer's
For more than 14 years, Bea Weiser, 98, has volunteered at FAU's Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center to help attendees who are struggling with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.
FAU Jupiter Researcher Receives Grant to Study the Impact of Sleep on Learning and Memory
The lab of Carmen Varela, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of Phycology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science recently received a competitive and prestigious Whitehall Foundation three year grant for $225,000. The grant will support research that aims to determine the cellular...
FAU Jupiter Librarian Receives I Love My Librarian Award
Leah Plocharczyk, interim director of Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Library, in Jupiter, Florida, is a winner of this year's I Love My Librarian Award. Recognized for her leadership in her community and commitment to transforming lives, she is one of only ten librarians in the...
FAU and GSU Partner to Help Families Affected by Addiction
FAU and Georgia State University have partnered on a program to assist children and families affected by addiction and have received a $2.64 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
BH&J Buy vs. Rent Index Shows Property Appreciation Slowing
Property appreciation is slowing in housing markets across the country as upward pressure on the demand for homeownership declines, according to the latest national index produced by FAU and FIU faculty.
Wilkes Honors College Interfaith Panel on Violence
The Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University hosted a panel discussion between representatives of different faith backgrounds on the issue of gun violence, specifically the problem of mass shootings. The College hosted this event in an effort to understand this problem better and explore...
Mellon Foundation Fellow Participates in the Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence
Carmen Cañete Quesada, Ph.D., an associate professor of Spanish in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of FAU recently participated in the Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program. Dr. Cañete Quesada conducted archival research regarding the involvement of African Americans of the Abraham...
Migraine Headaches? Consider Aspirin for Treatment and Prevention
A review from researchers in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine supports the use of high dose aspirin to treat acute migraine as well as low dose daily aspirin to prevent recurrent attacks.
FAU Awarded $1.68 Million from Florida Division of Emergency Management
FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and Florida Division of Emergency Management project will create a framework for flood risk management.
FAU Professor Appointed Member of Prestigious Academia Europaea
Borivoje "Borko" Furht, Ph.D., a professor in FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science was recently appointed as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea founded in 1988.