FAU | News Archive

Letter From the Dean - Welcoming the Schools of Architecture and Public Administration

June 30, 2020

We are very excited to welcome our new students, faculty and staff and we look forward to the collaborative work that will be possible

Images (l/r): Kelly J. Shannon; Book cover of “U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights” (2018);

Research Thursdays - Promoting Equity and Understanding of Diverse Cultures

June 25, 2020

Kelly J. Shannon, Associate Professor of History has been appointed the new director of FAU’s Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Initiative (PJHR)

Images (l/r): Book cover of “Jewfish;” Andrew Furman

Research Thursdays - “Jewfish,” a new novel by English Professor Andrew Furman

June 18, 2020

This new novel shines a light on the environmental issues facing south Florida and the planet

Image (L/R): (book cover detail) “Unstable Masks Whiteness and American Superhero Comics,” edited by Sean Guynes and Martin Lund, The Ohio State University Press, January 2020; Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins; Eric L. Berlatsky; (book cover detail) “Ms. Marvel’s America No Normal,” Edited by Jessica Baldanzi & Hussein Rashid, University of Mississippi Press, February 2020

Research Thursdays - Department of English faculty members have co-authored two articles on the intersection of superheroes and racial politics

June 11, 2020

The intersection of superheroes in comic books, racial politics, the politics of racial mixing and racial mixedness

Image: 2019 Summer Band Camp performance

Research Thursdays - ‘Keep the Music Playing!’ Initiative for Youth

June 04, 2020

The Department of Music received the Impact 100 Palm Beach County’s Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Grant.

Letter from the Dean - Moving Forward Together

June 02, 2020

We are witness this week to yet another brutal murder of an African American man by police officers, and the resulting protests of another pernicious virus in our society: systemic racism.

June 2020