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Wilkes Honors College assistant biology professor receives mentoring award
Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D. the assistant professor of biology of the Wilkes Honors College and member of the Jupiter Life Science Initiative, recently received a Mentoring Award from FAU’s Division of Research for 2019. Kowalko will be mentored by Alex Keene, Ph.D. an associate professor in the College...
Wilkes Honors College Moot Court Team Receives Top Honors
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College moot court celebrated a successful weekend at the South Atlantic Regional Tournament. Four teams competed in at the tournament held at the University of Tampa on November 10th and 11th. Junior Nic Cathcart received a top 20 speaker award. Cathcart and Taylor...
Duboué Receives NIH Grant
Erik Duboué, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology in the Wilkes Honors College and a member of the Jupiter Life Science Initiative, has received a R15 research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $300,000. The project entitled “Functional Dissection Of Brain-Wide Circuits...
Do Mussels Reveal the Fate of the Oceans?
A first-of-its-kind study has identified the connection between microplastics, marine aggregates and marine animals, which has important implications for the fate of plastic particles in marine environments.
Wilkes Honors College Receives Top National Rating
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College (WHC) of Florida Atlantic University recently received a top rating in the fall 2018 edition of Inside Honors. Of the 50 public university honors programs reviewed this year, the WHC is one of seven to receive the top rating, sharing the limelight with honors...
Harriet L.Wilkes Honors College Receives Top National Rating
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College (WHC) of Florida Atlantic University recently received a top rating in the fall 2018 edition of Inside Honors.
Celebrating Research Successes
Wilkes Honors College student Paulina Oporto Cespedes was one of three poster presentation winners at the inaugural Research Showcase.
Professor Presents on Civil Rights Education
Christopher Strain, Ph.D., professor of American Studies for the Wilkes Honors College, presented a paper and moderated a panel discussion at the “We Who Believe in Freedom: A Symposium on Teaching Civil Rights” conference at Ohio State University.
Wilkes Honors College Joins the Common Application
Students applying to the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for 2019-2020 will have the ability to do so through The Common Application, a powerful online college application platform that serves and supports more than three million applicants, teachers, and counselors...
Wilkes Honors College of FAU Joins The Common Application
Students applying to the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for 2018-2019 will have the ability to do so through The Common Application.