FAU Jupiter News



FAU's OwlThon Sets New Record in Fundraising

By | April 12, 2017

Florida Atlantic University’s annual Dance Marathon fundraiser raised a record $242,718.17 for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Expanding Waistlines and Link to Metabolic Syndrome

By | April 6, 2017

For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers make the case that metabolic syndrome is the new silent killer and that the "love handle" can be fatal.

FAU Celebrates 2017 President's Gala

By | April 4, 2017

Florida Atlantic University recently celebrated its seventh annual gala in the Martin F. and Jane Greenberg Foundation Tower of FAU Stadium at its Boca Raton campus.

Does the Smart Songbird Always Get the Girl?

April 3, 2017

If the early bird catches the worm, then does the smart songbird get the girl? FAU study tests the links between cognition, sexiness and male songbirds' ability to serenade.

Theatre Lab is New Home for the 24-Hour Theatre Project

By | April 3, 2017

The event, to be held Sunday, April 30 to Monday, May 1, unites local playwrights, actors, directors and technicians for a 24-hour period to write, rehearse and perform up to nine short plays.

Smoking Risks and Need for Wider Use of Varenicline to Quit

By | March 27, 2017

More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Experts reassure clinicians that varenicline is a safe and effective way to stop smoking and that not using this drug has caused needless deaths.

FAU Jupiter's LLS Presents Elise Jordan

March 27, 2017

FAU Jupiter's Lifelong Learning Society will present a lecture by Elise Jordan on Tuesday, April 4 at 2:15 p.m. at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Dr., in Jupiter.

FAU Named 'Voter-Friendly Campus'

By | March 23, 2017

Florida Atlantic University is one of 83 campuses nationwide to be designated as a "Voter-Friendly Campus."

FAU's SNMREC Lands $360,000 Grant from NSF

By | March 23, 2017

FAU's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a U.S. Department of Energy designated center, has received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for undergraduate research.

FAU Presents 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'

By | March 21, 2017

From the dazzling imagination of one of America's most passionate and powerful young playwrights comes this critically acclaimed, thrilling retelling of the plight and fate of Judas Iscariot.