FAU Jupiter News
WILKES HONORS COLLEGE RECEIVES TOP NATIONAL RATING FOR THE SECOND TIME
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University received a second consecutive top rating among the country's best honors colleges and programs in the latest edition of "Inside Honors: Ratings and Reviews of 40 Public University Honors Programs".
WHC NAMES ASHLEY KENNEDY, PH.D., AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE LEON CHARNEY DIPLOMACY PROGRAM
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is pleased to announce the appointment of professor Ashley Kennedy, Ph.D. to the position of Assistant Director of the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program.
FAU Hires Leading Philosopher and Futurist
Florida Atlantic University recently announced that the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in collaboration with FAU’s Brain Institute, hired Susan Schneider, Ph.D., to the position of William F. Dietrich Chair in Philosophy.
Evolution of Eye Loss in Mexican Cavefish
FAU Jupiter researchers are investigating the evolution of eye loss in Mexican cavefish. Itzel Sifuentes-Romero, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow working in the lab of Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at FAU's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College led the study published in the July issue...
New Method of Classifying Organisms
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Faculty Jon A. Moore, Ph.D., and Susan L. Richardson, Ph.D., were recently published in a new book titled “Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode.”
U-Rise at FAU Jupiter Accepting Applications
Applications are now open for students interested in FAU’s new Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
FAU Brain Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Receives NIMH Award
One in five Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year. Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in FAU's Brain Institute received a three-year, $65.5 thousand grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the connection between psychiatric disorders...
Honors College Students Create Innovative Electronic Art in Response to Quarantine
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors students enrolled in ART4654C Honors Electronics and Electronic Objects for Art this spring worked to create electronic projects that are poetic and innovative.
Academy for Community Inclusion Enhancement Grant
Florida Atlantic University's Academy for Community Inclusion (ACI) recently received a grant titled, Academy for Community Inclusion Enhancement: Expanding Florida Atlantic University's Comprehensive Transition Program, from the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities (FCSUA).
Graduation Celebration for Psychology and Neuroscience Students
Professors Julie Earles, Ph.D., Kevin Lanning, Ph.D., and Laura Vernon, Ph.D., hosted a surprise virtual ceremony on May 5 for Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College graduates in psychology and neuroscience.