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Kenan Program Announces New Scholarship Winners

By | February 25, 2020

The Kenan Social Engagement Program at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University is pleased to announce the selection of two new scholarship winners.

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FAU Brain Institute Announces ‘Brainy Days 2020,’ a Celebration of Neuroscience Sponsored by Palm Health Foundation

By | February 24, 2020

Florida Atlantic University’s Brain Institute is proud to announce “Brainy Days 2020,” a celebration of neuroscience throughout the month of March and sponsored by Palm Health Foundation.

From left to right, Jeffrey Morton, FAU Distinguished Teacher of the Year; FAU President John Kelly; Tim Steigenga, interim dean, FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.

20th Anniversary Wilkes Honors College Benefactors Dinner

By | February 21, 2020

Nearly 200 people attended the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors 20th Anniversary Benefactors Dinner on February 20 at the Pelican Club.

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WHC STUDENT PUBLISHED IN PRESTIGIOUS HISPANIC JOURNAL

By | February 13, 2020

Sunil Raju, a Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College National Merit student in the Medical Scholars Program, was recently published in Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, one of the most prestigious journals in the field of Hispanic literature.

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Emerging Models Symposium 2020

By | February 6, 2020

Registration is now open for FAU’s Emerging Models Symposium. The symposium will be held on April 17 at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

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New Innovative Genetic Technologies Course

By | January 29, 2020

The new STEM Training Hub at Florida Atlantic University's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter launched its first Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE).

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Taking the Lead in AI Revolution

By | January 21, 2020

The world's next industrial revolution has begun, and it is being nurtured at FAU — which was recently named Florida's official “University of Distinction” for artificial intelligence and big data analytics.

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SUMMER INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE EXPERIENCE

By | January 9, 2020

Florida Atlantic University will host the Summer Integrative Neuroscience Experience (SINE) at the John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter.

andy D. Blakely, Ph.D., professor of Biomedical Science in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and executive director of the FAU Brain Institute

FAU Brain Institute Visits Israel to Collaborate on Neuroscience Research

By | December 17, 2019

Uri Ashery, Ph.D., professor of Neurobiology and head of the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, hosted Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., professor of Biomedical Science in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and executive director of the FAU Brain Institute on December 10 and 11....

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FAU Jupiter Researcher Receives Grant to Study the Impact of Sleep on Learning and Memory 

By | December 10, 2019

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...