College of Science News

Florida Atlantic is one of just four higher education institutions in the nation to receive the 2025 Eduventures Innovation Award, honoring the work of the Center for Online and Continuing Education and online STEM educators...

For a second year in a row, Kayla Ahlness took home a top prize in the university’s ninth annual Three Minute Thesis Competition for her fascinating research on the behavior of hybrid African monkeys.

Get to know two of the college’s amazing new advisors, alumna Sierra Butler '17 and Tanecia Powell, and how they help science students achieve their goals.

Integrative biology Ph.D. student Ana Arevalo Cardona, B.S. ‘25, is passionate about conservation, and as a Manatee Master at Manatee Lagoon, she believes education is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect them....

Florida Atlantic University ’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of America Division to support a novel research project...

Gianni Sims had her stellar research on one of the most mysterious objects in the observable universe—supermassive black holes—featured in Nature, as part of Black Space Week 2025.

This summer, Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (CMBB) piloted a new program to introduce high school students and their teachers to advanced...

The Department of Biological Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science received a $780,000 gift to establish the W. William Stewart Science Scholarship Fund. The endowed fund will support undergraduate students.

Welcome to our inaugural WLW-School of Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS) Professor in Residence, Gabriela Rodríguez-Fuentes, Ph.D., from the Unidad de Química en Sisal, Facultad de Química, Universidad...

To identify ways to boost social engagement in older adults with ADRD, Florida Atlantic University researchers observed virtual group sessions led by FAU’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center, a nurse-led adult...