Urban and Regional Planning has joined the FAU College of Science. Click here for academic program requirements and advising details.
The TODAY Show was LIVE at the FAU Observatory talking about the Mars landing. Learn more.
FAU’s new B.S. in Medical Biology prepares students for competitive professional training programs in the health sciences with a streamlined, pre-professional degree program. Learn more and apply.
Researchers from the Schmidt College of Science and FAU Medicine, including College of Science alumni at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, published a study that shows how cone snail venom has the potential to treat severe malaria. Read more.
Nancy Aaron Jones, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the FAU WAVES Emotion Laboratory in the FAU Department of Psychology, is the lead author of a study published in the journal, Neuropsychobiology, for her study examining the developing mother-infant relationship. For the study, researchers investigated the feeding method and affectionate touch patterns in depressed and non-depressed mother-infant dyads. Read more.
Brett Laursen, Ph.D., professor of psychology, along with @FAU Department of Psychology graduates, are authors of a study that examined whether one friend’s nice and mean behaviors anticipate changes in the other friend’s perceptions of relationship negativity. The researchers are the first to conduct a longitudinal study on this topic. Read more.
Peter Claudius Osei, a Ph.D. student in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, and researchers from the College of Social Work and Criminal Justice published a study examining African American men’s re-entry experience, family reunification, and recidivism. Read more.
Join us for the virtual Pre-Health Professions Week and Professional & Graduate Fair, March 15 - March 25. Learn more and register.
Funding will be utilized on a project with FAU’s Center for Urban and Environmental Studies that uses immersive technology to engage the North End community, schools, and decision-makers on the topic of sea-level rise to ultimately develop an action plan to mitigate sea-level rise impacts. Read more.
Learn about the innovative research and initiatives taking place in the College of Science in the Spring 2021 issue of Owl Research & Innovation. Read more.
Take a virtual “walk” through the 2020 Art of Science photography exhibition to celebrate the finalists of the 2020 Art of Science photography contest. View gallery.
New technologies are finally shedding light on one of the greatest mysteries in sea turtle biology. Learn how FloridaAtlantic's Marine Science Lab and UpwellTurtles released juvenile leatherbacks off the coast of Florida and tracked their movements.
Yang Li, Ph.D., a new assistant professor in the department of mathematical sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, studies formulas, models and techniques used in statistical analysis of research data. Read more.
College of Science Safety Ambassadors worked collaboratively with the college to increase public health awareness on campus and in the classroom during the fall semester. Read more.
Researchers from the Schmidt College of Science and Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing have received a two-year, $675,000 grant to test a mathematical model designed to optimize social and physical engagement in older adults. Read more.
"We have an unprecedented obligation and opportunity to provide our students and community with the highest caliber of research, scientific invention, and education in the country." Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., Dean, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Donate Here.