Multidisciplinary research opportunity for faculty and postdoctoral associates. Application deadline: Friday, February 3, 2023. Learn more and apply.
Valery Forbes, Ph.D., brings more than 25 years of experience as a robust, enterprising researcher and academic leader. Read more.
Congratulations to Teresa Wilcox, Ph.D., on her new role as Associate Provost of Academic Personnel. Read more.
This gift supports six graduate students who are studying sea turtles and lab upgrades. Read more.
Schmidt College of Science ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Programs” for 2023. Learn more.
Award-winning scientist presented the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award. Learn more.
The gift will establish The Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox, which will house the College of Science Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Lab.
New grant to advance diversity in academic STEM careers
Florida Atlantic University's new Ecology, Environment, & Resilience Initiative, housed in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, unifies the transdisciplinary efforts of a vibrant and growing community of FAU scholar-educators in Environmental Science. Learn more .
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is serving as a key partner for a major National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) at Florida Atlantic University. Two faculty members in the Schmidt College of Science are part of the leadership team for the grant. Read more.
NBC’s TODAY Show featured our FAU Marine Lab's critical sea turtle conservation research. Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D., professor and director of the lab discusses why there are more female turtles than male turtles being born. Watch here.
The three-day summit includes healthcare professionals from surrounding universities and practitioners from the local community such as medical, pharmacy, and dentists, who will provide useful tools post-pandemic. Read more.
Florida Atlantic moves up in U.S. News & World Report’s list of "Top Public Schools" to No. 132 from No. 140 in this year’s ranking of the nation’s best universities. This marks the largest rise out of all public universities in the state of Florida. Read more.
Akshay S. Naraine, MSc., is the project lead, a Ph.D. student in the Schmidt College of Science and the International Max Planck Research School for Synapses and Circuits. Read more.
According to a first-of-its-kind study by Florida Atlantic University researchers in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, reveals only marginal improvements with respect to evacuation planning in America’s 50 largest cities. Read more.
Associate professor and senior author of the study, Marianne Porter, Ph.D., is part of a team researching the newly-discovered walking shark that breaks all of the rules for survival. Read more.
The new Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) will be supported for five years with $26 million; renewable for an additional five years, for a total of up to $52 million. The ERC program is NSF’s flagship engineering program to catalyze convergent research to address large-scale societal challenges. Read more.
Congratulations to Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D., on her new role as director of the Environmental Science Program in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Dr. Briggs began her new role on August 2. Read more.
Researchers Katie Buckman and River Vanderveer visited remote areas of Big Cypress National Preserve by helicopter to survey vegetation, bird nesting sites, and use a hollow box to sample fish populations in the wetlands. Katie is the crew lead and River is an undergraduate researcher studying Environmental Science. Learn more about the Environmental Science program.
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