It appears that sunlight-driven photoreactions could be an important sink of buoyant plastics at sea. Sunlight also may have a role in reducing plastics to sizes below those captured by oceanic studies. This theory could partly explain how more than 98 percent of the plastics entering the oceans go missing every year.
“In addition, as these plastics dissolve at sea, they release biologically active organic compounds, which are measured as total dissolved organic carbon, a major byproduct of sunlight-driven plastic photodegradation.”said Shiye Zhao, Ph.D., senior author and a post-doc researcher working in the laboratory of
Tracy Mincer, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology/biogeochemistry at FAU’s Harbor Branch and
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College...
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FAU Women Leaders in STEM
The FAU Chapter of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS) and the advance FAU Leadership Team selected Terje Hoim, Ph.D., associate dean for academic Affairs of the Wilkes Honors College, and Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., research assistant professor of biomedical science and director of community engagement and programming of the FAU Brain Institute, as 2019 FAU Women Leaders in STEM. As recipients of this award, Dr. Hoim and Dr. Baganz participated in the hfp consulting group’s Female Leaders in Science Workshop on November 5-6, along with 17 other FAU women faculty awardees from across the university.
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Teaching for a Global Reach
FAU created an educational partnership with Germany-based Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, and its Leon Charney Diplomacy Program is considered a premier program in global diplomacy.
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Project Lifesaver helps police find loved ones who 'wander'
enter for Autism and Related Disabilities at Florida featured on WPTV for providing family technology that helps authorities find missing people with autism, dementia!
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www.wptv.com
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The Unicorn Children's Foundation Community Inclusion Awards selected FAU's Academy for Community Inclusion (ACI) as a finalist for the Post-Secondary Program of the Year Award! Now it is up to our FAU Jupiter community to vote in order for ACI to win the Community Choice Award.
Voting is now open through Friday, Nov. 15.
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Remember to RSVP for Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur at Jupiter Campus 20th Anniversary Celebration and Groundbreaking that will be held on Thursday, November 21, at 10 a.m. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of groundbreaking programs and unmatched opportunities with a series of special events...
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The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of FAU
invites prospective students and families to our
Open House taking place on our beautiful Jupiter
Campus on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8:30 a.m. Join us for a morning full of information and interactive sessions with
students, faculty and staff!...
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Students vs. Jupiter Community Members Softball Game
Join Campus Recreation on Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the South Recreation field on FAU Jupiter campus for a community softball game.
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Spend a morning with Dr. Randy Blakely from the FAU Brain Institute on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 8:30 a.m. and discuss leveraging neuroscience in a search for mechanisms and treatments for human developmental disorders like autism and ADHD. Dr. Blakely will review how research at the Institute is targeting brain dopamine and serotonin in a search for potential treatments of these disorders and how genetically modified mice can be used to search for brain mechanisms and new treatments...
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU Jupiter
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Instructor: Joe Scott
Tuesday, Nov. 19
7-8:30 p.m.
$30/member; $35/non-member
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Thursday, Nov. 21
7-8:3
0 p.m.
$30/member; $35/non-member
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Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., a professor of political science at
FAU will examine the nature and history of the presidential selection process on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 9:30
a.m., “The Politics of Primaries”...
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Prospective and current students are welcome to attend this free event on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. There will be light refreshments, music and a drawing! Please
RSVP by Monday, January 20, 2020.
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The John D. MacArthur Campus presently enrolls more than 1,500 students and offers groundbreaking programs in research and education. Two of the world’s leading research organizations, the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute are located on the campus and offer high school, undergraduate and graduate students transformational experiences not found anywhere else in the world. The campus is home to the nationally-ranked Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College which provides 440 students with a live-in, all-honors educational experience and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the largest membership program of its kind in the nation. Recognized as a center of scientific activity, the campus also serves as the headquarters for two of FAU’s primary research organizations, the Brain Institute and the Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH).
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