Florida Atlantic University’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College has received a $500,000 challenge gift to launch the Morton Research Forum, named in honor of Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D., professor of political science in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and Foreign Policy Association fellow. Students selected into the program will receive merit-based scholarships underwritten by the challenge gift and matching donations to participate in a community-based, research-intensive fellowship or a diplomacy research project... Read More

Thanks to the generous support of Florida Atlantic University’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College donors during its 20th anniversary year, the college raised more than $400,000 for the Community Engagement Scholarship Program. Thanks to tremendous support and an anonymous $100,000 Multiplier Challenge, the college is on the way to nearly doubling the number of Community Engagement Scholars in less than two years. And, based on student interest and available funds, they anticipate achieving the goal of supporting 50 Community Engagement Scholarships per semester by Spring 2022... View Report

Construction of the new Neuroscience Building on FAU's Jupiter Campus is underway. Crews are prepping the site where a 58,000-square-foot, $35 million facility will create space for more than 30 researchers. FAU's Neuroscience Building will enhance collaborative research with Scripps Research and Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI)... View booklet

FAU saw a whopping 92 percent increase in research funding in the first three months of fiscal year 2020-2021 compared to the same timeframe in 2019-2020... Read More

FAU neuroscience, physics and nursing researchers have received a grant from the National Institute of Aging to test a mathematical model designed to optimize social and physical engagement in older adults. The research team includes FAU Brain Institute fellow Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D... Read More 

Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named by The Web of Science(TM) among its most Highly Cited Researchers(TM). His publications rank in the top 1 percent by citations according to Clarivate(TM)... Read More

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Palm Beach County elected Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., director of community engagement and programming at FAU's Brain Institute As a new board member during their annual meeting on Nov. 17. The annual meeting also included a presentation on “Early Life Stress: Genes and Environment in Depression Risk and Resiliency,” from Randy Blakley, Ph.D., executive director of FAU’s Brain Institute.

The John W. Kluge Center recently hosted Artificial Intelligence and the Search for Life in the Universe, a discussion of the latest thinking on the search for life and intelligence outside of Earth. The event was co-sponsored by Florida Atlantic University's Center for the Future Mind and featured Susan Schneider, Ph.D. Schneider leads the initiative. She is a joint hire as the William F. Dietrich Professor of Philosophy in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and the FAU Brain Institute. She is currently the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific innovation at the Kluge Center.

Jasmine Quintana, a Kenan Social Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement scholar shares why she chose to attend the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. Learn more during this interview with Tim Steigenga, Ph.D., associate dean of campus and community engagement.

On December 3, the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation held its second hearing of the new legislative cycle on FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the delegation is hosting regional meetings for the public to attend, with this meeting focusing on North County issues. President John Kelly spoke at the meeting to welcome the members to the Jupiter campus and thank the legislators for their support of the university and its initiatives

Registration for lectures and courses for the 2021 Winter Semester is now open. To view upcoming lectures, click here. Lectures and courses will be available in a live Zoom session or a pre-recorded format.

James Patterson — Live Zoom Webinar

Join us for an afternoon with James Patterson, an American author, philanthropist and one of the world’s bestselling authors and storyteller.

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Harry Chernotsky, Ph.D. & Jeffrey S. Morton, Ph.D. — Live Zoom Webinar

Join Foreign Policy Association Fellow Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D., and his professor, Harry Chernotsky, Ph.D., for this exciting one- time Zoom session to explore the foreign policy implications of the 2020 presidential election.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021

Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Jon Meacham — Live Zoom Webinar

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals.

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021

Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Located on Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter, FAU High School - Jupiter Campus in partnership with Max Planck Academy is the premier early university entrance high school experience in North America for STEM-focused juniors and seniors in high school... Apply

FAU Brain Institute’s ASCEND Program recently launched Lab Bench Lessons: Directly from the lab bench, scientists bring you short, fun lessons with downloadable, hands-on activities to spark your interest in neuroscience!

Explore key Jupiter campus locations and learn about life as a Wilkes Honors College student without leaving your home! Our new virtual tour takes visitors throughout the John D. MacArthur Campus, our world-class research facilities and the beautiful Jupiter community with nearby beaches... Tour

Take look at the fall 2020 line-up for FAU Brain Institute’s Neuroscience Seminar Series... Register