Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly and Provost Bret Danilowicz announced the recipients of the 51
st annual Honors Convocation awards. Congratulations to the five Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Awardees and two college finalists...
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University Scholar
Alyssa Payne, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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University Club Merit Award
Sunil Raja, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
Vineet Reedy, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Kevin Lanning, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Jacqueline Fewkes, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Finalist for Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research
Ashley Kennedy, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Finalist for Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award
Mark Tunick, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Northern Campus Achievement Awards
Congratulations to the Northern Campus Achievement Awards (NCAA) finalists and nominees! The NCAA recognizes the outstanding work and accomplishments provided by students, staff, and faculty on the Jupiter campus.
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Faculty of the Year
Wairmu Ngaruiya Njambi, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Outstanding Academic Student
Omar Avila Monge, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Staff of the Year
Adam Schwarz, Campus Life
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Outstanding Campus Partners
Michelle Kominarek, Academic Operations
Don Cole, Facilities Management
Rising Star
Irene Gatimi
Unsung Hero
Cody Steed
Student Employee of the Year
Kenzie Waldkoetter
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Aniela Aponte
Omar Avila Monge
Gabrielle Byrd
Megan Conkling
Irene Gatimi
Elyse Greenfeld
Austin Henriksen
Terje Hoim
Frankie Jaruszewski
Dorotha Lemeh
Samuel Manoharan
Hillary Moran
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Madison (Devin) Nissan
Wairimῦ Ngaruiya Njambi
Sandy Ogden
Annie Page-Karjian
Carlie Perricone
Adam Schwarz
Saadhana Sridharan
Cody Steed
Christopher Strait
Jill Sunderland
Kristie Tandberg
Marc Verdieu
Kenzie Waldkoetter
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Construction of RH3 on the Jupiter Campus is underway. Fencing around the structure and other safety precautions remain in place. This week the crew worked on ground compaction and will begin laying the foundation. While any disruption will be minimized, some noise is periodically likely. Construction of the new $17.1 million facility will bring the total student bed count on the Jupiter campus to 453...
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Florida Atlantic University’s Florida Center for Environmental Studies is celebrating Arbor Day virtually this year during a webinar on Friday, April 24, at 4 p.m. after hosting Arbor Day on FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter in the Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum for more than a decade. During the webinar, several local tree experts will share the best native trees to plant, tips for tree care and maintenance and what one local community is doing to encourage tree plantings. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session with the featured speakers.
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Faculty and Student Spotlight
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Cancer can be unpredictable. That’s why Gregg Fields, Ph.D., is researching how bone cells are tricked into allowing some types of cancer to invade the skeleton and rapidly take over. For example, multiple myeloma and breast cancer cells are known to penetrate bone tissue and metastasize. “We have discovered therapeutic compounds that we know can slow down or stop metastasis in bone from these cancers,” said Fields, the executive director of FAU’s Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH) and professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. “But mechanisms of these therapies are not well understood.”...
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James Jaggard, a graduate student working in the Keene Laboratory was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 Fellowship to compete his postdoctoral training at Stanford University, where he will continue investigating sleep. He also successfully defended his Ph.D. on Thursday. Congratulations.
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Laura Vernon, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and provost fellow of student mental health, and Jenny Bloom, Ph.D., professor of higher education leadership and provost fellow for leadership and professional development, host Kimberly Dunn, associate professor of Accounting in the College of Business and Executive Director of Champions Empowering Champions, an organization dedicated to empowering college students who have experienced foster care or homelessness to achieve lifelong success. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on some of FAU’s most vulnerable students. Donate resources, time, and expertise
here or
email.
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Florida Atlantic University’s Brain Institute ASCEND (Advancing STEM: Community Engagement through Neuroscience Discovery) Program is an innovative education platform targeting middle and high school students in Palm Beach County. During these unprecedented times, the ASCEND team is eager to boost its virtual education content to ignite curiosity about brain science. ASCEND released the following Brain Bites podcast to talk about physical senses such as Sight, Touch and Hearing.
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Calling all visual artists and poets! Faculty, staff and students of all levels who are passionate about the arts are invited to enter these contests. The deadline to submit entries is Monday, April 20 at 5 p.m.
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Did you know 65.5% of all FAU students work to put themselves through school, but most student jobs have evaporated in the COVID 19 crisis? Consider donating to our emergency fund, so students can continue their education.
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