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NOVEMBER 2024

 

CarnivOWL 2024

Florida Atlantic's Jupiter Campus celebrated Homecoming 2024 with its annual CarnivOWL event on Oct. 29. Festivities included carnival games and concessions, face painting, a multi-story rock-climbing tower, and zip-lining. Also returning were the popular dunk tank and pie-smashing events with opportunities to dunk or pie campus leadership and faculty, including Justin Perry, Ph.D., dean of the Wilkes Honors College and Dean Robert Stackman, Ph.D., associate vice president for Academic Affairs at FAU Jupiter and dean of the Graduate College.

The Brain Coast Vision


To accelerate progress in brain health and science, Palm Health Foundation has launched a moonshot aspiration called The Brain Coast Vision to create a hub of innovation in Palm Beach County. The vision was announced during Palm Health Foundation's Train the Brain event held at the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute (SNBI) on Oct. 24.


Some of humankind’s most difficult conditions to understand and treat are related to brain function. Unlocking the brain’s innermost secrets has proven more difficult than putting an astronaut on the moon. As one of the foremost neuroscience research institutions in the region, SNBI has signed on as a partner in Palm Health Foundation’s important new endeavor.


Learn more.

25th Anniversary Celebration


More than 200 guests gathered at the Pelican Club in Jupiter on Nov. 14 to celebrate 25 years of excellence at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. The special guest and keynote speaker was Ryan Serhant, celebrity real estate broker known for starring in Million Dollar Listing New York. The event also featured remarks from Florida Atlantic President Stacy Volnick, Ph.D., Honors College Dean Justin Perry, Ph.D., current and former Wilkes Honors College students, and important community partners who help shape the college's hallmark hands-on learning opportunities.

Trailblazers Reunion


Alumni from the first two classes of the Honors College students reunited on the Jupiter campus last June. In the latest issue of Florida Atlantic University Magazine, read about the early days of the brand-new college and the students' unique shared experience that created a lasting bond across the decades.


Read on pages 82-83.

 

Around Campus

 

Starry Nights with Jennifer Egan


On Oct. 30, the Wilkes Honors College and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute hosted the Starry Nights Author Series featuring acclaimed writer and journalist Jennifer Egan.


Rachel Luria, associate dean of Student Affairs and associate professor of rhetoric and composition at the Wilkes Honors College, facilitated the question-and-answer style session. The theme was making fiction out of mistakes, but curiosity was also an important topic interwoven in the conversation. 


Read more.

Experiential Learning


A new course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) called Honors Microscopy gives undergraduates on the Jupiter Campus the rare opportunity to train on a cutting-edge Zeiss confocal microscope, an instrument most budding scientists won’t encounter until graduate school or later.


Read more.

Creative Pumpkins


The Jupiter Campus Library team embraced the Halloween spirit by creating their own pumpkin seascape to reflect the individual interests of library staff members. One pumpkin, “Sea Turtles Hatching,” was inspired by a shared love for the Juno Beach Loggerhead Marinelife Center and all things related to the beach. Another pumpkin, “Great White Shark Gets a Witchy Treat,” was inspired by the library director’s obsession with great white sharks (complete with real shark teeth found by senior library technical assistant, Giavana Badome). The team worked hard and had a lot of fun with their creative collaboration.  

 

Community

 

2024 NAMIWalk


FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute's NeuroSquad was on the scene for the annual NAMI Palm Beach County NAMIWalk on Nov. 2. The team exceeded its fundraising goal of $1500 to support mental health services and support for the local community. So far, NAMI is reporting over $100,000 raised by 89 teams participating in this year's event.

 

Announcements

 

Application Period Open for IMPRS Program


The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Synapses and Circuits Ph.D. program, an academic partnership with Florida Atlantic, brings together scientific excellence and exceptional training within the leading scientific environment of the Max Planck Society. Applications for 2025 admission are now being accepted through Dec. 1, 2024.


Apply.

Jupiter Campus Seed Award


Jupiter Office of Academic Affairs has opened a seed funding award application for students, staff and faculty to submit ideas for campus improvements. Winners will have the opportunity to work with the campus operations team to implement their ideas.

More Information
Apply
 

Events

 

Office of Technology Development

In-Person Office Hours

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to noon

MC-2, 222

Jupiter Campus


Neuroscience Seminar Series

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 4 to 5 p.m.

MC-22, Room 101, Jupiter Campus

Virtual Available

Hot Off the Press

FAU CARD

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Virtual


Graduate College Admissions

Information Session

Thursday, Dec. 19, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Virtual

 

Resources

 
 

Masterminds


The new issue of Masterminds is here. Read all the latest news from

FAU Stiles-Nicholson

Brain Institute.


Read more.

Campus Virtual Tour 


Explore key Jupiter campus locations and learn about life as a Wilkes Honors College student without leaving your home.


The virtual tour takes visitors through the John D. MacArthur Campus, world-class research facilities and the Jupiter community with nearby beaches.


Tour now.

Research Rising


FAU's Division of Research’s 2023 Annual Momentum Report underscores the university's meteoric growth in research over the last five years, driven by faculty expertise, best-in-class facilities and innovative collaborations with premier partners.


Read more.

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