
FAU's Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Lands Coveted NSF CAREER Award
With a five-year, $974,100 NSF grant, Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., will develop fundamental ecological research to understand the functional ecology and biodiversity patterns in sponge-dominated coral reefs.

FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Opens in Jupiter
FAU celebrated the opening of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, heralding a new era in neuroscience and education.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Presents CNN's John Avlon
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ä¢¹½tvÍøÒ³°æ presents, "Lincoln and the Fight for Peace," with author and CNN anchor, John Avlon.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Presents William B. Taylor
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ä¢¹½tvÍøÒ³°æ presents, "Russia, Ukraine and the United States," with former U.S. Ambassador William B. Taylor.

FAU's Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Receives National Science Educator Award
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., FAU's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute executive director, recently received the Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) 2022 prestigious Science Educator Award.

FAU-MAX PLANCK JOINT PROGRAM CREATES NEW M.D./PH.D. DUAL DEGREE
FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and the Schmidt College of Science, along with the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, signed the new M.D./Ph.D. joint neuroscience program into effect.

Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Vital Sex Differences
FAU researchers have uncovered key differences in the molecular dopamine synapses in the brains of male and female mice that support attention, movement, motivation and pleasure.

FAU, Israel Scientists 'Team Up' to Tackle AD-related Mood Disorders
FAU researchers in collaboration with Tel Aviv University have received a two-year, $379,177 NIH grant to study mood-disorders changes in Alzheimer's disease.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Jupiter Announces Fall Schedule
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ä¢¹½tvÍøÒ³°æ in Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the fall semester, which begins Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Study First to Link Weed Killer Roundup® to Convulsions in Animals
FAU and NSU researchers are the first to link the use of the herbicide Roundup®, the world's most commonly used herbicide by volume and by land-area treated, to convulsions in animals.