The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is proud to announce the Fall 2020 Dean's List. Congratulations to our high achieving undergraduates. Read more.

Congratulations to Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D. Wyneken's sea turtle research, which was featured in the documentary "Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale," produced by WLRN, recently won two Suncoast EMMY® Awards.

The College of Science has a number merit-based and financial aid-based of scholarships available for undergraduate and graduate students this Spring 2021.

Funding will be utilized on a project with FAU’s Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions that uses immersive technology to engage the North End community, schools, and decision-makers on the topic of sea-level rise to ultimately develop an action plan to mitigate sea level rise impacts. Read more.

New technologies are finally shedding light on one of the greatest mysteries in sea turtle biology. Using prototype "micro-satellite" tags specifically designed to fit juvenile leatherback turtles, Florida Atlantic University's Marine Science Lab and Upwell released eighteen captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks off the coast of Florida and tracked their movements.

Yang Li, Ph.D., a new assistant professor in the department of mathematical sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, studies formulas, models and techniques used in statistical analysis of research data. Read more.

Get ready to experience the remarkable migration of thousands of blacktip sharks along the Florida coast! You'll be immersed working alongside Florida Atlantic University scientist Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., and his team as they take to the sea and the sky to study some of South Florida's most exciting shark species. Read more.

Review FAU's plans and guidelines for Spring 2021 at FAU. Read more.

FAU continues to closely monitor the coronavirus (COVID-19). For the most recent updates, visit the University's dedicated web page at www.fau.edu/coronavirus.

We invite you to join the Schmidt College of Science at the 2021 Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series! The series runs from January through April. Experts from across the world bring a diversity of topics, discussing research in timely and engaging areas of the sciences. This season will be fully virtual, yet just as interactive, including question and answer sessions. To see the full line-up, visit science.fau.edu/frontiers.

The 2021 Virtual Pre-Health Professions Weeks begin on Monday, March 15, and run through Thursday, March 25, 2021. The college’s Pre-Health Professions Office will kick off this year's festivities with a health fair organized by the student organizations, as well as a physicians panel and a medical student admissions panel. On Pre-Health Professions Day, admissions representatives will be in attendance from a variety of health related graduate schools and programs including medical, dental, pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, chiropractic, veterinary medicine, optometry, and many more. Learn more.

Learn about the innovative research and initiatives taking place in the College of Science in the Spring 2021 issue of Owl Research & Innovation. Some of the research and scholarship featured in the magazine includes: mapping cavefish brains, a $2.5M NSF grant to train in data science, early-career NSF awards, discovery of the first urban nursery ground for manta rays off the Florida coast, the creation of cognitive precursors for Alzheimer’s disease, Covid-19 modeling and evaluation, and the Art of Science 2020 Photo Contest. Read more.

The Walter & Lalita Janke Foundation Innovations in Sustainability Science Research Fund, through the FAU Center for Environmental Studies, is requesting research project proposals that will enhance existing energy technologies and support the early development of promising new energy concepts and applications. Pre-proposals are due by midnight on Sunday, February 28, 2021, with a maximum budget of $50,000 for up to 18 months. FAU faculty and graduate students are invited to apply. Learn more.

While this year's Math Day was virtual, the Department of Mathematical Sciences' annual event was a success, attracting almost 150 participants! Expert speakers also made an appearance at the virtual competition. Read more about the 2020 Math Day event and its contestant winners.

Nicholas Nifakos is a doctoral candidate in biological sciences who presented, "Analysis of SLKED-mediated wound response to insect herbivory in Solanum lycopersicum" at the 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition. Click here to learn more and see all of the 3MT Championship competitors from the College of Science.

The College of Science Pre-Health Office is offering three continuing education courses this spring that are available for students and members of the community: Basic Clinical Skills for Pre-Health Students, a Certified Nursing Assistant Test Prep Course (CNA), and an Electrocardiogram (EKG-12 Leads) Technician Course. Each course is meant to promote education for future careers in health and medicine. Read more.

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