News Desk
- A.D. Henderson Students Celebrate 2025 Career DayA.D. Henderson University School at Florida Atlantic University recently hosted its 2025 Career Day.
- Drone Captures Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Explore, Forage and PlayFAU Harbor Branch and collaborators provide the first evidence of this 'unicorn of the sea' using their tusks in the wild, revealing behaviors of this Arctic whale never seen before.
Academic & Campus Life
- A.D. Henderson Students Celebrate 2025 Career DayA.D. Henderson University School at Florida Atlantic University recently hosted its 2025 Career Day.
- Inaugural Winners of Biotech Bridge Hackathon AnnouncedFAU's Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, has announced the inaugural winners of its Biotech Bridge Hackathon.
Arts & Culture
- FAU Receives $2.6 Million to Expand Hillel on the Boca Raton CampusFAU received a gift commitment of $2.6 million from Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach for the Hillel space within the S.E. Wimberly Library on its Boca Raton campus.
- FAU Researcher Receives Grant for 'Somaesthetics of Atmosphere'Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, has received a grant to explore a recent topic in the humanities and arts that commands growing attention - "atmosphere."
FAU Athletics
- Men's Basketball to Highlight This Week's Radio ShowBOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic Coaches Show, presented by Duffy's Sports Grill, continues the 2024-25 schedule on Tuesday, Mar. 4, from 5-6 p.m. at the Duffy's Sports Grill on St. Andrew's Boulevard in Boca Raton.
- Prestige Windows Student-Athletes of the Month NamedBOCA RATON, Fla. - Florida Atlantic Athletics has named its Prestige Windows & Doors Student-Athletes of the Month for February with men's golfer NaShawn Tyson and Charlotte Perkins from the women's golf team receiving the honors.
Parking & Transportation
- Welcome to the Fall 2023 Semester!Business Services- Parking & Transportation Services FACULTY AND STAFF ePermits for Faculty and Staff will be available starting August 3rd. Click Here and follow the prompts to register. License plate numbers serve as the vehicle identifier (license plates do not have the letter… Read more ›
- Important AnnouncementTo the FAU Community, We are excited about the new academic year for our residential communities. Fall 2023 move-in will occur from Tuesday, Aug. 15 through Saturday, Aug. 19, from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. · First-Year Students: Aug. 15… Read more ›
Research
- Drone Captures Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Explore, Forage and PlayFAU Harbor Branch and collaborators provide the first evidence of this 'unicorn of the sea' using their tusks in the wild, revealing behaviors of this Arctic whale never seen before.
- Beyond the Burn: Harvesting Dead Wood to Reduce WildfiresA new FAU study in the Western U.S. shows that combining physical harvesting of dead wood with thinning reduces wildfire risks, lowers carbon emissions and boosts carbon storage through products like biochar.
Student Announcements
- PLAI at the Faculty PLAIGROUNDFriday, March 7 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.Friday, March 21 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Join us twice a month for AI exploration in the PLAIGROUND at the Center for Online and Continuing Education. No expertise necessary. Register here for Mar. 7 for in… Read more ›
- I-SENSE Seminar Series: The Interceptor Principle (TIP) “MINE THE GAP”Join guest speaker Michael Wardlaw on March 13 at 11 a.m. at Gangal Hall, Engineering East or on Zoom. Learn more here.
Owl Central News
- Flower FestStudents will craft beautiful flowers using pipe cleaners and learn about exciting opportunities in undergraduate research. Refreshments will be provided!
- ASA Master Group will be hosting a Welcome-back Coffee Networking Event on January 15th!Dear ASA Member, The FAU School of Accounting ASA Master Group is excited to host the Welcome-back Coffee Networking for the Spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. The event is exclusive to current Master of Accounting students. While RSVP is not required, please email us (jcatto2021@fau.edu) for detailed venue information. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Best regards, ASA Master Group Team
University Press
- Men’s Basketball: Owls defeat the Bulls for the second time this season 69-63Just last month on Feb. 2, the Florida Atlantic University Owls men’s basketball team (16-13, 9-7 AAC) defeated the University of South Florida Bulls (13-17, 6-11 AAC) in Boca Raton, 94-72. On March 1, the teams went head to head again on the Bulls senior night at USF’s Yuengling Center in Tampa, Fla., where FAU...
- Popular vote winners disqualified: Darsham Gonzalez and Kade Salzer win SG president, vice presidentDarsham Gonzalez and Kade Salzer of the Atlantic Party are set to lead Florida Atlantic University’s Student Government (SG) despite losing the popular vote. Supervisor of Elections Nick Stone threw out their opponents, Jean Luma and Ellie Raab — who won by over 500 votes — over what he feels were campaign violations. Both have...
Staff Announcements
- PLAI at the Faculty PLAIGROUNDFriday, March 7 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.Friday, March 21 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Join us twice a month for AI exploration in the PLAIGROUND at the Center for Online and Continuing Education. No expertise necessary. Register here for Mar. 7 for in… Read more ›
- I-SENSE Seminar Series: The Interceptor Principle (TIP) “MINE THE GAP”Join guest speaker Michael Wardlaw on March 13 at 11 a.m. at Gangal Hall, Engineering East or on Zoom. Learn more here.
System & Network Status
- [RESOLVED] Papercut web printing (fauprint.fau.edu) intermittently offline between 12PM and 1PM on Tuesday 2/25/2025Maintenance has concluded. ==================================================================== We are performing maintenance on Papercut web printing between 12PM and 1PM today. This work may require the service to be offline for brief periods during this time.
- [Resolved] 02/22/2025 Research Computing OutageFAU OIT Research Computing experienced an Air Conditioning outage on the Jupiter Campus today, February 22, 2025. Physical Plant and OIT have corrected the issue, and most online services are currently available. The team is investigating the HPC clusters and… Read more ›
University Initiatives
- Tech Runway Entrepreneur Wins Funding from 'Sharks' at FAU's CrocTankAn entrepreneur from Florida Atlantic University's Tech Runway was offered $250,000 during CrocTank, a first-of-its-kind live business pitch event recently hosted with the judges from ABC's show "Shark Tank."
- FAU Awarded $6M Grant to Expand Marcus Institute of Integrative HealthThe grant from the late Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation will enable the FAU Marcus Institute of Integrative Health to expand its operations to provide more services and conduct more research.