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Fall 2019 Commencement Profile
Jessica Baran
At just 18 years old, Jessica Baran is the first
person in her family to be born in the United
States and is now the first to earn a college
degree. Unlike most 18-year-olds, Jessica Baran
will be one of the first students to graduate from
the Max Planck Honors Program through the
Max Planck Institute at FAU – the only place of
its kind in the country. The program provides
select honors students with exclusive enrichment
opportunities, including courses taught or co-
taught with Max Planck Society scientists. Baran’s
research focuses on the effects of a dopamine
FAU Receives University of Distinction agonist on cued feared memory, something
Approval she one-day hopes will lead to breakthroughs
FAU’s “University of Distinction” plan for applied in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s
artificial intelligence and big data analytics diseases. For Baran, the dedication and drive she
was officially approved by the Florida Board of has to fulfill her aspirational goals are endless.
Governors, which oversees the State University Next on her list is to become the first person in
System. The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College also her family to attend medical school and become
recently launched both a major concentration in a doctor.
data analytics and a minor concentration in data
science, which focuses on disciplinary knowledge FAU Jupiter Researcher Receives
and the emerging field of the ethics of data use. Grant to Study The Impact of Sleep on
Learning and Memory
The lab of Carmen Varela, Ph.D., an assistant
EVENTS professor in the department of Phycology in the
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science recently
received a competitive and prestigious Whitehall
Foundation three year grant for $225,000. The
“From Synapses to Satiety: Genetic grant will support research that aims to determine
Approaches in the Mouse to Uncover Brain the cellular underpinnings of the influence of
Circuits”
Benjamin Arenkiel, Ph.D. sleep on learning and memory.
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 4 p.m.
FAU Jupiter, MC-17 Interfaith Panel on Violence
The Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic
Synapse 2020 University hosted a panel discussion between
Annual Neuroscientist Poster Session representatives of different faith backgrounds
Friday, Jan. 24, 4 p.m. on the issue of gun violence, specifically the
Hosted by: Scripps Research problem of mass shootings. The College hosted
this event in an effort to understand this problem
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Jupiter better and explore potential solutions to these
“The Challenges in Modern World recurring tragedies in American life.
Journalism: Patriotism vs. Journalism”
Dana Weiss, Israel’s Channel 2 Anchor FAU Jupiter Librarian Receives I Love
and Political Analyst My Librarian Award
Thursday, Jan. 23, 12 p.m. Leah Plocharczyk, interim director of Florida
Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Library, in
“Washington’s Floating World” Jupiter, Florida, is a winner of this year’s I Love My
Stephen Clemons, The Hill Librarian Award. Recognized for her leadership in
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. her community and commitment to transforming
lives, she is one of only ten librarians in the country
“An Evening with Douglas Brinkley”
Douglas Brinkley, CNN Presidential Historian to receive this national honor.
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 | Phone: 561.799.8500 | www.fau.edu/jupiter
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