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WHAT’S
WHAT’S
NEW
NEW
JANUARY 2021 John D. MacArthur Campus
at Jupiter
Sponsored report Florida Atlantic University
Neuroscience Building
Construction
Construction of the new Neuroscience Building
on FAU’s Jupiter Campus is underway. Crews
are prepping the site where a 58,000-square-
foot, $35 million facility will create space for
more than 30 researchers. FAU’s Neuroscience
Building will enhance collaborative research
with Scripps Research and Max Planck Florida
Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI).
HARRIET L. WILKES HONORS Very Hungry and Angry,
COLLEGE LAUNCHES THE MORTON Caterpillars Head-butt
to Get What They Want
RESEARCH FORUM Inspired by his own butterfly garden at home,
Florida Atlantic University’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors Alex Keene, Ph.D., professor of biological
College has received a $500,000 challenge gift to launch sciences, FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of
Science learned when food is scarce, monarch
the Morton Research Forum, named in honor of Jeffrey S. butterfly caterpillars go from peaceful feeders to
Morton, Ph.D., professor of political science in the Dorothy aggressive fighters. The results look something
F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and Foreign Policy like a combination of boxing and “bumper”
Association fellow. Students selected into the program cars. And, they are most aggressive right before
will receive merit-based scholarships underwritten by the the final stages of their metamorphosis.
challenge gift and matching donations to participate in FAU Receives NIH Grant to
a community-based, research-intensive fellowship or a Enhance Social Engagement
diplomacy research project. in Older Adults
FAU neuroscience, physics and nursing
researchers have received a grant from
the National Institute of Aging to test a
mathematical model designed to optimize
social and physical engagement in older adults.
The research team includes FAU Brain Institute
Fellow Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D.
FAU’s Lawrence Toll Among
World’s Most ‘Highly Cited
Researchers’
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical
FAU HIGH SCHOOL - JUPITER science in the Schmidt College of Medicine and a
member of the FAU Brain Institute, has been named
CAMPUS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS by The Web of Science™ among its most Highly
Located on Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Cited Researchers™. His publications rank in the top
1 percent by citations according to Clarivate™.
Campus at Jupiter, FAU High School - Jupiter Campus
in partnership with Max Planck Academy is the premier ASCEND Lab Bench Lessons
early university entrance high school experience in North FAU Brain Institute’s ASCEND Program recently
launched Lab Bench Lessons: Directly from the lab
America for STEM-focused juniors and seniors in high bench, scientists bring you short, fun lessons with
school. Now accepting applications. downloadable, hands-on activities to spark your
interest in neuroscience! Visit FAU.edu/ibrain/ascend
STAY CONNECTED @FAUJUPITER
www.fau.edu/jupiter
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 | phone: 561.799.8500
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