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MAY 2021
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FAU RESEARCHERS RECEIVE
GRANTS TO COMBAT
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Four researchers from FAU’s Schmidt
College of Medicine and Charles
E. Schmidt College of Science have
received grants totaling $641,818 from
the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s
Disease Research Program.
Award recipients also represent the
FAU Brain Institute (I-BRAIN), which
advances neuroscience research,
technology and education, and the FAU
Institute for Human Health and Disease
Intervention (I-HEALTH), created to
advance health through pioneering
research and practical applications.
NEXT GENERATION TRAINING IN SCIENCE ON FAU’S JUPITER CAMPUS
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College • Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Jupiter • FAU Brain Institute • I-HEALTH • STEM Training Hub
• FAU High School in Partnership with Max Planck Academy • FAU-Max Planck Joint Programs • College of Education Teacher Training
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How Did 500 of a Species
Form in a Lake? Very
Different Body Clocks
How fish exploit different times of day
has not been studied systematically.
FAU scientists have discovered the first
nocturnal cichlid species from Lake
Malawi, offering clues into the evolution
of sleep.
FAU Diplomacy Team Places
Second at National Model
U.N.
The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program
at Florida Atlantic University recently
competed in the virtual National Model
United Nations competition and finished
second overall out of 100 competing
universities.
FAU’s Kenan Social
Engagement Program
Announces Scholarship
Winners for 2021
The Kenan Social Engagement Program
at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
of Florida Atlantic University selected Luis
Henrique Pollon and Jessica Chomik to
receive a grant to launch social ventures
that they conceptualized and planned in
the Fall 2020 semester.
Wilkes Honors College
Alumni Awarded NSF
Graduate Research
Fellowship
Kia Taylor Riccio, a doctoral student, and
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Alumni,
won a 2021 National Science Foundation
(NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
(GRF). This prestigious STEM GRF grant is
a highly competitive graduate grant that
provides financial support for three years
of graduate studies within a five-year
fellowship period.
Brain Science on the Move
The FAU Brain Institute unveiled a
new brain van that delivers on-the-go
neuroscience lessons. Neuroscientists are
the driving force behind the MobileMinds
program, created to engage students
in Title I schools, teachers in workshops
and underserved communities in South
Florida.
www.fau.edu/jupiter
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