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FAU Features from page 11 The Osher LLI At FAU Institute complex at FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353

• On Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m., “The Hollywood Musical:
“Findings from our study suggest that habitat quality, disease Jupiter Announces Winter Parkside Drive, and include:
state, and immune function are intertwined, forming a positive Four Decades of Magic!” presented by Robert Wyatt, a lecturer
feedback loop wherein polluted environments impact the immune Course Schedule and recitalist for the Smithsonian Institution for 26 years, this
system and make animals more prone to the expression of green one-time lecture will highlight musical recordings and film clips
turtle fibropapillomatosis, which in turn further compromises By Kami Barrett Batchelder about the golden age of Hollywood’s musicals.
the immune system,” said Sarah L. Milton, Ph.D., lead author, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) at Florida • On Monday, Jan. 31 at 12 p.m., “Music and Art:
chair and professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles Atlantic University in Jupiter has announced its course offerings Impressionism,” presented by Thomas M. Cimarusti, Ph.D.,
E. Schmidt College of Science and a member of the FAU Stiles- for the winter semester, which begins Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. a professor of music history at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Nicholson Brain Institute and the FAU Institute for Human Registration for the winter semester began on Monday, Nov. 1. This one-time lecture examines how Claude Debussy adapted
Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH). “Reduced Taught by FAU professors and distinguished guest lecturers, by the late 19th-century French artistic movement known as
immune competence may initially permit disease, and disease course offerings include such varied subjects as foreign policy, Impressionism into a new language.
status in turn may then further hinder immune-competence. Such political science, film, music, art history and literature. The • On Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 9:30 a.m., “Is American Politics
a vicious cycle could explain why certain locations have such Osher Lifelong Learning Institute provides seasoned adults the Broken? Rethinking Civics in the Modern Era,” presented by
a high incidence of disease, while other areas have turtles that opportunity to enrich their lives through noncredit, university- Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., a professor of political science at FAU.
test positive for chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 but are clinically level courses with no homework or tests. This one-time lecture will explore and review the state of
healthy.” Winter one-time lectures, performances and courses will American politics and what Americans can do to restore both
An earlier study by Milton of stress responses at the molecular take place online and in-person in the Osher Lifelong Learning function and faith to the system.
level also suggested that green sea turtles in the Indian River • On Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m., “Presidents, Jews and
Lagoon are physiologically stressed. Whether they had visible Israel,” presented by Hank Savitch, Ph.D., an affiliate professor
tumors or not, levels of cellular stress markers were higher in of the urban and regional planning department at FAU. This one-
these animals than in the Trident Basin turtles. time lecture will examine critical encounters between American
Study co-authors are Patricia Sposato, FAU Department presidents and Israel.
of Biological Sciences and Walkabout Ecological Team, • On Thursday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m., “F. Scott Fitzgerald and
Inc.; Patricia Keating, Ph.D., post-doctoral researcher, FAU the Pursuit of Greatness,” presented by Matt Klauza, Ph.D., a
Department of Biological Sciences; and Peter L. Lutz, Ph.D., professor at Palm Beach State College. This one-time lecture
(deceased), FAU Department of Biological Sciences. will address the events in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life that shaped
The green sea turtles were sampled in 1999 and 2001 and his need for achieving greatness and his pursuit of it.
from 2011 to 2013 across all seasons. As part of ongoing tag- • On Thursday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m., “Where the Buck Stops:
recapture studies in the Indian River Lagoon and Trident Basin, Harry Truman on Presidents and the Presidency,” presented by
this study was conducted under permit from Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (permit No. FWC MTP186, FAU Features on page 15
permit No. FWC MTP053) and National Marine Fisheries
Service (permit No. NMFS 14506).
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incidence and disease-induced death data from the Florida
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of the Owls Imaging Lab. He later went on to work under the 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Beach County Science Fair.
The Rising Scientist Awards are an increasingly
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of applications are submitted, with only 53 finalists being CAMPBELL AND KARLIK, P.A.
selected. Vivek is one of five students in the United States
who show exceptional promise in research in the fields of ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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During today’s annual On the Shoulders of Giants
scientific symposium, Vivek received his scholarship and
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epicenter for research, education and technology transfer
for A.D. Henderson University School and FAU High
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