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Abacoa Green Market

Every Wednesday evening
from 5 to 8 p.m. Abacoa invites
you out to the amphitheater
lawn for the Abacoa Green
Market. Enjoy live music as
you visit specialty vendors and
their artisanal foods, arts and
other goods. From skincare
products and handmade jewelry
to gourmet honey, cheeses,
olive oils and more, the green
market offers something for
everyone. The weekly green
market is hosted by Stadium
Grill and The Spanick gourmet
vegan pop-up.

FAU Features from page 14

Clifton Truman Daniel, the oldest grandson of former U.S.
President Harry S. Truman. Daniel will give the audience an
idea of the late president’s thinking on Washington, including
past and current presidents and their administrations.
• On Thursday, March 17 at 11 a.m., “Books of the 1950s:
Do They Speak to Us Today?” presented by Margery Marcus,
Ed.D., a retired and award-winning English teacher from
the Broward County Public School District. In this one-time
lecture, Marcus will examine and address the appeal and
popularity of novels including The Catcher in the Rye, A
Stone for Danny Fisher, and Peyton Place.
For more information about the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute, call (561) 799-8547 or (561) 799-8667.

Student Spotlight: Victoria

Karalutz

FAU High School-Jupiter Campus in partnership with
Max Planck Academy student, Victoria Karalutz, has excelled
in her opportunities to be involved in premier STEM research.
During her time at FAU High School-Jupiter campus,
Karalutz has taken part in environmental education programs
offered at FAU’s Pine Jog Environmental Education Center,
presented a team research proposal to NASA through the
NASA In-Flight Education Opportunity, studied infant brain
development in FAU’s WAVES Emotion Lab where she was
awarded a grant through FAU’s Office of Undergraduate
Research and Inquiry to further her study, made presentations
at the 2021 FAU Undergraduate Research Symposium and
An Oxbridge education goes beyond the classroom. With hands-on learning the Florida Life Sciences Symposium, and enrolled in one
of the Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences
approaches, Oxbridge students tackle real-life issues in real-time. The Oxbridge (CUREs) courses offered at FAU on the Jupiter campus.
Additionally, Karalutz began working at Max Planck
experience is interactive, adaptable, relevant, and anything but ordinary. Florida Institute for Neuroscience over the summer of 2021
studying the hippocampus and its connection to episodic
memory, the memories we have of our experiences, and is
Learn more at oapb.org/admission currently working on a project essential to understanding
the processing of episodic memories.

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