College of Science News

Brain Power: Graduate Student Daniel Van Zant Explores How AI Could Help Test Brain Function Theories
January 24, 2025
Ph.D. student Daniel Van Zant has developed an innovative approach for neuroscientists to test brain function theories, which combines AI with a revolutionary 3D map of fruit fly brain connections to run virtual experiments.
Rich Roots: Fulbright Student Scholar Inspired by the Biodiversity of Costa Rica
January 23, 2025
Discover how graduate student Allison Centeno finds Mother Nature to be an endless source of curiosity, as well as how she's using satellite imagery to study how oceanographic conditions affect the foraging behavior and movement...
Florescent Probes Illuminate Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Research
January 21, 2025
The search for answers to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders remains one of the most pressing goals in brain research. Maciej J. Stawikowski, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry...
Digitizing Hope: Preserving a Species on the Brink of Extinction
January 21, 2025
The vaquita, which means “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They also have the smallest range of any marine mammal; about 1,500 square miles within the northern...
Calling all Majors for the Inaugural Biotech Bridge Hackathon
January 17, 2025
The Biotech Bridge Hackathon is a two-day event where participants form teams to create innovative solutions to life science problems and then pitch their ideas to the judges for the chance to win prizes.
Marine Microplastic Pollution: How Science Faculty, Students Are Studying This Permeating Problem
January 13, 2025
While microplastics are rapidly becoming a major issue, Schmidt College of Science faculty and students are working to understand their abundance and distribution across South Florida’s coastlines – both important steps...
Program of Strategic Emphasis Waivers Available for STEM Undergraduates
January 07, 2025
Undergraduate students enrolled in one of 11 Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) degree programs at Florida Atlantic University may be eligible for tuition waivers, including the B.A. and B.S. mathematics program...
Assistant Professor of Physics Named Visiting Scholar at UC Santa Barbara
January 07, 2025
Assistant Professor of Physics Yichen Hu, Ph.D., has been named as a visiting scholar at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), at the University of California, Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading institutes...
Ready for Action: Educating the Community About King Tides
January 06, 2025
Drastic flooding from King Tides in recent years has given many South Floridians a glimpse of what the future could look like as sea levels continue to rise. Learn how the Schmidt College of Science is working to educate...
Alumna Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ph.D. ’09, Shares the Wonder of Nature, Science, and Conservation
December 17, 2024
Although there aren’t any sharks in Colorado where alumna Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ph.D. ’09, now resides, that doesn’t stop her from sharing her elasmo-enthusiasm through the nonprofit organization she helped co-found,...
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