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FAU Recognized as Military Spouse Friendly School

Florida Atlantic University has earned the 2022-2023 Military Spouse Friendly® Schools designation status award for the efforts by FAU’s Military and Veterans Student Success Center in creating sustainable and ...

State Allocates $25 Million for Lox Groves Campus Building

Lawmakers have allocated an additional $25 million in the state budget recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis toward construction of a Dental & Medical Services Technology ...

FAU Receives 2022 Innovation Award from Encoura Eduventures Research

Florida Atlantic University has received the 2022 Innovation Award from Encoura Eduventures of Research. The Innovation Awards program was created to recognize and showcase the achievements ...

FAU Tech Runway Reveals its 10th Venture Class

FAU Tech Runway® recently hosted its annual Launch Competition, revealing its 10th class, “Venture Class 10.” The Launch Competition provides the most promising startups and talented entrepreneurs ...

New NextGen Summer Bridge Program Launches

The Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler Equity Institute at Palm Beach State College partnered with the Student Support Services TRIO program and two existing intensive academic boot camps ...

FAU Announces Formation of FAU Health Network

Three South Florida counties that collectively are home to the largest metropolitan population in the state will soon be served by an academic health network that ...

PBSC Alum Now a Milwaukee Brewers Major League Player

Palm Beach State College baseball alumnus Peter Strzelecki is now a Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball player. Strzelecki pitched for PBSC during the 2014 and 2015 seasons ...

District Exceeds State Average in Third Grade ELA Proficiency, Improves in Florida Ranking

For the first time in 18 years, third grade students at District-operated schools outpaced the state average in the English Language Arts Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). ...

PBSC Alum Now a Baltimore Orioles Major League Player

Palm Beach State College baseball alumnus Nicholas “Nick” Vespi is now a Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball player. Vespi, who pitched for PBSC during the 2015 season, ...

\’Beam Me Up:\’ Nation\’s First Quantum Drone Provides Unrivaled Security

Hacked bank and Twitter accounts, malicious power outages and attempts to tamper with medical records threaten the security of the nation’s health, money, energy, society and ...

Partnerships Yield First Graduating Class of Palm Beach Lakes High School Fire Academy

The first class to graduate from the Palm Beach Lakes Community High School Fire Academy was celebrated in a ceremony May 17 at Palm Beach State ...

Three Cane Institute SECME Teams Place First at Nationals

The Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies at A.D. Henderson University School (ADHUS) and FAU High School SECME teams recently took home top awards in the online 2022 SECME National Competition. The ADHUS ...

Outstanding Commitment to Music Education

For the sixth consecutive year, the School District of Palm Beach County has been honored with the prestigious Best Communities for Music Education designation from the National ...

FAU Receives $28 Million Scholarship Gift to Support Medical Education

Florida Atlantic University received an estate pledge of $28 million from John and Ann Wood to support scholarships for students enrolled in the Charles E. Schmidt College of ...

FAU Marine Science Trailblazer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Florida Atlantic University’s Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., an ocean explorer, aquanaut and marine biotechnologist, will receive the Society for In Vitro Biology’s (SIVB) highest award – the 2022 ...

It\’s Official – They\’re Doctors!

It’s official. The 64 members of the class of 2022 are among the nation’s newest physicians. Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine held its eighth commencement ceremony today ...

AI Could Predict Ideal Patients for Spina Cord Stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation is a minimally invasive FDA-approved treatment to manage chronic pain such as back and neck pain. This neuromodulation technique uses electricity and an ...

Four Creative Writers Win Top Prizes at National Convention

Four Palm Beach Atlantic students won first and second place at the English Honor Society’s Sigma Tau Delta 2022 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The annual convention reviews ...

FAU Student\’s Healthy Food Venture Wins Business Pitch Competition

A Florida Atlantic University management major who wants to create a company offering restaurant-quality healthy meals from a vending machine won the $10,000 first prize in the 14th ...

Lox Groves Students Get Career Insight from Local Executives

A group of local business executives participated in a panel discussion at Palm Beach State College’s Loxahatchee Groves campus to give students insight into employment and ...