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2024 JANUARY Florida Atlantic University Sponsored report

Computational Brain Science
Fellowships
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute recently
announced the second round of awardees of the
“Computational Brain Science and Health Graduate
Fellowships.” A generous gift of $1 million from the
Palm Health Foundation in 2022, awarded through its
Brain Health Innovation Fund, supported the awards
to five FAU doctoral students whose work embraces
computational neuroscience.
WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN AT FAU

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Florida
Atlantic is proud to present “A Conversation with Bob SCAN TO READ MORE.
Woodward and Carl Bernstein: From Watergate to Today,
Journalism, Accountability and the Current Challenges to
Green Macroalga in the Indian
American Democracy” on Feb. 9 at FAU Jupiter.
River Lagoon
On Feb. 15, join OLLI for a special Green macroalga has replaced native seagrass in parts of
moderated discussion “Resilience: the Northern Indian River Lagoon and the Banana River,
according to a new study published by researchers at FAU
Personal and Civic” with prominent Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The macroalga,
New York Times journalist and though also native to the lagoon, acts as an invasive
bestselling author Frank Bruni. species, taking advantage of the open space left behind
when seagrass beds are destroyed by nutrient invasion.
Bruni is now a contributing Times Importantly, the macroalga is toxic to manatees, which

opinion writer and maintains a weekly have turned to it as an alternative food source.
newsletter offering reflections on the mess (and magic) of
politics and life.

For more information, scan the QR
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code or visit fau.ed/osherjupiter, or
call 561-799-8547.

NeuroExplorers Fall 2023
Graduation
In December, 12 junior neuroscientists completed the
NeuroExplorers program. The after-school curriculum is
part of FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute’s Advancing
Stem-Community Engagement through Neuroscience
SCAN TO READ THE Discovery (ASCEND) program.

LATEST EDITION OF Students learned about four neuroscience topics over
the course of the semester: human senses, neurons,
FLORIDA ATLANTIC behavior and locomotion. They worked in groups to
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. produce final projects based on these topics. During the
graduation celebration, the students were encouraged
to present their findings to their parents, in a similar
format to a scientific poster symposium. Register for
NeuroExplorers at fau.edu/ibrain/ascend.

NEXT GENERATION TRAINING IN SCIENCE ON FAU’S JUPITER CAMPUS

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• FAU High School in Partnership with Max Planck Academy • FAU-Max Planck Joint Programs • College of Education Teacher Training
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