News Archive
New Research on the Link between Alzheimer’s Disease and Social Connectedness  by Will McConnell
November 04, 2021
McConnell, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and member of the FAU I-HEALTH Human Health and Dementia Research Focus Group...
Michael Steele
October 22, 2021
The lecture will be moderated by WPTV NewsChannel 5 anchor Michael Williams at the Lifelong Learning Auditorium, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
(detail) Illustration from John Carter Brown Library
October 18, 2021
The ‘Society of Colonial Wars Fellowship in Memory of Kenneth R. LaVoy Jr.’ will fund the research of scholars who are writing the newest important books on the history of the American colonial period.
Adrian Finucane Receives NEH Award for Summer Institute
October 14, 2021
The “Revolution in Books” draws on the strengths of the FAU Libraries by introducing the rich resources of the Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection and the Jaffe Center for Book Arts...
Image: The 21 teachers who lost their positions for their refusal to comply with the anti-NAACP oath standing in front of the  Elloree Training School in Elloree, South Carolina, on May 15, 1956. This photograph appeared in Jet magazine on June 7, 1956.  (Image courtesy of photographer Cecil Williams, Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum, Orangeburg, South Carolina.)
September 30, 2021
The Article is Titled “Hell Is Popping Here in South Carolina: Orangeburg County Black Teachers and Their Community in the Immediate Post-Brown Era”...
“Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen
September 20, 2021
The season opens with “Hedda Gabler” from Friday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 10 in the Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre
Richard Shusterman, Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy and English, and Director of the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture
September 16, 2021
"Ars Erotica" offers a critical, comparative analysis of the erotic theories proposed by the most influential premodern cultural traditions...
FAU Family Art Day
September 13, 2021
Schmidt Center Gallery and Ritter Art Gallery on Sat., Sept. 25, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Open to kids ages 5 to 12, the event is free for families to attend.
Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India will be available in January 2022
September 02, 2021
"Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy" in India will be available in January 2022...
Afghan refugees hold placards as they participate in a protest in New Delhi on Aug. 23. Hundreds of activists from various organizations and Afghan refugees protested against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and demanded protection for Afghan women. (Harish Tyagi/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
August 24, 2021
Written by Kelly J. Shannon, Director, Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative (PJHR) featured in The Washington Post...