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Article by Kelly J. Shannon, Director, Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Initiative (PJHR) featured in The Washington Post...
![Angela D. Nichols, Ph.D.](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/nichols-owlsley-1280x853.jpg)
Dr. Nichols primarily will assist with PJHR's programming and community engagement activities.
![Kelly Shannon, director of Florida Atlantic University's Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative (PJHR)](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/shannon-1280-black-turq.jpg)
The article is titled “Women's Human Rights and U.S. Relations with the Islamic World: Advice for the Biden Administration"
![FAU Gets A Boost For Jewish Studies](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/1280-fau-boost-jewish-studies.jpg)
A $20 million gift will be used to construct a new space for Holocaust and Jewish Studies academic programs
![Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/1280x853-dfscal-amph-theatre.jpg)
Florida Atlantic University officially announced today that it has received its largest gift in school history – a $20 million gift from benefactors Kurt and Marilyn Wallach.
![FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/diplomacy.jpg)
FAU’s Leon Charney Diplomacy Program finished first overall in the National Model United Nations competition in Washington, D.C.
![Arthur Gutterman](/artsandletters/pjhr/images/1280x853-gutterman2.jpg)
FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters recently announced a multi-million dollar gift from Arthur Gutterman