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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,...

The 22 undergraduate scholarships that the gift establishes are open to all majors at Florida Atlantic for students with financial need and strong interest in environmental science. Four additional scholarships are earmarked...

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, have spent the last five years studying the relationships between songbird gut microbiomes and traits that relate to a bird’s health...

For over 10 years, Marianne Porter, Ph.D., has been leading the way in biological sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. In her lab, the Florida Atlantic Biomechanics Laboratory (the FAB Lab), Porter and her...

Florida Atlantic University has been named as a Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Leader for 2024. Schmidt College of Science student Allison Centeno Chaves from Heredia, Costa Rica, is one of the university’s...

Weibo Liu, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, was named a recipient of the School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability’s (ECOS) 2024 Publication Grant. He received $2,000 to support...

A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey. The survey found that nearly 52% of respondents agreed that a candidate with a record...

Results of the study, published in the journal Heredity and featured on the cover, revealed four distinct genetic lineages of blushing star coral. At the sites sampled, the two main genetic lineages of the blushing star coral...

Congratulations to Vivian Merk, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and College of Engineering and Computer Science. Merk was named the recipient of the School of Environmental, Coastal,...

The Schmidt College of Science is excited to welcome Natalia Malina, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Environmental Chemistry. Learn more about Malina in the following Q&A.