Welcome back for the fall semester, Owls! I hope you had a wonderful summer and are ready to begin a new and exciting academic year at FAU.

This is an exciting week at Florida Atlantic, as we welcome a new class of Owls with several University traditions. Starting today, first-year students on our Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses will move in to their residence...

This week we shared the exciting news that Florida Atlantic University received a $26 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to establish a groundbreaking Engineering Research Center (ERC) to advance streetscape...

I am pleased to welcome Valery Forbes, Ph.D., as dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Her appointment to lead FAU’s second largest college, which enrolls more than 8,500 students, became effective on August...

Today, 1,899 students will become Florida Atlantic University alumni as we celebrate four traditional commencement ceremonies on the Boca Raton campus. The summer class of 2022 joins more than 186,000 Owls who have graduated...

I am proud to share that the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has selected two members of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing to be inducted into its 2022 Class of Fellows. Congratulations to Dean Safiya George, R.N.,...

Congratulations to Hari Kalva, Ph.D., who has been elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors® (NAI) Fellow for his cutting-edge research in the field of video compression and communication. NAI Fellow status is...

I am thrilled to announce that fiscal year 2021-22, which ended June 30, was another record-breaking year fundraising year for Florida Atlantic. The FAU Foundation raised $81.24 million from more than 5,332 donors! This breaks...

I am delighted to share that, last week, Florida Atlantic University received an estate gift of $1 million from longtime benefactor Charna Larkin. This generous scholarship donation, which builds on several of her previous...

On Monday, July 4, we commemorate the 246th anniversary of America’s independence. As this national holiday approaches, I want to express my sincere appreciation for the countless heroes who have served in our nation’s...