College of Science News

Shockingly, the Everglades is half the size it used to be 100 years ago. It is one of the most diverse wetlands in the world and is home to more than 2,000 species of plants and animals, including 78 that are threatened or...

To ensure a brighter future for our students, the field of science, and society, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science has invested $1.52 million in 2023 to place tomorrow’s scientists on a path to success, across all...

FAU’s Department of Mathematical Sciences is gearing up to welcome approximately 50 talented female students, ages 14 to 18, to the third annual Young CryptograpHers Summer Camp on July 24-28. The week-long program will...

Fieldwork allows students to expand their knowledge of earth sciences by experiencing the subject in its natural laboratory.

The second cohort of the prestigious Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science (SIBDS) is already half-way through its intensive program at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus.

About 25 years ago, Colin Polsky, Ph.D., professor of Geosciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and director of FAU’s Center for Environmental Studies (CES), chose to become an environmental advocate —...

Jackie Kingston earned an M.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida Atlantic in 2006 and used the skills she learned at FAU to form an organization called Sea Turtle Adventures that could contribute to conservation efforts.

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions (CUES) celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 17 at the Lake Pavilion in downtown West Palm Beach.

First-year Biological Sciences master’s degree student Hayley Knapp placed second overall in the state-wide Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition hosted at the University of Miami on April 19.

Dean Valery Forbes, Ph.D., hosted the 20th Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Future Doctors’ Reception on May 3, in the FAU Student Union, on the Boca Raton campus.