College of Science News

About 580,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease in Florida and that number is expected to soar to 720,000 by 2025.

Daniel Gil Valenzuela, a double major pursuing a bachelor’s in physics and chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry, was selected as FAU’s Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar.

In the current social climate of the world, internalizing conditions like anxiety and depression are becoming increasingly common in children and adolescents. Meanwhile, the availability and accessibility of computer and...

The Schmidt College of Science would like to welcome the newly appointed administrative fellow for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Yanmei Li, Ph.D., AICP, an associate professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Plann...

Pursuing a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Psychology, Jinelle Vazquez, a Senior at FAU High School, works with Teresa Wilcox, Ph.D. in the Infant Cognition Lab.

Infants of depressed and breastfeeding mothers showed neither behavioral nor brain development dysregulation previously found in infants of depressed mothers.

Children with mean friends described increases in relationship negativity over time, whereas children with nice friends reported that relationship negativity declined.

Re-entry programs are not as effective for African American men when compared to others. The vast number of them return within one to three years of their release.

Lina Crisostomo is a Biological Sciences major and Health Administration minor in the College of Science who is on the pre-health track student, aiming to go to medical school and become a physician.

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Pre-Health Professions Office is providing additional support for Pre-Health track students pursuing goals of attending medical and health professional careers thanks to the newly...