Florida Atlantic University was founded in 1961, in Boca Raton on an 850-acre site located near the Atlantic Ocean. The campus is conveniently located halfway between Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale and offers a broad range of academic programs, activities, and services.

The Boca Raton campus provides an exciting and supportive learning environment for students. The Student Union hosts student activities and meetings. In addition, its 2,500-seat Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium enables students to enjoy performances ranging from rock bands to the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra. The campus supports two cafeterias and has an attractive array of accommodations for its residential students. The Boca Raton campus is also home to FAU's Division I Intercollegiate Athletics program and facilities. Its recreation complex includes an aquatic center, gymnasium, tennis courts, wellness center, track, and a variety of fields for club and intramural sports competition.

The five-story S.E. Wimberly Library houses a large collection of monographs, serials, and other academic resources. Computer labs, study lounges, a media center, and tutoring services also provide valuable academic support for students. The Boca Raton campus hosts art exhibits, theatre productions, and concerts in its two galleries and theatre. Visiting performers and speakers add to the artistic and intellectual vibrancy of the campus.

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NASA is sharing dramatic footage of the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars, along with vivid new images of the surface of Mars and the first sound ever recorded there. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for In Depth TODAY.

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Eric Vandernoot teaches courses on Planetary Mechanics and Introduction to Astronomy, and since 2005 he has run the Astronomical Observatory there. FAU's Observatory provides observations to the students taking the university's astronomy classes, hosts field trips from local schools and provides twice a month observations for the general public as well as events of special astronomical interest. He received his M.S. in Physics at FAU, in which his thesis was about Bardeen-Petterson accretion disks about compact massive objects and was published in The Astrophysical Journal. From his role in the observatory, he became concerned about the growing impact of light pollution, so he has been working to educate the public about the problem.

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