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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Donald and Elaine Singer Frank Lloyd Wright Collection is a transformational gift for Florida Atlantic University and our students in the School of Architecture. Carefully curated over a lifetime, the Singers’ collection includes two original 1956 renderings of Wright’s Fiberthin Air House design for the U.S. Rubber Company and totals 189 books, magazines, U.S. postal stamps, photographs and other memorabilia.
 
“My wife and I donated our collection to enhance the research and teaching of architecture at Florida Atlantic University,” said Singer. “Our hope is that it enriches the lives of generations of students and faculty to come.”
 
Read more about the Singers’ gift: http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/donald-and-elaine-singer-collection.php#.XEigsYidXlc.twitter

Donald and Elaine Singer Collection

Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business hosted the 27th annual Business Leader of the Year breakfast recently at the Boca Raton Resort & Club to celebrate the accomplishments of Fabiola “Fab” Brumley, Bank of America’s market president in Palm Beach County.

Bank of America’s Fabiola Brumley is Business Leader of the Year

Since the 1940s, when water temps dip below 68 degrees, manatees gather here at Florida Power and Light's Riviera Beach power plant. FPL opened Manatee Lagoon in 2016 for the public to watch the sea cows in action. They hire FAU students to become their manatee experts.

FAU students working as FPL's Manatee Masters

For eight years, FAU’s Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., has been tracking these sharks using a boat, plane, acoustic monitoring devices, and drones to report their whereabouts. In prior years, the researchers have reported as many as 15,000 sharks on any given day. That’s not the case this year.

Monitor and comparing Shark Migration from 2011 to 2016

Students, faculty and staff celebrate National Compliment Day by spreading the love.

FAU celebrates National Compliment Day

With a watchful eye on the rapid growth and development in this region, Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions (CUES) was contracted by the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to develop a comprehensive metrics report on Downtown West Palm Beach. The objective of “The State of Downtown 2018” report is to track progress and expansion in the area over time.

FAU Develops ‘State of Downtown West Palm Beach’ Report

The housing market in Palm Beach County is 19.76 percent above its long-term pricing trend, while the market is experiencing moderate downward pressure on the demand for home ownership, according to a new study from faculty at the Florida Atlantic University College of Business.

Palm Beach County Real Estate Cycle May Be Nearing Its Peak

Florida Atlantic University has received a $652,820 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish Florida’s first NSF-funded Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (AIDL) Training and Research Laboratory.

Florida’s First NSF-funded AI and Deep Learning Laboratory

FAU alumna, Kestride Estelle, researches how to solve the housing situation in Haiti while clearing up construction debris caused by the 2010 earthquake.

FAU Research Spotlight: Rebuilding Haiti

Florida Atlantic University faculty discuss their research in this video series. Armin Fuchs, Ph.D. is an associate professor for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences and Physics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. His research focuses on the analysis of large scale brain activity patterns and combining noninvasive recording technologies, i.e. EEG, MEG and functional MRI.

FAU Faculty Vignette - Armin Fuchs, Ph.D

 Photo credit: Timon Studler  With escalating tensions in the Middle East, the situation seems to be changing on a daily basis.

Robert Rabil, Ph.D., is an expert in political Islam, terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-Arab relations at Florida Atlantic University, and can speak about the current climate in the region, as well as offer expertise on its deep history.

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