Feb. 8 – March 15, Ritter Art Gallery. The Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, in collaboration with the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, present Insights VIII, a juried art exhibition produced by the Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation to bring awareness and break down stigma around bipolar disorder. Selected from more than 200 national submissions, these remarkable works were all created by individuals living with bipolar disorder.
Learn more here.
Florida’s coral reefs contribute billions to our economy and protect our coastlines, yet they face unprecedented threats. On Feb. 25, join us for Saving Our Seas: On the Front Lines of Protecting Florida’s Coral Reefs. This powerhouse panel discussion will bring you on a deep dive into “super corals,” innovative reef restoration, and the fight to protect our blue planet.
RSVP here.
The Fulbright Scholar Program’s 2027-2028 competition launches in February! IIE has 385+ awards for U.S. citizens to support teaching, research, and professional projects.
Reach out to globalservices@fau.edu if you are interested in learning more.
Apply here.
George McKenzie Jr. presents The Book of George, an event sponsored by FAU, FMU, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. McKenzie is a National Geographic Explorer and visual storyteller from Brooklyn, NY, specializing in wildlife, natural history, and conservation. With over a decade of experience, he creates impactful global stories that highlight human connections to the natural world.
Friday, February 27, 2026 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at FIU/FMU Auditorium: 15800 NW 42nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL 33054
Call for Nominations: 2026 Employee Special Awards
Nominations are now being accepted for three prestigious employee special awards that recognize outstanding contributions, service, and leadership across our university community:
Nomination Deadline:
All nominations must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2026.
Award Recognition:
Award recipients will be announced and formally honored at the Annual Employee Service Awards Ceremony on April 16, 2026.
We encourage faculty and staff to take this opportunity to recognize colleagues whose contributions make a lasting impact on our community.
Further information and nomination directions and criteria can be found at: Service Awards Announcement for Special Awards | Florida Atlantic University“
George McKenzie Jr. presents The Book of George, an event sponsored by FAU, FMU, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. McKenzie is a National Geographic Explorer and visual storyteller from Brooklyn, NY, specializing in wildlife, natural history, and conservation. With over a decade of experience, he creates impactful global stories that highlight human connections to the natural world.
From under the sea to outer space, discover science like you’ve never seen it before at the 7th Annual Art of Science gallery opening from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 at the Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton campus.
Register here.
Please join I-SENSE for our first Distinguished Speaker of 2026, Rachel Plotnick, Ph.D., associate professor at The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington. In-person attendees may join us in Engineering East Conference Room 405 on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 11 am. There will also be an option to attend via Zoom.
Learn more here.
On Thursday, Feb. 26 at 4 pm in the University Theatre, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Doug Mills will share stories from his four decades of covering Presidents and Presidential campaigns. He recently earned his third Pulitzer Prize for his photographic coverage of the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. His first Pulitzer was in 1993 with the Associated Press for team coverage of the Clinton/Gore campaign and he won a second Pulitzer for the A.P.’s team investigative coverage of the Monica Lewinsky affair.
The Colleges of Engineering and Computer Science, Nursing, Medicine, and Social Work & Criminal Justice, through their collaborative Center for SMART Health, are delighted to announce the third SEED Funding initiative open to the entire Florida Atlantic faculty research community.
This initiative focuses on health and in particular, the following areas: (1) cancer, (2) neurodegenerative diseases, (3) social and behavioral health with a focus on substance abuse and addiction, (4) applications of artificial intelligence and data science, (5) leveraging the TriNetX database for clinical and translational research, and (6) strategies for data collection and the development of clean, high-quality analytics pipelines.
Learn more here.