News
May 28, 2025
The College of Education, in collaboration with the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, has been awarded a 2025 Capacity-Building Grant from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI).
May 09, 2025
Dr. Steven Vollmer will be joining Florida Atlantic University as the next director of our School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS) and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.
May 08, 2025
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Charles E. Schmidt College of Science suspected that parasite levels in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) would be affected by environmental...
May 07, 2025
During BioBlitz—a high-energy nature scavenger hunt—students, scientists and nature lovers from the community teamed up on April 8 to find and identify as many plant and animal species as possible in just a few hours.
May 06, 2025
Learn more about Carsten Grupstra, Ph.D., a new assistant professor of biology, who explores oceans around the world to better understand these vibrant animals and their highly complex marine habitats.
April 28, 2025
More than 80 people from the Schmidt College of Science and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute’s ECOS came together for the first-ever retreat and student poster competition.
April 23, 2025
The Invading Sea’s Florida Climate Survey also found that most Floridians – 54% – are worried about being able to afford and maintain homeowners insurance due to climate change.
April 18, 2025
Jennifer Chastant, Ph.D. '16, M.S. '15, has been hooked on saving waterways since she was a student. Learn how she is safeguarding this unique natural resource in South Florida.
April 10, 2025
In an unprecedented underwater encounter, a nurse shark equipped with a camera tag had a “shark’s eye view” of a great white shark off the coast of Boynton Beach. This stunning find has delighted marine biologists from...
April 09, 2025
Researchers from the Charles. E Schmidt College of Science dove deep into the biomechanical properties of the carapaces of three common sea turtle species from the North Atlantic. Their findings have revealed surprising new...