Past Events 

Fall 2018

November 2018

Scripps Symposium
"Progress Toward Treatments for Genetically Defined Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
Tues-Weds, November 27 - 28
Rodney Fink Auditorium

Middle School Math Day
The Department of Mathematical Sciences will host our Eighth Annual Middle School Math Day on Saturday, November 17, 2018.
Saturday, November 17
9:00 am - Boca Campus

Math Colloquium
An Introduction to Stanley-Reisner Rings
Tuesday, November 6
2:45 pm - 
SE 212

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Aaron Hutchinson - "Algorithms in Elliptic Curve Cryptography"
Monday, November 5
10:30 am - SE 215

Physics Colloquium
The Rates of Supernovae Far and Near - Dr. Lou Strolger
Friday, November 2
2:00 pm - SE 319A

Math Colloquium 
Francis Motta Dynamics, Topology, and Learning
Friday, November 2
4:00 pm - 
  SE 215

FAU 3MT Championship
Friday, November 2 @ 6:00 p.m.
Osher Lifelong Learning   Institute

October 2018

Annual Pumpkin Drop
Friday, October 26
10:30 am - 12:45 pm
Science and Engineering Building

Explore FAU
"Attend a unique and interactive College Expedition session with the college of your interest!"
Saturday, October 13
9:00 am - 2:00 pm

FAU Big Data Conference
Saturday, October 13
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Office Depot Center, Florida Atlantic University

Math Colloquium Talk
"Several Classical Number Theory Problems"
Thursday, October 4 @ 11:00 am

September 2018

Math Colloquium Talk
"Asymptotic Properties of the QMLE in a Log-linear RealGARCH Model with Gaussian Errors"
Friday, September 28
4:00 pm 
- SE 215

I-SENSE Seminar Series
"Democratising Access to Ocean Observing Technology"
Thursday, September 20
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Engineering East Building room 405

I-SENSE Seminar Series
"On RF Sensing in the loT with Commodity WiFi"
Thursday, September 13
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Engineering East Building room 405

Internship and Part-Time Job Fair
Wednesday, September 5
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Recreation and Fitness Center

Mars 2018 Opposition
"The FAU Astronomical Observatory invites the public to come and celebrate MARS's 2018 Opposition to the Sun. This will be the closest opposition of Mars for the next 15 years!"
Friday, July 27
8:00pm to 2:00am
Rm 434

Math Dissertation Defense for Durga Hari Kutal (pdf)
"Various Approaches on Parameter Estimation in Mixture and Non-mixture Cure Models"
Monday, July 9, 2018
10:00 am - Rm SE 215

Kirstie Tandberg Proposal Seminar
"Marine natural products as cancer therapies: Screening for survivin inhibitors"
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
2:00 - 3:00 pm

Fall 2017 and Spring 2018

Frontiers in Science 2018
“Addictions and the Brain: How to Improve Clinical Outcome by Brain Rehabilitation”
Speaker:  Robert W. Thatcher, Ph.D.
When: April 27th, 2018, 3:30PM-5:00 PM
Location:  College of Medicine (BC-71) Rm 130
Parking: Lot 4

FAU Neuroscience Seminar Series (Questions: Contact Hannah Anderson )

Check  FAU Brain Institute  fliers for Video Conference Locations. All seminars begin at 4 p.m. unless otherwise noted.  
When: January 30th - April 24th
All seminars begin at 4 PM
Full Schedule

Physics Department Colloquium (Questions: Contact Shianne Noel)
Spontaneous Breaking of Restricted Weyl Symmetry in Pure R^2 Gravity
Speaker: Dr. Ariel Edery
When: March 30th, 2:00 PM
Location: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Room 319A

Math Events (Questions: Contact Maria Provost)

49th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, 2018    View our CGTC Photos!
When: March 5-9, 2018
Where: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Recent Progress in Euclidean Geometry 
When: March 16, 2018
Where: Florida Atlantic University, PS 109; 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Code-Based Cryptography Workshop, 2018
When: April 5-6, 2018;
Where  Davie West, Davie Campus of Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida

PQ Crypto, 2018 
When: April 9-11, 2018;
Where: Hyatt Regency, Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Biology Events (Questions: Contact Stacee Caplan)

Scripps/Brain Institute Seminar - "Receptors, Synapses, and Memories"
When:  Friday, March 9th, 4PM-5PM
Speaker: Richard Huganir, Ph.D. John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Location: Rodney B. Fink Auditorium, Scripps Florida

Scripps Bicoastal Seminar Series - "Small Molecule Manipulation of G Protein Subunit Signaling: Biasing Signals Downstream of G Protein-Coupled Receptors."
When: Tuesday, March 13th, 1PM-2PM
Speaker: Alan Smrcka, Ph.D. University of Michigan Medical School
Location: Room B159, Scripps Research Institute-Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA

AAAS Florida Biomedical Career Symposium
Friday, January 26th, 2018, 8AM-9AM
The Scripps Research Institute - Florida 130 Scripps Way Jupiter, FL, 33458

MPFI Seminar Series - "A Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity Rule for Single, Clustered, and Distributed Dendritic Spines"
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018, 11AM-2PM
Elmore Auditorium, Max Planck Florida Institute

Neuroscience Seminar Series - "Microbial Modulation of Neuroendocrine Physiology and Behavior of C. elegans"
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018, 4PM-5PM
Speaker: Dr. Dennis Kim
Location: FAU Jupiter Campus: MC-17 Research Facility Room 119
Video Conference Locations: Boca BC-71 (COM) Rm. 126; Davie LA-139; HBOI LE-108D 

Saturday, February 17thScience Olympiad 2018 (Questions: Contact Ingrid Johanson)
FAU will host its 11th Science Olympiad Regional science competition. SO is a STEM competition for middle- and high-school age students. There are 24 different events in biology, chemistry, geosciences, physics, and technology (engineering).
Location: FAU College of Science
Register/Volunteer Here

Frontiers in Science 2018 
"What Do National Laboratories Do and Why Should I Care?"
Speaker: Dr. George Malcolm Stocks
When: February 9th, 20183:30PM-5:00 PM
Location: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, BC-71, Room 126
Parking: Lot 4

Frontiers in Science 2018 
“Rational Design of Precise Medicines from Genome Sequence to Treat Incurable Disease”
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Disney
When:  March 2nd, 20183:30PM-5:00 PM
Location: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, BC-71, Room 126
Parking: Lot 4

Frontiers in Science 2018 
“Black Holes, Dark but Illuminating”
Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang Tichy
When: March 23rd, 2018, 3:30PM-5:00 PM
Location: Lifelong Learning Auditorium
Parking: Lot 15g

Full Schedule

Ocean Science Lecture Series 2018
The John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them. The invited speakers from other institutions are colleagues who work on topics relevant to our Harbor Branch research themes.
When: January 10 through March 28, 4PM
Location: Johnson Education Center auditorium on the Harbor Branch campus, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce

Full Schedule

Friday, January 26th
A proposed mechanism for the difference in the radius dependence of water flow through carbon and boron nitride nanotubes.
Speaker: 
J.B. Sokoloff (Northeastern University, Boston MA)
Location: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, room 319A

Tuesday, January 23rd
MPFI Seminar Series -
 "Spatial and Temporal Control of Synaptic Transmission"
Elmore Auditorium, Max Planck FloridaInstitutee
Questions?
Contact  Stacee Caplan

Friday, January 12th
Frontiers in Science 2018 Public Lecture Series, 3:30 PM at College of Medicine   Speaker:
Dr.Jennifer Lipton
For more information visithttp://science.fau.edu/frontiers/2018.php

Thursday, January 4th
MPFI Seminar Series
 - "Tramautic Fear Memory: Deciphering Neural Circuits and Designing Novel Treatments
Elmore Auditorium, Max Planck Florida Institute

March 30th, 2:00 PM
Spontaneous Breaking of Restricted Weyl Symmetry in Pure R^2 Gravity

Speaker: Dr. Ariel Edery
Location: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Room 319A

Recent Progress in Euclidean Geometry

  • March 16, 2018, Florida Atlantic University, PS 109; 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Code-Based Cryptography Workshop, 2018

  • April 5-6, 2018; Davie West, Davie Campus of Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida

PQ Crypto, 2018

  • April 9-11, 2018; Hyatt Regency, Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Scripps/Brain Institute Seminar - "Receptors, Synapses, and Memories"

Scripps Bicoastal Seminar Series - "Small Molecule Manipulation of G Protein Subunit Signaling: Biasing Signals Downstream of G Protein-Coupled Receptors."

  • Tuesday, March 13th, 1PM-2PM
  • Speaker: Alan Smrcka, Ph.D. University of Michigan Medical School
  • Location: Room B159, Scripps Research Institute-Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA

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