By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Samuel S. Stephenson III, who picked up his wife and two small children in 1968 to move to Florida and help lead a fairly new college called Florida Atlantic University, died June 21 in hospice care. He was 93.Bo
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By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — John R. Pisapia, a lifelong student of education who loved traveling and learning from leaders in other parts of the world, died May 2 after becoming ill last summer. He was 79.
Although unable to speak in the las
By Christine Davis
Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received initial accreditation from the national Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for a university-sponsored residency program in psyc
Students at FAU’s Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development celebrated Pi Day
on March 14 outside the university’s Social Science Building on the Boca Raton campus. Why March 14?
Because pi is 3.14. Here, Dean Elmaleh puts a pi
By Christine Davis
Astronomer and researcher Ata Sarajedini was named dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University. He will assume his new role in January. Sarajedini is associate dean for natural science and m
By Steve Plunkett
It’s hard to see the progress as you cruise along Interstate 95, but by mid-October, work on the new Spanish River Boulevard interchange will pass the 80 percent completion point.
All 13 bridges of the complex interchange ar
By Mary Thurwachter
OCEAN RIDGE — At Florida Atlantic University, where Heather Turner Frazer taught for 35 years, she was known as the history department’s moral compass — the woman who always knew the right thing to do and how to do it. Even 1
Match Day is celebrated around the nation promptly at noon as new doctors
open sealed envelopes to learn where they will be spending their medical residencies.
Here, several of the 61 medical students in the class of 2016 celebrate at FAU.
Dr. Stuart
Fewer migratory birds, like these blue-winged teals, have been seen this winter.
Possible causes include a warmer winter to the north and more rain in South Florida.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Migratory birds still flew south th
Hundreds of blacktip sharks swarm the shallow waters off Palm Beach. Florida Atlantic University
biology professor Stephen Kajiura studies the annual migration of blacktips along South Florida’s beaches.
Photo by Stephen M. Kajiura
A blacktip shark c
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Björn Nils Anders Lamborn, a prominent physicist who held a key role in establishing the Ph.D. program in physics at Florida Atlantic University, died Jan. 14 after suffering a bad fall following cataract surgery
Staff members from Bank of America visited Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches in December,
dropping off toys and handmade holiday cards for the students at the agency’s Project Grow afterschool program.
They also presented the agency’s CEO, Matthew C
Howard Schnellenberger and his wife, Beverlee, were honored before the University of Miami vs. Florida Atlantic University football game. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
As the University of Miami contingent
After final exams, FAU students hung out with a therapy dog, Kol,
and his owner, Jane Eisenberg, at Wimberly Library.
They petted, cuddled and played a game of catch.
Photo provided
A spinner shark twirls above the surface in shallow water off Palm Beach.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
One of the greatest nature shows of the year occurs during late February and March when sharks by the thousands move along Palm Beach Coun
Athletic Director Patrick Chun celebrates with FAU President John Kelly at a press conference Dec. 2
to announce the gift of $16 million by Dick and Barbara Schmidt, seen below (at center) in this May 2014 file photo.
Joe Skipper/The Coastal Star
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FAU President John Kelly (left) speaks with Dennis Gallon
and Bill Berger during a recent event.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
John Kelly could have worked in a cotton mill or driven a tractor under the hot — much hotter than Boca Rat
Barb Schmidt watches as her books roll down the line
at HCI Printing and Publishing in Deerfield Beach.
Photos provided
Barb Schmidt introduced her book, The Practice, during an event at Florida Atlantic University last month.
INSET BELOW: Cover of
Stop Hunger Now volunteers recently packed 100,000 meals to be shipped to Haiti.
Photo provided
By Mary Thurwachter
About 600 students and other community volunteers rolled up their sleeves April 19 to prepare 100,000 meals in the Florida Atlant
Boca Raton will be the backdrop of a new bowl game to be played at Florida Atlantic University’s football stadium starting in December 2014.
Football fans in the South, Northeast and Midwest will be treated to television cameos of the city as
