COMBINED 4+1 BACHELORS AND MASTERS DEGREES WITH THE WILKES HONORS COLLEGE (WHC) AND THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (COECS)

Honors College students interested in computer science and engineering can pursue a joint Bachelor of Arts or Sciences degree at the Honors College and a Masters of Science degree through the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students complete the prerequisite coursework for the Masters degree while at the Honors College in their first 4 years, and can complete the masters coursework in an additional year in this “4+1” program. Many of the prerequisite COECS courses are available online.

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FLORIDA’S FIRST NSF-FUNDED AI AND DEEP LEARNING LABORATORY

Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with researchers from FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine and FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, one of the university’s four research pillars, has received a $652,820 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the first NSF-funded Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (AIDL) Training and Research Laboratory in Florida. 

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MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE ENTERS PARTNERSHIP WITH ZEISS

The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces a new “labs@location” partnership agreement between the MPFI Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility and Germany-based microscopy company ZEISS, known for its cutting-edge imaging technologies. As a “labs@location” partner institution, MPFI will have access to state-of-the-art ZEISS technology before it is commercially available, providing researchers with innovative imaging tools that will empower their search for new insights into how the brain works. MPFI is the only the third institution in the United States to earn the labs@location designation.

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WHC STUDENTS ATTEND EVERGLADES COALITION CONFERENCE

Wilkes Honors College students, Owen Silvera, and Jillian Hanley received a scholarship to attend the 34th annual Everglades Coalition conference in Duck Key, Fla.  The awards were made possible by through the efforts of Cara Capp, a Wilkes Honors College Alumna. Capp serves on the Everglades Coalition Board of Directors where she established and grew the conference’s scholarship program. As a result of her efforts, 21 students from around the country were able to attend. Five of them were from Florida Atlantic University, including two Environmental Science masters students, an undergraduate from the Boca Raton campus, in addition to the two honors college students.

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