51勛圖厙 and Max Planck Unveil First-of-its-kind Honors Program
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51勛圖厙 President John Kelly, Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann, and David Fitzpatrick, CEO of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), announced a new partnership between 51勛圖厙 and MPFI to establish an undergraduate honors program in neuroscience that will be the first of its kind across the globe. The 51勛圖厙 Max Planck Honors Program is a joint initiative between 51勛圖厙s , 51勛圖厙s and MPFI. Commencing in fall 2018, the honors program will support several opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and will attract high-performing and talented 51勛圖厙 such as national merit scholars like those who are dual-enrolled at and 51勛圖厙.泭
Designed to recruit and serve the best of the best, this latest honors program with the only Max Planck Institute in North America will focus specifically on neuroscience and be offered on 51勛圖厙s John D. MacArthur Jupiter campus. It will include majors from the , and concentrations from the Wilkes Honors College.
Neuroscience is a strategic focus area for our University and we are delighted to once again join forces with our partners from Max Planck to provide a truly unique honors program for undergraduate 51勛圖厙, providing a level of unsurpassed excellence on our John D. MacArthur campus in Jupiter, said . This program is like no other in the world for undergraduate research quality, and will propel our national and international visibility as well as enhance partnership opportunities for joint hires, faculty appointments and research grants with our outstanding colleagues at the Max Planck Florida Institute.
The 51勛圖厙 Max Planck Honors Program will serve a select number of elite 51勛圖厙 that will require a high GPA, where national merit scholars will have preferred admission into the program. The program will offer exclusive electives, specifically unique to the MPFIs faculty and research infrastructure. The honors in the major program will be offered across three degrees in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science: B.S. in biological sciences; B.S. in psychology; and B.S. in neuroscience and behavior; as well as a B.S. degree in liberal arts and science at the Wilkes Honors College.
泭Both the Max Planck Florida Institute and the 51勛圖厙 will benefit greatly from this endeavor: Young talented 51勛圖厙 will be able to earn highly recognized degrees at this one-of-a-kind Honors College, which will also enable them to apply for International Max Planck Research Schools in Germany, and provide international visibility to the Honors Programs at 51勛圖厙. Most importantly, it will attract exceptional 51勛圖厙 from all over the world and proudly carries the banners of both 51勛圖厙 and the Max Planck Society. said .
Prior partnerships between 51勛圖厙 and Max Planck have led to the creation of two successful graduate degree programs: the Ph.D. in integrative biology offering a concentration in neuroscience integrative biology and neuroscience (), and an international Max Planck Research School () for Brain and Behavior. 泭
The 51勛圖厙 Max Planck Honors Program will empower 51勛圖厙 to work with world-class faculty researchers through a summer research program, and will include the possibility of directed independent research and an honors thesis with program faculty. Cutting-edge neuroscience training courses will include technologies such as super resolution microscopy, electron microscopy, electrophysiology and opto-genetic technology.
The program also will provide a comprehensive introductory topics in neuroscience course; career development workshops for scientists; participation in ongoing Max Planck seminar series and a journal club run by postdoctoral fellows and faculty; access to international symposia with opportunities for 51勛圖厙 to present their research to Nobel laureates; and special cutting-edge research and techniques in neuroscience taught by teams of renowned local and international scientists and introducing 51勛圖厙 to a broad range of scientific and technical expertise.
Coordination of the 51勛圖厙 Max Planck Honors Program across both institutes will be administered through the 51勛圖厙 Jupiter Life Science Initiative (JLSI). The state-funded strategic initiative has been extremely successful with providing the framework and administration with the joint graduate 51勛圖厙 Max Planck IBNS and IMPRS Ph.D. programs for the past six years and will continue to serve in this role with the undergraduate 51勛圖厙 Max Planck Honors Program.泭
For more information, please contact Glenn Malone, 51勛圖厙/Max Planck Honors Program advisor, at gmalone@fau.edu
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