BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If Passover just isn’t soon enough, enjoy a week of Jewish culture at Florida Atlantic University — starting Saturday, March 2nd. The school tells us: Best-selling author Thane Rosenbaum, PBS radio personality Martin Bookspan, musician and scholar Leonard Lehrman, soprano Helene Williams and the award-winning Klezmer Company Orchestra (KCO)...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — In the latest issue for Florida Atlantic University's Police Department, a police officer has been captured on videotape verbally assaulting a reporter and a cameraman attempting to videotape a publicly advertised presentation by Pro-Palestinan Josh Ruebner. The camera crew, from self-proclaimed anti-Islam and anti-Obama group “TrentoVision,” was apparently not...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Nicholas Squire, the 22-year-old man who FAU Police say lunged at officers with a knife, was allegedly taking part in a “suicide by cop” scheme. But whether one of the FAU police officers responded appropriately when he pulled his gun and fired at Squire, striking him, is a question...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — FAU Police shot a man reported to be “homeless” on a roof of a building in the research park at Florida Atlantic University. The situation is under control and the campus was not locked down. FAU's police chief Charles Lowe says that it is unclear if the homeless man...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — As the national debate continues over gun rights, FAU is preparing to show the movie “Gun.” It's an award-winning short-feature. Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters School of Communication and Multimedia Studies and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice will present a screening...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If Russian music is your thing, your thing is going to be happening at Florida Atlantic University — as quite a concert is set for the evening of Sunday, February 17th. The Department of Music within Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will present...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — In a study that is already gaining international attention after being published in a major medical journal, an FAU Professor says that his research shows that being overweight is rapidly becoming as deadly a condition as smoking cigarettes. Dr. Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H., the first Sir Richard Doll...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If you’re looking for a little love music to celebrate Valentine’a Day, look no further than Florida Atlantic University. The school just released its February calendar for concerts: Florida Atlantic University’s department of music in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will present a variety of...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Alzheimer's Center at Florida Atlantic University is the first in the State of Florida to receive a major and important designation. From FAU: Florida Atlantic University’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has been named a “Specialized Alzheimer’s...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A locally owned and operated insurance group is proving that almost all people and things in the area have a relationship with someone — or something — up north. Boca Insurance Group tells us that it will be working with Futurity First Insurance Group of Rocky Hill, CT, to...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Florida Atlantic University has elected its latest leadership board. Who’s on it? Read on for the details: Florida Atlantic University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously named Anthony Barbar ‘78 as the new chair and Tom Workman ‘71 as the new vice chair of the University’s governing board. “Both...
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