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New Aquaculture Pavilion Opens at ODC: There is a brand new exhibit at the Ocean Discovery Center. The Wells Fargo Aquaculture Pavilion serves as an important educational tool for guests of all ages to learn about aquaculture and the advances being made locally through the studies that Harbor Branch scientists are currently conducting. The touch tank exhibit features two 500-gallon recirculating aquaculture systems with viewing windows, UV sterilizers, filters and precision auto feeders. It will be officially introduced to the public during the Friends of Harbor Branch Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to noon.
FAU Developing Technologies to Address Challenges of Telemedicine & Home Healthcare: FAU's Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor Ankur Agarwal, Ph.D., has received a one-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Collaborative Research: Data Correlation and Fusion for Medical Monitoring grant of $200,000 through the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC), Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE) in conjunction with Florida International University (FIU) and a matching grant from Soren Technology of an additional $200,000 to address the challenges of telemedicine and home healthcare. This research is in response to the rising healthcare costs in the United States associated with hospitalization.