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FAU 2023 Homecoming: "Ride the Wave"

FAU to Celebrate Homecoming 2023: 'Ride the Wave'

By | October 10, 2023

Florida Atlantic University will celebrate "Homecoming: Ride the Wave" beginning Thursday, Oct. 12 through Saturday, Oct. 21.

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FAU College of Nursing Receives Prestigious ANCC Accreditation

By | October 6, 2023

FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has received accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an accredited provider of Nursing Continuing Professional Development.

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FAU, FPL Conduct Interactive Workshop for FPL Engineers

By | October 3, 2023

More than 100 Florida Power & Light engineers attended a two-day basic electricity workshop for non-electrical engineers conducted by FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Identifying the underlying cause of extreme events such as floods, heavy downpours or tornados is immensely difficult and can take a concerted effort by scientists over several decades to arrive at feasible physical explanations.

FAU Engineering Study Employs Deep Learning to Explain Extreme Events

By | October 2, 2023

The technique employed by FAU researchers demonstrates it can be invaluable for accurately identifying the sources of extreme events in a completely data-driven manner.

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FAU Seeks Participants for Online Heart Failure and Fatigue Study

By | September 28, 2023

FAU researchers are conducting a "Heart Failure and Fatigue" study to prove that an easy-to-use survey is a reliable method to assist health care providers to evaluate fatigue in patients with heart failure.

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FAU Seeks Sponsors, Walkers for Annual 'Keep Memories Alive' Walk

By | September 22, 2023

FAU's Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center is hosting the 17th annual "Keep Memories Alive" Walk-in-the-Mall on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. at the Town Center at Boca Raton, 6000 Glades Road.

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FAU Receives $1.3 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Outreach in Broward

By | September 20, 2023

FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has received a $1.3 million grant from the Administration for Community Living's Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative to advance health equity and quality of life.

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FAU Receives $750,000 Philanthropic Grant for Alzheimer's Disease

By | September 18, 2023

FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant from the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation, which will transform the care of neurodegenerative diseases.

Baby, Infant, Mobile, Conscious Awareness, Purpose, Agency

Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of 'Conscious Awareness'

By | September 18, 2023

FAU researchers provide the first quantified observations of the "birth" of purpose in human infants, as they recognize their causal powers and transition from spontaneous to intentional behavior.

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U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths More Than Quadrupled from 1999 to 2020

By | September 12, 2023

Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine shows U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020, causing 1,013,852 deaths.