NEWS ARCHIVE


Restaurant Franchisors May Regret Sweetheart Deals to Grow Businesses

By | December 16, 2020

Restaurant franchisors should think twice about loosening contract terms and lowering fees to expand operations during a recession, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University and two other schools.

FAU Offers K-12 Teachers Free Course on Tips to Teach Online

By | December 14, 2020

To address the many challenges of teaching during the pandemic, FAU's College of Education is offering a free eight-hour online certificate course for K-12 teachers to assist them with teaching online.

Empowering Advanced Practice Nurses Key to Better Healthcare Access

By | December 10, 2020

The pandemic helped to upend the typical status quo bias by showing that advanced practice nurses (APNs) are worthy of expanded powers in underserved areas, according to research by FAU professors.

FAU Receives Grant to Study Health Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms

By | December 10, 2020

A Florida Department of Health grant will help FAU researchers to evaluate health effects of exposure to harmful algal blooms in Florida and possible increased susceptibility in those infected with COVID-19.

FAU's Lawrence Toll Among World's Most 'Highly Cited Researchers'

By | December 9, 2020

Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named by The Web of Science(TM) among its most Highly Cited Researchers(TM). His publications rank in the top 1 percent by citations according to Clarivate(TM).

FAU Shatters Research Funding Record for First Quarter of Fiscal Year

By | December 8, 2020

FAU saw a whopping 92 percent increase in research funding in the first three months of fiscal year 2020-2021 compared to the same timeframe in 2019-2020.

Index: Even in a Pandemic, Demand for Homes Remains Robust

By | December 7, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has led to a surge in joblessness and economic uncertainty, but interest in homeownership across the country remains as strong as it was before the pandemic.

Stunning Discovery Finds Bonefish Dive 'Deep' into the Abyss to Spawn

By | December 7, 2020

Using active acoustic telemetry and sonar data, FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators are the first to track a shallow water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn and provide detailed documentation.

FAU's eLearning is Award Winning, Nationally Recognized

By | December 7, 2020

In response to the global pandemic, FAU's COCE needed to respond quickly and meaningfully to the sudden transition required of faculty and graduate teaching assistants to switch to an online/remote setting.

Kurt Wallach Awarded Honorary Doctorate from FAU

By | December 2, 2020

FAU has awarded Kurt Wallach an honorary doctorate in humane letters in recognition of his lifelong commitment to Holocaust education and his extraordinary achievements in the face of unimaginable obstacles.