NEWS ARCHIVE


New Low-cost Device Rapidly, Accurately Detects Hepatitis C Infection

By | August 3, 2022

FAU researchers have developed a portable microfluidic platform that rapidly and accurately detects Hepatitis C infection without the need for trained technicians, expensive equipment or a laboratory.

Online Chair Yoga Viable for Isolated Older Adults with Dementia

By | July 28, 2022

During the pandemic, FAU researchers evaluated a remotely supervised online chair yoga intervention for older adults with dementia and measured clinical outcomes virtually via Zoom under the remote guidance.

FAU's Hari Kalva, Ph.D., Inducted into National Academy of Inventors®

By | July 21, 2022

Hari Kalva, Ph.D., an associate chair and professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been recognized for his innovation in video compression and communication.

Study Shows Hydrology Impacts on West Florida's Continental Shelf

By | July 19, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch researcher and collaborator demonstrate the impacts of climate warming and water management on West Florida's Continental Shelf using a high-resolution simulation model.

Data Transparency and Health Equity Study in U.S. COVID-19 Response

By | June 29, 2022

FAU researchers conducted a study examining data transparency and compared how state responses varied in their COVID-19 reporting of health metrics and ethnicity metrics.

Seat Assignments Drive Friendships Among Elementary School Children

By | June 28, 2022

A new study is the first to show that classroom seat assignments have important implications for children's friendships and the enormous influence that teachers wield over the interpersonal lives of children.

New Tool Will Assess Water Discharge Impacts from Florida's Everglades

By | June 22, 2022

Researchers from FAU Harbor Branch have received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the connectivity between the Everglades and Florida Keys via the Florida Bay.

Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., Selected for Fulbright Global Scholar Award

By | June 16, 2022

Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award based on his important sociological research in rural Colombia.

FAU Receives $1 Million Grant for Equity in Instructional Performance

By | June 15, 2022

FAU's College of Education School Leaders Program has been awarded a three-year, $1,039,041 grant from Broward County Public Schools to support two graduate degree programs.

Alarming Increases in Deaths from Alcoholic Cirrhosis in the U.S.

By | June 14, 2022

FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers conducted an original research study comparing trends in mortality from alcoholic cirrhosis in the U.S. in 1999 with those 20 years later in 2019.