August 31, 2026
FAU Receives $400,000 NSF Grant to Advance STEM Workforce Readiness
Seventh Annual Art of Science Virtual Tour
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Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Notably Higher Prostate Cancer Risks
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A Resilient Seagrass Species Could Help
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No. 32 among the nation’s best-value public universities in SmartAsset’s 2026 “America’s Best Value Public Universities” data study.
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Florida Atlantic researchers are rising to meet some of society’s biggest challenges, from climate change to a global pandemic, from neurodegenerative diseases to cancer and more.
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Research Institutes
To enhance interdisciplinary and collaborative research, Florida Atlantic established four university-wide research institutes focused on its strengths. These areas are dedicated to improving and addressing diseases of the brain, enhancing human health and quality of life, protecting the oceans and environment locally and globally, and using sensors to study and monitor the world around us.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Institute for Smarter Cities, Spaces, and Health
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