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FAU Receives DIU Grant to Transform Underwater Robotic Communication
June 09, 2026
Florida Atlantic University has received a 12-month $1 million award through the AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, a trilateral defense innovation initiative supported by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom....
FAU Receives $1M Gift for AI Engineering Learning Lab
June 05, 2026
Florida Atlantic University has received a $1 million gift from the Levine Family Foundation to establish the Michael R. Levine AI-Enabled Hands-On Engineering Lab at the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The lab...
More Jobs, More Local Living: Study Redefines the 15-Minute City
June 04, 2026
The “15-Minute City” has emerged as a popular urban planning model focused on creating communities where residents can access daily essentials within a short walk, bike ride or transit trip. To examine how this concept...
Armed with AI, Study Identifies Prey from Predator Crunching Sounds
June 03, 2026
Predator-prey interactions between shell-crushing marine predators and hard-shelled mollusks such as clams, oysters and snails play an important role in shaping coastal ecosystems, yet they have remained difficult to study...
Study Features Global Impact of Journal of Big Data in First Decade
June 02, 2026
A new study published in the Journal of Big Data (JBD) highlights the journal’s emergence as one of the world’s leading publications in data science and artificial intelligence research during its first decade – an...
FAU Engineer Earns U.S. Patent for Human-AI Manufacturing System
May 19, 2026
A new patent titled, “Adaptive Cyber Manufacturing (ACM) Through Online Human-AI Partnerships” awarded to Mehrdad Nojoumian, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic...
FAU Ranked No. 4 Nationally as Executive Education Provider
May 18, 2026
Florida Atlantic University’s Executive Education Programs was ranked No. 1 in Florida for the fourth year in a row and No. 4 in the United States for its open enrollment professional development programs by the Financial...
FAU's CA-AI Secures $2.2M AFRL Grant for Next-Gen Autonomous Systems
May 14, 2026
As autonomous technologies continue to expand their presence across commercial and defense applications, a critical limitation persists. While today’s machines can operate intelligently on their own, they often struggle...
60% of U.S. Teens Have Tried AI Chatbots, 11.4% Use Them Daily
May 12, 2026
As conversational artificial intelligence chatbots (CAI chatbots) become increasingly embedded in the daily lives of American teens, a new national study provides one of the first large-scale assessments of how widely these...
Study Reveals Hidden Damage in Stony Corals Using 3D Imaging and AI
April 14, 2026
Florida’s coral reefs are facing severe threats from diseases like Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), which has spread rapidly since 2014, killing large numbers of reef-building corals. This disease, along with others,...