FAU Jupiter News



Bullying, Cyberbullying, Teens, Tweens, Research

Study Reveals if a Child Survives or Thrives When Bullied

By | October 11, 2017

Why are some children devastated by bullying while others are not? A new study validates how "resilience" differentiates children who just survive bullying from those who thrive when faced with adversity.

Only 23 percent of Hispanics said the economy was getting better, while the number of respondents who said things were getting worse continued to climb for the third straight quarter – from 16 percent in the first quarter to 22 percent in the second and 29 percent in the third.

FAU Index Shows Hispanics Souring on Direction of Economy

By | October 11, 2017

Hispanics in the U.S. are souring on the direction of the economy and showing growing dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a new national consumer sentiment index conducted by FAU.

FAU Lecture: 'The Modern Presidency from Kennedy to Trump'

By | October 11, 2017

Duke University's William H. Chafe will examine how personality helped shape the politics of many of our modern presidents.

Hammerhead, Sharks, Swimming, Research

Size Doesn't Matter - At Least for Hammerheads and Swimming

By | October 10, 2017

Researchers from FAU have conducted the first study to examine the whole body shape and swimming kinematics of two closely related yet very different hammerhead sharks, with some unexpected results.

The study found that when minimum thresholds for rewards are employed there was a greater likelihood that the whistleblower would strategically delay reporting the fraud.

Financial Awards Can Actually Discourage Whistleblowers

By | October 5, 2017

Financial awards can unintentionally discourage a whistleblower from reporting fraud in a timely manner by hijacking their moral motivation to do the right thing, according to a new FAU study.

James Galvin, Neuroscientist, Researcher

Young-onset Dementia Costs Nearly Twice That of Alzheimer's

By | October 5, 2017

The first economic study on frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under age 60, shows that FTD inflicts a much more severe burden on families than Alzheimer's disease.

3MT® Competition to Showcase Graduate Student Research

By | October 3, 2017

Can an 80,000-word thesis or dissertation be explained in three minutes or less?

William H. Chafe, Ph.D.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Presents William H. Chafe

By | October 2, 2017

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter presents William H. Chafe on Oct. 26 in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute complex at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus.

FAUAA Honors 2017 Outstanding Young Owl Award Recipients

By | October 2, 2017

The FAU Alumni Association recently hosted its fourth annual Outstanding Young Owls (OYOs) Ceremony & Reception to honor exceptional young alumni.

Walk to Benefit FAU's Memory and Wellness Center

By | October 2, 2017

The Caring Hearts Auxiliary of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center within the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University will host the 12th annual "Keep Memories Alive.