FAU Jupiter News
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Guest Artist Lectures
Lectures to feature internationally recognized artists Brookhart Jonquil and Dara Friedman, whose work is on display in "New Art.".
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Disability Awareness Month Events
Florida Atlantic University will be hosting events at its Davie, Jupiter, and Boca Raton campuses to commemorate Disability Awareness Month during October.
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FAU Professor Discusses Visit to Syrian Refugee Camps
This past summer, Rabil spent 16 days visiting 70 Syrian refugee camps in the Bekaa region of Lebanon and along the Lebanon-Syria border.
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Nursing Home Guide Will Help Avoid Unneeded Hospitalizations
FAU has received a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Engagement Award for a guide for nursing home residents and their families to help them make optimal decisions concerning hospitalizations.
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Theatre Lab's Making Musicals
Theatre Lab has announced the schedule for their "Making Musicals" musical theater concert/play-reading series.
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First Study on Hard-to-treat Depression in Older People
About half of older adults don't respond to first-line medication for depression. A new study shows that adding a second drug to treatment with an antidepressant medication alone helps many of these patients.
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FAU Receives NSF Grant for Critical Infrastructure Systems
Extreme events like hurricanes can disrupt infrastructure systems like power and water. Researchers will develop a decision framework to rapidly restore these functions and services for disaster management.
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Harbor Branch ECC Takes Students to Ocean Floor of Hawaii
A new graduate course is allowing FAU students to see Hawaii's ocean floor without leaving Harbor Branch.
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Scientists Study Phytoplankton in the Pacific
A team of researchers from FAU Harbor Branch conducted experiments to better understand phytoplankton in the Pacific Ocean.
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Hoot/Wisdom's Album Receives Latin GRAMMY Nomination
FAU faculty and students in the Department of Music received two Latin GRAMMY nominations.