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andia-chaves-fonnegra
September 10, 2019
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine selected Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology in Florida Atlantic University’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors...
adele-stewart-narsad
September 06, 2019
The Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation (BBRF) awarded the prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator Grant to Adele Stewart, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., executive director of the FAU...
Octo Girl
September 06, 2019
As part of her recent Ph.D. research, Chelsea Bennice studied how two different octopus species co-exist. She developed a 24-hour camera to monitor the animals under the Blue Heron Bridge at Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach,...
Johanna Kowalko
August 29, 2019
While sleep is almost universal across the animal kingdom, sleep architecture and amount vary drastically between species. Further, animals alter how much they sleep in response to their environments and food availability.  A Florida...
'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
August 29, 2019
FAU researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.
Millennials, Think You're Digitally Better Than Us? Yes, Says Science
August 28, 2019
A study by FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is one of the first to examine the information technology switching prowess phenomenon in the "Net Generation," revealing some surprising results.
Who's a 'Good Boy?' Astro, FAU's Smart Robodog That's Who
August 14, 2019
What would you get if you combined Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa with Boston Dynamic's quadruped robot? You'd get "Astro," the four-legged seeing and hearing intelligent robodog.
Osher LLI at FAU Jupiter Announces Fall Course Schedule
August 06, 2019
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU Jupiter announced its course offerings for the fall semester, which begins Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Nationwide Study on Teen 'Sexting' Has Good News, Bad News
July 17, 2019
The good news is that adolescent sexting is not at epidemic levels as reported in some media headlines. The bad news is that it also has not decreased despite preventive efforts by educators and others.
Student Bebeto Amazan in the lab
July 16, 2019
Generosity helps Wilkes Honors College Senior graduate on time.