NEWS ARCHIVE


Tiny Treadmills Help Test Sea Turtle Hatchling Stamina

By | December 19, 2017

Disoriented sea turtle hatchlings take hours instead of minutes to get to the ocean from their nests. A new study is the first to test the physiological effects of this extended crawling on swimming ability.

FAU Online MBA Student Takes Home Top Prize in Competition

By | December 18, 2017

Jazmin Campos-Chiodin won the X-Culture Business Proposal Elevator Pitch Award at the 2017 AIB-SE conference in Washington D.C., where students from around the world pitched a business idea in a real elevator.

FAU Celebrates Fall 2017 Commencement

By | December 14, 2017

Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,790 degrees today and tomorrow during five commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.

FAU Receives 2017 Urban Education Impact Award

By | December 13, 2017

FAU, Broward County Public Schools and the School District of Palm Beach County received the 2017 Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award.

NIH Awards $4 Million to FAU for Prescription Opioid Study

By | December 13, 2017

A researcher from the Schmidt College of Medicine is conducting a novel study to figure out if there is a unique genetic signature of patients who are most susceptible to prescription opioid-use disorder.

Randy Blakely and Amy Wright Named as 2017 NAI Fellows

By | December 12, 2017

Randy Blakely, Ph.D. and Amy Wright, Ph.D. have been named NAI Fellows.

FAU and Max Planck Unveil First-of-its-kind Honors Program

By | December 11, 2017

FAU President John Kelly, Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann, and David Fitzpatrick, CEO of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), announced a new partnership between FAU and MPFI.

Osher LLI at FAU Jupiter Announces Winter Course Schedule

By | December 6, 2017

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the winter semester.

Good Deals Much Harder to Find in Tight U.S. Housing Market

By | December 5, 2017

The really good deals on homes are becoming increasingly harder to find as the U.S. housing market remains ever so slightly in buy territory, according to the latest national index produced by FAU and FIU.

FAU High Student Named to 'Forbes' '30 Under 30' List

By | December 4, 2017

Florida Atlantic University High School junior Hannah Herbst has been named to the 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the energy sector.