NEWS ARCHIVE


Early Disinterest in School Snowballs into Academic, Social Problems

By | November 18, 2022

A prior study by a researcher at FAU and collaborators found starting off on the wrong foot academically, particularly with math and reading, cascades into peer problems during the first years of school.

Harmful Algal Toxins Found in Bull Sharks in the Indian River Lagoon

By | November 17, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to measure multiple baseline concentrations of phycotoxins from harmful algal blooms in bull sharks from Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

Scientists Land $3 Million NSF Grant to Empower Coral Reef Monitoring

By | November 16, 2022

FAU researchers and collaborators have received a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to uncover complex biological systems and develop tools to globally document coral reef health changes.

New Critical Period of Sex Determination in Sea Turtles Identified

By | November 15, 2022

A new study by FAU and collaborators finds the missing link between temperature of the incubation environment and sea turtle sex ratios for temperature-dependent embryonic sex determination.

FAU's Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Receives National Science Educator Award

By | November 15, 2022

Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., FAU's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute executive director, recently received the Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) 2022 prestigious Science Educator Award.

FAU Lands U.S. Department of Defense Grant for Powerful Imaging Tool

By | November 1, 2022

Researchers have received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures.

Climate Change Consensus Endures in Florida

By | October 19, 2022

Seven sequenced FAU surveys since October 2019 paint a comprehensive picture of Floridians' climate resilience attitudes during a period of particularly dynamic political, economic and environmental events.

FAU, Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate on Conservation

By | October 12, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into a unique agreement to advance marine science and endangered species research worldwide from the tropics to the Arctic.

FAU-MAX PLANCK JOINT PROGRAM CREATES NEW M.D./PH.D. DUAL DEGREE

By | October 4, 2022

FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and the Schmidt College of Science, along with the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, signed the new M.D./Ph.D. joint neuroscience program into effect.

FAU Faculty Experts for Hurricane Ian

By | September 30, 2022

Several Florida Atlantic University faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding Hurricane Ian.