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FAU Rockets to Top of BOG Performance Funding Model

By | March 16, 2016

FAU today was ranked as the top-performing public university in the state by The Florida Board of Governors (BOG), which oversees the State University System.

Alumni Association Announces 2015-16 Executive Committee and New Board Members

By | July 13, 2015

The Florida Atlantic University Alumni Association (FAUAA) Board recently announced its 2015-16 executive committee.

First Video Footage of Monkey Population Nearing Extinction

By | February 1, 2017

Using remote sensing cameras and sound recorders, FAU scientists are the first to capture rare video footage of a newly discovered population of critically endangered monkeys in a remote region in the world.

Eleanor R. Baldwin Donates $1 Million to Athletic Complex

By | October 9, 2015

- Eleanor R. Baldwin, a longtime benefactor of FAU and FAU Athletics, has donated $1 million to name the History and Tradition Hall.

U.S. Department of Education Awards FAU $4.4 Million Grant

By | October 26, 2016

This Hispanic Serving Institution project (Title III) will increase underrepresented Hispanics in computer-related careers, and facilitate successful post-degree employment or graduate school enrollment.

FAU Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution

By | February 7, 2017

FAU has received federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, which only is awarded to colleges and universities with enrollment of full-time Hispanic undergraduate students of at least 25 percent.

FAU Brain Institute Designated 'Nikon Center Of Excellence'

By | December 1, 2016

Florida Atlantic University's Brain Institute in Jupiter is now home to a Nikon Center of Excellence.

FAU Receives $2 Million Grant for Advanced Nursing Program

By | August 30, 2016

FAU's College of Nursing will use the grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to grow South Florida's primary care workforce and address unmet health care needs of underserved populations.

FAU-Max Planck Sign Innovative Agreement

By | October 28, 2015

FAU and Max Planck have signed an innovative agreement to facilitate a research and education program that will recruit promising scientists to FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter.

FAU Honors Brent Burns as 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee

By | May 4, 2016

Alumni from eight of FAU's colleges were honored for their career accomplishments, and Brent Burns, B.B.A. '81, was introduced as the 2016 inductee into the FAUAA Hall of Fame.