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Your source for the latest Owl Research and Innovation news.

10/29/2020

Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, talks about NEEMO 23: Simulating Space Exploration in a Real-life Undersea Environment … Read More.

Fulbright Scholar Announced

10/28/2020

Faculty to Research and Teach at University of Cyprus … Read More

http://chemistry.fau.edu/news/terentis-fulbright/index.php

Ocean Discovery

Lynda Rysavy 10/27/2020

FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Delivers Marine Science Education to Record Number of Children … Read More

http://www.fau.edu/research/fau-research-daily/ocean-discovery-hboi.php

Business Spotlight: Designing for a New World

David Lewellen 10/26/2020

The Florida Small Business Development Center at FAU Assists Fashion Designing Company And New Designer Face Masks … Read More

http://www.fau.edu/research/fau-research-daily/business-spotlight-designing-for-a-new-world.php

New Faculty Spotlight: Changing the Perception of a Culture

Jenifer Rankin |10/23/2020

Embracing Diversity and the Struggles Within Literature … Read More

http://www.fau.edu/research/fau-research-daily/new-faculty-spotlight-changing-the-perception-of-a-culture.php

Passionate Futures of FAU High School Students

Multimedia Professor's Film Goes Global

10/22/2020

Americaville Screens Worldwide Despite the Pandemic … Read More

http://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/research/articles/research-thursdays-smith-americaville-screened-internationally/

Celebrating our Scaly Friends

Bethany Augliere |10/21/2020

Day Commemorates Research and Conservation of More Than 10,000 Cold-Blooded Species … Read More

http://www.fau.edu/research/fau-research-daily/reptile-awareness.php

EVENTS

Oct. 29, 2020

Educational Excellence:
Race, Ethnicity and
the Community

Nov. 2, 2020

Remembering to Move:
Transcriptional Memory Mechanisms Driving
the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition

Nov. 4, 2020

On the Road Again

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Nov. 5, 2020

100 Year Mystery:
What Causes
Alzheimer’s Disease?

Nov. 9, 2020

• Innovation Through Bio-inspired Systems

• Adult Second Language Pronunciation

Nov. 14, 2020

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latest industry trends and more.

Nov. 19, 2020

SAVE THE DATE:
Maverick Reception

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NEWS DESK

October 29, 2020

Boo! How Do Mexican Cavefish Escape Predators?

A few fish, like Mexican cavefish, have evolved in unique environments without predators. A study on escape evolution reveals vast differences in startle reflex responses between cavefish populations.

October 29, 2020

Remdesivir for COVID-19: FDA Approved but Still Unproven

FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers reviewed the most reliable data from remdesivir randomized trials. In a commentary, they conclude that effective public health strategies are more urgently needed.

RECENTLY AWARDED GRANTS

Updated 10/22/2020

Brammer, Sean
Adminstration and Finance
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
$62,572

Tognoli, E.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
National Institute of Mental Health
$657,900

Laureano-Rosario, A.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
IRL Council
$94,580

McFarland, M.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
IRL Council
$50,000

Grant, P.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
US Department of Defense
$149,500

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PUBLISHED BOOKS & CHAPTERS

Plato’s Caves: The Liberating Sting of Cultural Diversity
Rebecca LeMoine Ph.D.
October 2020

The World That Fear Made: Slave Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in Early America
Jason T. Sharples, Ph.D.
September 2020

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