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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

November 2024

Top Story: MediaLab@FAU , a community journalism initiative in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward, a national initiative aimed at revitalizing local news and strengthening communities. MediaLab@FAU was launched in September 2023 by Ilene Prusher, senior instructor of multimedia journalism. It’s been estimated that MediaLab’s articles reached upward of 25 million people based on potential online exposure of its articles in its first year. More...

Research Thursdays Archive

Research Thursdays - The Research of Andrés Espinoza Agurto Focuses on the Music of the Caribbean, Latin America and Latinxs in the United States

March 25, 2021

A recent article by Espinoza Agurto analyzes the importance of the Batá Drums in Cuba and interviews Master Drummer Joseito Fernandez Hernandez...

Justin Bernstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and member of FAU’s Center for the Future Mind

Research Thursdays - Justin Bernstein's Research focuses on questions in political philosophy, bioethics and the intersection of the two

March 11, 2021

Bernstein co-authored an ethics framework designed to help the CDC make recommendations about who should be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine...

Research Thursdays - Anthropology Professors Valentina Martinez and Michael Harris Work to Preserve Cultural Heritage in Coastal Ecuador

March 04, 2021

Martinez and Harris were awarded a grant from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP)...

Research Thursdays - FAU’s Theatre Lab Receives Heckscher Foundation for Children Grant

February 25, 2021

The grant funds the Future PAGES, the @Center, LabRATS and the Teaching Artist Institute educational outreach programs at Theatre Lab...

Research Thursdays - Department of Anthropology and the Florida Public Archaeology Network Host Archaeology Bootcamp Program

February 18, 2021

The program is part of a grant from the Bureau of Land Management for archaeology and public interpretation...

Aimee Arias, associate professor of Political Science and associate dean for Research and Creative Achievement

Research Thursdays - Aimee Arias received a Jean Monnet Project Grant from the European Union to create a South Florida High School Model European Union (SFHSMEU)

February 11, 2021

This project is made possible with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union...

Jason Sharples, Associate Professor of History

Research Thursdays - National Endowment for the Humanities Funds Historian’s Research

February 04, 2021

Jason Sharples is one of 21 scholars nationally to win an NEH Award for Faculty...

Image: (left) Amy Broderick; (right) detail from award-winning photograph Prism

Research Thursdays - Photograph by Amy Broderick Places First in National Competition

January 28, 2021

The prize awarded was the exhibition’s highest honor from among more than 650 submitted works...

Carol Prusa, Domus, Silverpoint, acrylic on elliptical acrylic dome, 48 x 24 x 12 inches, 2011

Research Thursdays - Carol Prusa Awarded 2020 Manifest Prize

December 17, 2020

The prize was created to “reward, showcase, celebrate, and document the most exceptional artwork being made today”...

Research Thursdays - Book Co-Edited by Taylor Hagood Recognized by “Choice” Magazine

December 11, 2020

"Swamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies"expands the geographical scope of scholarship about southern swamps - LSU Press...