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![Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Dean, New Dean, Safiya George, Ph.D., Nursing Education, Nursing Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/safiya-george-newsdesk.jpg)
April 24, 2019
FAU has named Safiya George, Ph.D., as the new dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. George is a leading scholar in the fields of HIV research, spirituality, religion and health.
![Instagram, Microbiology, Communicating Science, Water Bear, Tardigrade, Microscope, Microscopic](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/hines-microbiology-newsdesk.jpg)
February 27, 2019
Hunter Hines is using Instagram at a global scale to engage audiences in scientific exchange. He has come up with the right formula for success and is encouraging other scientists to follow suit.
![Bottlenose Dolphins, Indian River Lagoon, Seagrass, Juvenile Dolphin, Radio-tracking](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/juvenile-dolphin-newsdesk.jpg)
February 21, 2019
The most extensive radio-tracking effort of Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins, reveals new information about how they use their habitats, spend their time, and interact with their own species.
![Goliath Grouper, Undersea Surveillance, Acoustic Monitoring, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Monitoring Technologies](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/goliath-grouper-newsdesk.jpg)
February 20, 2019
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded FAU's Harbor Branch up to $5 million to detect undersea threats. The stealthy and exceptionally large Goliath grouper is the focus of this project.
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February 05, 2019
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (February 5, 2019) – Scientists with Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute partnered with 4Ocean, Navocean and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observation System (GCOOS),...
![Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Computers, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/nsf-ai-lab-newsdesk.jpg)
January 10, 2019
Led by researchers in FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU will establish Florida's first NSF-funded Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Training and Research Laboratory.
![TACKLING HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS](/hboi/images/sullivan2.jpeg)
January 07, 2019
For roughly 30 years, Jim Sullivan was a research scientist answering questions about the ocean and its most miniature creatures, plankton. Jim earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in biological oceanography with specializations...
![Groupers, Endangered Species, Acoustic Monitoring Systems, Deep Neural Networks, Marine Science, Engineering, Nassau Grouper](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/nassau-grouper-newsdesk.jpg)
December 12, 2018
Researchers from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science and FAU's Harbor Branch have developed a novel technique to identify groupers by their sounds or grouper calls using deep neural networks.
![Marine Environment, Mussels, Marine Animals, Conservation, Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/mussel-newsdesk.jpg)
October 23, 2018
A first-of-its-kind study has identified the connection between microplastics, marine aggregates and marine animals, which has important implications for the fate of plastic particles in marine environments.
![Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins, Indian River Lagoon, FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Pathogens, Environment](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/hboi-immunity-dolphins-aerial.jpg)
October 10, 2018
A groundbreaking study from FAU's Harbor Branch reveals how dolphins, whales and other cetaceans compete for survival in an evolutionary "arms race" with changing pathogenic threats like Red Tide.