FAU Jupiter News
![Researcher, College of Medicine, Brain Institute](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/toll-lawrence-newsdesk.jpg)
Leading Addiction Researcher Joins FAU
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a renowned scientist whose research focuses on the management of pain and drug addiction through pharmacology and new drug discovery, recently joined FAU.
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FAU's Schools Receives U.S. Department of Education Grant
Florida Atlantic University Schools (FAUS) recently received the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program Grant to study, enhance and replicate FAUS' highly successful early college model.
![The research study, published by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is the first rigorous analysis of how recovery from the financial crisis affected bank lending to small U.S. businesses.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/small-business-lending-study-newsdesk.jpg)
Study Finds Bank Lending to Small Businesses Still Depressed
Bank lending to small businesses, a major contributor to local economies and job creation around the country, is still depressed several years after the end of the U.S. financial crisis that started in 2008.
![The Boot Camp is open to all students, staff and the community.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/entrepreneur-boot-camp-spring-2018-newsdesk.jpg)
FAU to Offer Entrepreneur Boot Camp on Wednesday Nights
This fast-paced certificate course empowers promising entrepreneurs and ambitious small business owners.
![Sea Turtles, Sex Ratio Study, Conservation, Climate Change](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/sex-ratio-turtle-nd.jpg)
Study Shows Male Sea Turtles are Vanishing Closer to Home
Male sea turtles are disappearing and not just in Australia. FAU researchers are the first to show why and how moisture in addition to heat affects the development and sex ratios of turtle embryos.
![Pictured from left to right: Cheryl Burke Jarvis, Christopher Boudreaux, Kaelin Kelley, John Kelly, Susan Smith, Cali Myers, Chris Myers, Shawn Smith-Myers, Daniel Gropper, and Maria Trajano.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/phil-smith-hall-dedication-newsdesk.jpg)
FAU Dedicates Phil Smith Hall and Center for Free Enterprise
Family, friends and colleagues of the late South Florida businessman and philanthropist Phil Smith gathered with the FAU community to dedicate Phil Smith Hall and the Center for Free Enterprise.
![The study provides systematic evidence that some nursing homes are inflating the self-reported measures in Medicare’s star rating system.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/nursing-homes-inflate-ratings-newsdesk.jpg)
Nursing Homes Gaming System to Improve Medicare Star Ratings
Study by FAU and UConn faculty finds some nursing homes inflate their self-assessment reporting to improve their score in the Five-Star Quality Rating System employed by Medicare to help consumers.
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FAU Jupiter Campus Welcomes Renowned Author and Photographer
FAU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, in collaboration with FAU's Brain Institute, Jupiter Life Science Initiative and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, will present a lecture Bill Hayes.
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FAU Celebrates MLK Day with Series of Events
Florida Atlantic University will host a series of events in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day from Monday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan. 19.
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Theatre Lab Receives Three Carbonell Award Nominations
The nominations went to Niki Fridh for best supporting actor in "Most Wanted"; Kent Barrett for best scenic design in "Motherland"; and Karen Stephens for best actress in "Motherland."