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WHC Names New Associate Dean of Student Affairs

By | June 30, 2022

appointed Rachel Luria, MFA, associate professor of Rhetoric and Composition, to associate dean of Student Affairs. "Professor Luria has done an outstanding job in an acting capacity over the last year, bringing new energy and innovation to her role and to the operations of the college," Perry...

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FAU's María de los Ángeles Ortega to Lead Nursing Clinical Care

By | June 29, 2022

Dr. Ortega will lead clinical care at FAU's Green Memory and Wellness Center and the FAU and Northwest Community Health Alliance's Community Health Center, operated by the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

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Data Transparency and Health Equity Study in U.S. COVID-19 Response

By | June 29, 2022

FAU researchers conducted a study examining data transparency and compared how state responses varied in their COVID-19 reporting of health metrics and ethnicity metrics.

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Seat Assignments Drive Friendships Among Elementary School Children

By | June 28, 2022

A new study is the first to show that classroom seat assignments have important implications for children's friendships and the enormous influence that teachers wield over the interpersonal lives of children.

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New Tool Will Assess Water Discharge Impacts from Florida's Everglades

By | June 22, 2022

Researchers from FAU Harbor Branch have received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the connectivity between the Everglades and Florida Keys via the Florida Bay.

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FAU Health Network Quickly Adds More Partners

By | June 17, 2022

Several South Florida leading hospitals and patient care providers have joined the FAU Health Network's groundbreaking collaboration to greatly benefit the region.

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FAU Receives 2022 Innovation Award from Encoura Eduventures Research

By | June 17, 2022

FAU has received the 2022 Innovation Award from Encoura Eduventures of Research.

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Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., Selected for Fulbright Global Scholar Award

By | June 16, 2022

Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award based on his important sociological research in rural Colombia.

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FAU Receives $1 Million Grant for Equity in Instructional Performance

By | June 15, 2022

FAU's College of Education School Leaders Program has been awarded a three-year, $1,039,041 grant from Broward County Public Schools to support two graduate degree programs.

Venture Class 10

FAU Tech Runway® Reveals its 10th Venture Class

By | June 14, 2022

FAU Tech Runway® recently hosted its annual Launch Competition, revealing its 10th class, "Venture Class 10."