FAU Jupiter News
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Graduate Nursing Programs Earn Top Rankings
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing ranks No. 32 and No. 54 in latest 'U.S. News & World Report' national ranking of best graduate nursing programs.
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Public Ethics Academy Honored By Palm Beach County
The Public Ethics Academy at FAU has been honored by the Palm Beach County Commission with a proclamation naming April "Ethics Awareness Month."
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FAU Medical Students Celebrate at 'Match Day'
The soon-to-be graduates in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine participated in a "rite of passage" to find out where they will be spending the next several years of medical training as residents.
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Voice Pitch Sways Voters, Doesn't Result in Better Leaders
People with lower-pitched voices are more likely to win elected office because they are believed to be superior leaders. A new study examines if voice pitch is a reliable signal of leadership quality.
![Embedded housing pricing indices in the Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index show housing prices, which have been rising steadily since 2012 in most parts of the country, have begun to slow.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/buy-vs-rent-march-2018-newsdesk.jpg)
Signs Pointing Toward a Peak in the U.S. Real Estate Cycle
Most U.S. housing markets are approaching a peak in the real estate cycle, but there's little evidence to suggest prices will plummet as they have in the past, according to a national index from FAU and FIU.
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Osher LLI at FAU Announces Spring Schedule
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU in Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the spring semester.
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Local Neuroscientists Gather for SYNAPSE 2018
FAU's JLSI hosted "SYNAPSE 2018," an annual neuroscience networking event for students and scientists in collaboration with Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Florida Research Institute.
![Sick Leave, Flu Shots, Preventive Care, U.S. Workers](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/sick-leave-study-newsdesk.jpg)
Paid Sick Days Impact Use of Preventive Care Like Flu Shots
A new study is the first to measure the link between an employee's number of paid sick leave days and the use of vital preventive health care services like getting a flu shot.
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Research Park at FAU Re-Elects Officers
The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University recently re-elected its 2018 officers.
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They're Back! Shark Migration Season Begins in S.E. Florida
Blacktip sharks are headed south in the largest migration in U.S. coastal waters. Researchers estimate the population of these "snowbirds of the sea" to be one-third of what they have seen in previous years.