FAU Jupiter News
![When asked to rate the state’s preparedness, 68 percent of Floridians said it was good to excellent. Debris cleanup efforts got slightly lower ratings, with 56 percent of respondents saying it was good to excellent and 17 percent calling it poor.](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/floridians-pleased-with-irma-response-newsdesk.jpg)
Most Floridians Pleased with Hurricane Irma Response
A majority of Floridians are pleased with the state's preparedness for and response to Hurricane Irma and believe it will boost Gov. Rick Scott's expected 2018 run for the U.S. Senate, according to an FAU poll.
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Osher LLI Presents Diabetes 101 Lecture Series
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU in Jupiter will present a free lecture series on diabetes prevention and management beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 9:30 a.m. at FAU, Jupiter.
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FAU Tech Runway Celebrates Annual Maverick Reception
FAU Tech Runway® recently celebrated its 2017 Maverick Reception at FAU Tech Runway in Boca Raton.
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Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Receives Gift
The $125,000 gift from the Board of the Feminist Scholarship Fund, Inc. will support educational and research opportunities for WGSS students and faculty.
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Study Shows Alarming Number of Teens Cyberbully Themselves
A new form of self-harm in youth has emerged and is cause for concern. "Digital self-harm," where adolescents post, send or share mean things about themselves anonymously online, could be a cry for help.
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Home Mask Relations-A Social Art Project by Isabel Berglund
This participatory art project explores the social spaces of "togetherness," "relationships" and "home."
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FAU Unveils New Medical Simulation Center
FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to observe the official launch of its newly expanded, 15,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center.
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FAU Lab Schools Named 'Schools of Excellence'
FAU's A.D. Henderson University School, FAU High School and Palm Pointe Educational Research School at Tradition have been named Schools of Excellence.
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FAU Launches Graduate Neuroscience Training Program
Florida Atlantic University's Brain Institute is now accepting applications for its new Graduate Neuroscience Training Program, which will begin in fall 2018.
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FAU Contributes to Groundbreaking Discovery
Methods developed by FAU's numerical relativity group contributed to a recent groundbreaking discovery of merging neutron stars.