FAU Jupiter News
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FAU Hosts Afghan Scholar for Fall Semester
Mujib Mehrdad will be housed within the Department of English as a research scholar through the Scholars at Risk Network.
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Study First to Link Weed Killer Roundup® to Convulsions in Animals
FAU and NSU researchers are the first to link the use of the herbicide Roundup®, the world's most commonly used herbicide by volume and by land-area treated, to convulsions in animals.
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Study First to Explore 'Walking' Shark Movements in Early Life Stages
A newly-discovered walking shark that breaks all of the rules for survival is the focus of the first study to explore differences in walking and swimming in these neonate (newly-hatched) and juvenile sharks.
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FAU Seeks Older Participants for Aging and Memory Study
FAU researchers are conducting a study in adults 60 and older to improve public health by providing information about how human memory changes with age - and you can help.
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New Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for FAU Jupiter Campus
Florida Atlantic University named Robert W. Stackman, Jr., Ph.D., the new associate vice president for academic affairs for FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus. In this position, Stackman will be responsible for the management of all academic operations FAU Jupiter. In addition to his strategic oversight...
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Students Collaborate with Max Plank Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Undergraduate students participating in the John Nambu Memorial Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program and the National Science Foundation Summer Integrative Neuroscience Experience, led by Rod Murphey, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences, and Bethany Stanhope, Ph.D., executive...
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Summer REU Poster Symposium
Students participating in the John Nambu Memorial Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program and the National Science Foundation Summer Integrative Neuroscience Experience programs recently presented their research at the 2022 Summer REU (research experience for undergraduates) Poster...
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New $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes
FAU has landed a major National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center with Columbia University, Rutgers University, the University of Central Florida, and Lehman College.
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FAU Celebrates Summer 2022 Commencement
Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 1,800 degrees on Tuesday, Aug. 9 during four commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.
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Water Quality Woes in S.W. Florida Linked to Seeping Septic Systems
Multiple lines of evidence from a multi-year microbial source tracking study by FAU Harbor Branch researchers points to septic systems as a contributing source for water quality decline in southwest Florida.