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FAU Celebrates Fall 2020 Graduates
Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,900 degrees for the fall 2020 semester in a special virtual ceremony.
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FAU Offers K-12 Teachers Free Course on Tips to Teach Online
To address the many challenges of teaching during the pandemic, FAU's College of Education is offering a free eight-hour online certificate course for K-12 teachers to assist them with teaching online.
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FAU Receives Grant to Study Health Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms
A Florida Department of Health grant will help FAU researchers to evaluate health effects of exposure to harmful algal blooms in Florida and possible increased susceptibility in those infected with COVID-19.
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FAU’S LAWRENCE TOLL AMONG WORLD’S MOST ‘HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS’
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named by The Web of Science(TM) among its most Highly Cited Researchers(TM). His publications rank in the top 1 percent by citations according to Clarivate(TM).
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FAU's Lawrence Toll Among World's Most 'Highly Cited Researchers'
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named by The Web of Science(TM) among its most Highly Cited Researchers(TM). His publications rank in the top 1 percent by citations according to Clarivate(TM).
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FAU Shatters Research Funding Record for First Quarter of Fiscal Year
FAU saw a whopping 92 percent increase in research funding in the first three months of fiscal year 2020-2021 compared to the same timeframe in 2019-2020.
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Stunning Discovery Finds Bonefish Dive 'Deep' into the Abyss to Spawn
Using active acoustic telemetry and sonar data, FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators are the first to track a shallow water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn and provide detailed documentation.
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Kurt Wallach Awarded Honorary Doctorate from FAU
FAU has awarded Kurt Wallach an honorary doctorate in humane letters in recognition of his lifelong commitment to Holocaust education and his extraordinary achievements in the face of unimaginable obstacles.
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FAU RECEIVES NIH GRANT TO ENHANCE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN OLDER ADULTS
FAU neuroscience, physics and nursing researchers have received a grant from the National Institute of Aging to test a mathematical model designed to optimize social and physical engagement in older adults.
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FAU Receives NIH Grant to Enhance Social Engagement in Older Adults
FAU neuroscience, physics and nursing researchers have received a grant from the National Institute of Aging to test a mathematical model designed to optimize social and physical engagement in older adults.