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HARRIET L. WILKES HONORS COLLEGE LAUNCHES THE MORTON RESEARCH FORUM
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Research Park at Florida Atlantic University® Companies Named Honorees
GrowFL has announced that 4ocean, PBC, Aventusoft and MPLT Healthcare, all companies within the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University®, are "2020 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees."
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Very Hungry and Angry, Caterpillars Head-butt to Get What They Want
An FAU study shows that when food is scarce, monarch butterfly caterpillars go from peaceful feeders to aggressive fighters. The results look something like a combination of boxing and "bumper" cars.
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Endangered Juvenile Smalltooth Sawfish Found in St. Lucie River
FAU Harbor Branch and FWC scientists successfully caught, tagged and released a juvenile smalltooth sawfish in the Indian River Lagoon - a major step for sawfish research and recovery efforts in Florida.
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FAU Brain Postdoctoral Fellow Receives Pilot Grant to Study Behavioral Changes in Mice Related to Autism and ADHD
Lorena B. Areal, Ph.D., a FAU Brain postdoctoral fellow, received a pilot grant to evaluate, through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), network-level changes in the brain that might underlie behavioral changes observed in genetically engineered mice expressing the DAT Val559 mutation.
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FAU Announces Largest Gift in School's History
Florida Atlantic University officially announced today that it has received its largest gift in school history - a $20 million gift from benefactors Kurt and Marilyn Wallach.
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FAU and Memorial Healthcare System Establish Research Partnership
FAU and Memorial Healthcare System have formed a research partnership, which combines their expertise and resources in clinical research, clinical trials, basic research and translational biomedical research.
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FAU Lecture "Mascots: Native American Representation in Sports"
The controversy over Indigenous mascots has been a part of U.S. cultural conversations for decades and now it looms ever larger in our public consciousness.
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It's Not Too Late to Cast Your Vote...For Best FAU Research Images
FAU is giving everyone the chance to cast their votes (again), but this time for the best images captured by its researchers in a contest that highlights work from across all of FAU's 10 colleges.
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Dopamine Surge Reveals How Even for Mice, 'There's No Place Like Home'
A study by FAU neuroscientists demonstrates how 'coming home' produces a signal of comfort in mice and is the first to show that home evokes a surge of dopamine that mimics the response to a dose of cocaine.