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FAU Tech Runway® Reveals its Eighth Venture Class
FAU Tech Runway® recently hosted its annual Launch Competition, revealing its eighth class, "Venture Class 8."
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Honors College Students Create Innovative Electronic Art in Response to Quarantine
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors students enrolled in ART4654C Honors Electronics and Electronic Objects for Art this spring worked to create electronic projects that are poetic and innovative.
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People Didn't Wait for States to Issue Stay-at-Home Orders
Individuals, employers and local governments beat states to the punch when it came to limiting the spread of the coronavirus and shutting down much of the U.S. economy.
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Malaria Runs Like Clockwork; So Does the Parasite Causing the Disease
A researcher from FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and collaborators have discovered the source of the rhythmic life cycle for the parasite (P. falciparum ) that causes malaria.
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Academy for Community Inclusion Enhancement Grant
Florida Atlantic University's Academy for Community Inclusion (ACI) recently received a grant titled, Academy for Community Inclusion Enhancement: Expanding Florida Atlantic University's Comprehensive Transition Program, from the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities (FCSUA).
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Can't Touch This! Drone Aerial Video Shows It's 'Hammerhead' Time
Aerial video from a drone provides the first evidence of adult blacktip sharks using shallow water no more than waist deep to escape the great hammerhead along the southeast coast of Florida.
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FAU Medical Students Collect and Donate More than 23,000 PPE Items
FAU medical students collected thousands of surgical gloves, facemasks, face shields, surgical gowns, surgical caps, boot covers, sanitation supplies, and even four P100 respirators for health care workers.
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FAU Receives CARES Act Funding to Help Reduce Impact of COVID-19
Florida Atlantic University has received funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
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Graduation Celebration for Psychology and Neuroscience Students
Professors Julie Earles, Ph.D., Kevin Lanning, Ph.D., and Laura Vernon, Ph.D., hosted a surprise virtual ceremony on May 5 for Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College graduates in psychology and neuroscience.
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2020 FAU Brain Institute Graduate Features
2020 FAU Brain Institute Graduate Features