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![Trick-or-treat for Halloween? Here's What You Need to Know](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/trick-or-treat-newsdesk.jpg)
October 08, 2020
Terry Adirim, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine, answers some of the most frequently asked questions and offers tips regarding COVID-19 and "trick-or-treating" during the pandemic.
![FAU Moves Up in 'U.S. News & World Report's' List of Top Universities](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/usnews2020.jpg)
September 14, 2020
Florida Atlantic University moved up in the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Public Schools," to No. 136 in this year's ranking of the nation's best universities. FAU ranked No. 140 in 2020.
![High-risk Patients for Colorectal Cancer Lack Colonoscopy Knowledge](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/colonoscopy-newsdesk.jpg)
September 14, 2020
An FAU Schmidt College of Medicine study shows a lack of knowledge of patients with biopsy proven advanced colorectal polyps about their need for repeat colonoscopy and the proper surveillance interval.
![FAU Awarded $2.4 Million NSF Grant to Train Data Scientists](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/furht-grant-newsdesk.jpg)
September 10, 2020
Researchers from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team at FAU will train graduate students in data science technologies and applications.
![Mindfulness with Paced Breathing and Lowering Blood Pressure](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/breathing-bloodpressure-newsdesk.jpg)
September 09, 2020
Increased stress may adversely affect health and well-being. FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers and collaborators explore the possibility that mindfulness with paced breathing reduces blood pressure.
![Guilt by Dissociation: Study Sheds Light on Serotonin in Autism](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/autism-serotonin.jpg)
September 02, 2020
A study by a leading FAU neuroscientist and collaborators on serotonin, a mood-regulating molecule in the brain that regulates many brain synapses, is helping to unravel a neurotransmitter puzzle.
![COVID-19: How South Korea Prevailed While the U.S. Failed](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-ajm-hennekens-newsdesk.jpg)
August 20, 2020
In a commentary in "The American Journal of Medicine," researchers demonstrate the stark differences in public health strategies from two democratic republics: South Korea and the United States.
![FAU's New Medical Students Pledge to Combat Healthcare Disparities](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/white-coat-congrats.jpg)
August 13, 2020
FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine recently welcomed the incoming class of 2020 with a virtual White Coat Ceremony and White Coats-4-Care Donor event.
![New Study on Development of Parkinson's Disease is 'On the Nose'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/quanning.jpg)
August 03, 2020
The loss of a sense of smell is known to be one of the earliest signs of Parkinson's disease (PD). In a new study, an FAU neuroscientist and colleagues link inflammation, olfaction and pathology seen in PD.