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![Kit Promises 'Hassle Free' Way to Test Male Fertility](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/asghar-lab-newsdesk.jpg)
February 28, 2018
To address embarrassing, inconvenient and costly male fertility testing, FAU researchers are developing a home-based kit that provides a complete semen evaluation using microfluidics, an app and a smartphone.
![FAU Brain Institute Awarded $780,000 to Launch ASCEND](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ascend-grant-newsdesk.jpg)
February 22, 2018
FAU's Brain Institute has received a $780,000 grant from the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation to launch an innovative STEM program targeted at middle and high school students in Palm Beach County.
![FAU Approved for First Fellowship in Cardiology](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/cardiology-newsdesk.jpg)
February 14, 2018
Just in time for Valentine's Day, FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received accreditation for its first fellowship in cardiology, which will be based at Delray Medical Center.
![FAU Approved for Neurology Residency Program](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/neurology-newsdesk-formatted.jpg)
February 07, 2018
FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received approval for a University-sponsored residency program in neurology, in collaboration with Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Delray Medical Center.
![Leading Addiction Researcher Joins FAU](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/toll-lawrence-newsdesk.jpg)
January 25, 2018
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a renowned scientist whose research focuses on the management of pain and drug addiction through pharmacology and new drug discovery, recently joined FAU.
![NIH Awards $4 Million to FAU for Prescription Opioid Study](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/robishaw-newsdesk.jpg)
December 13, 2017
A researcher from the Schmidt College of Medicine is conducting a novel study to figure out if there is a unique genetic signature of patients who are most susceptible to prescription opioid-use disorder.
![First-of-its-kind Bioengineered Robotic Hand to Sense Touch](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/living-robot-newsdesk.jpg)
November 14, 2017
FAU has received a $1.3 million NIH grant for a "living" robot with its own nervous system. Researchers are creating a living pathway from the robot's touch sensation to the user's brain to help amputees.
![Most Hospice Workers Don't Have an Advance Directive](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/hospice-newsdesk.jpg)
November 09, 2017
A new study finds that the majority of hospice providers don't have end-of-life wishes themselves. Procrastination, fear of the subject and costs were reported as the most common barriers.