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![Grant Helps Health Center Expand Care for Patients in Need](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fau_westgate_newsdesk.jpg)
June 28, 2016
FAU's Westgate Community Health Center has received a $600,000 grant from the Farris Foundation to increase access to nurse-led primary and mental care services for underserved populations.
![Survival of the Fittest Sperm - New Device for Infertility](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/sperm-sorting-technology.jpg)
June 16, 2016
A researcher has developed a new device for assisted reproductive technology that can quickly, easily and cost effectively select only the healthiest sperm without causing DNA damage.
![FAU Remembers Victims of Orlando Shooting](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/Orlando1.jpeg)
June 16, 2016
Florida Atlantic University is remembering the 49 victims and dozens injured in the recent Orlando mass shooting with a series of events at its Boca Raton and Davie campuses.
![Engineered Protein May Be New Approach to Treat Cancer](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/brew-diagram-newsdesk.jpg)
June 06, 2016
FAU researchers have developed a group of proteins called tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases designed as specific inhibitors of selected MMP targets that could potentially treat osteoarthritis and cancer.
![Professor Receives International 'Humanity in Science Award'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/asghar-waseem-newsdesk.jpg)
June 02, 2016
Waseem Asghar, Ph.D. received the award for his work on developing a new diagnostic biosensing platform that could be used to remotely detect and determine treatment options for HIV and other diseases.
![FAU Approved for Surgery, Emergency Medicine Residencies](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fau-gme-newsdesk.jpg)
May 23, 2016
FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received initial accreditation for residency programs in general surgery and emergency medicine, in collaboration with its member teaching hospitals.
![Physical Activity 'Magic Bullet' for Obesity, Heart Disease](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/physical-activity-newsdesk.jpg)
May 16, 2016
Professors have evaluated the totality of evidence and conclude that regular physical activity has the closest resemblance to a "magic bullet" to fight the epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
![Renowned Neuroscientist to Lead FAU's New Brain Institute](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/blakely-randy-2016.jpg)
May 10, 2016
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., a renowned neuroscientist and leading expert in synaptic pharmacology, neurotransmitter transporters, and neurogenetics, is at the helm of the newly-formed FAU Brain Institute.
![Fulbright Scholar Olga Bakina Graduates](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/bakina-fulbright-newsdesk.jpg)
May 06, 2016
Olga Bakina, a Fulbright scholar from the Ukraine, received her M.S. in biomedical science at FAU's graduation ceremony this morning. Bakina will be pursuing a Ph.D. at Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich, Germany.