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Osher LLI at FAU Announces Winter Course Schedule
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the winter semester, which begins Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
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FAU and South Florida PBS Partner for New Season of 'Star Gazers'
Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at FAU will serve as series consultant for "Star Gazers," the world's only weekly television series on naked eye astronomy since 1976.
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FAU Ranks in Top 50 in Top Programs for Entrepreneurs
FAU has been recognized as one of the top programs for entrepreneurship studies, according to the latest rankings from The Princeton Review.
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FAU College of Business to Honor Rita and Rick Case
FAU's College of Business will host the 28th annual Business Leaders of the Year breakfast on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 at 8 a.m., at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 East Camino Real, in Boca Raton.
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Regular Use of Pain, Sleep Prescriptions Linked to High Frailty Risk
A novel study by FAU and the Oregon Research Institute is the first to show that regular use of prescription drugs for pain and sleep increases frailty risk in older adults by 95 percent.
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U.S. HHS Secretary Names María Ordóñez to Alzheimer's Council
Alex M. Azar II, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, recently named FAU's María de los Ángeles Ordóñez, DNP, APRN to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services.
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Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year
A study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea by using simulated sunlight to explore removal mechanisms, microbial impacts and lifetimes of select microplastics on the ocean surface.
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FAU Partners with St. Lucie Public Schools
FAU and St. Lucie Public Schools recently collaborated to develop the Social, Wellness, and Emotional Learning Leaders program designed to increase the number of school counselors in SLPS high needs schools.
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New Board of Trustees Appointment, Re-appointment
The Florida Board of Governors has appointed Elycia Morris and reappointed Dr. Michael Dennis to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees.
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Trump Unpopular with Hispanics in Florida in New FAU Poll
U.S. President Donald Trump's approval ratings are underwater among Hispanics in Florida, according to a statewide survey of voters conducted by FAU BEPI.