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Early Disinterest in School Snowballs into Academic, Social Problems
A prior study by a researcher at FAU and collaborators found starting off on the wrong foot academically, particularly with math and reading, cascades into peer problems during the first years of school.
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Harmful Algal Toxins Found in Bull Sharks in the Indian River Lagoon
FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to measure multiple baseline concentrations of phycotoxins from harmful algal blooms in bull sharks from Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
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FAU Makes Big Jump in Entrepreneurship Rankings
Florida Atlantic University's College of Business dramatically improved its standing among the top 50 undergraduate programs for entrepreneurship studies.
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FAU Announces Estate Gift Commitments from Longtime FAU Benefactors
FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and the S. E. Wimberly Library recently announced significant estate gift commitments from longtime FAU benefactors Howard Weiner, M.D. and Judith Weiner.
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See the Comics That Inspired the New Netflix Movie 'Slumberland'
What do the new Netflix movie "Slumberland" and FAU Libraries' Jaffe Center for Book Arts have in common?
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FAU Receives $7.5 Million Gift to Name Arena
Eleanor R. Baldwin has made a $7.5 million gift commitment to Florida Atlantic University Athletics.
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Scientists Land $3 Million NSF Grant to Empower Coral Reef Monitoring
FAU researchers and collaborators have received a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to uncover complex biological systems and develop tools to globally document coral reef health changes.
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FAU Receives $10 Million Gift to Establish Eminent Dean in Nursing
Florida Atlantic University received an estate pledge of $10 million from Holli Rockwell Trubinsky and her husband Joseph Trubinsky to establish the Holli Rockwell Trubinsky Eminent Dean in Nursing.
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New Critical Period of Sex Determination in Sea Turtles Identified
A new study by FAU and collaborators finds the missing link between temperature of the incubation environment and sea turtle sex ratios for temperature-dependent embryonic sex determination.
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FAU's Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Receives National Science Educator Award
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., FAU's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute executive director, recently received the Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) 2022 prestigious Science Educator Award.