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How Dolphins and Whales Fight Disease Threats
A groundbreaking study from FAU's Harbor Branch reveals how dolphins, whales and other cetaceans compete for survival in an evolutionary "arms race" with changing pathogenic threats like Red Tide.
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Study Uncovers 'Sextortion' Prevalence in Teens
A study on sextortion, the fastest-growing cyberthreat to children, is the first to empirically examine the prevalence of this behavior among adolescents across the United States.
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Hispanics' Consumer Confidence Improves as Optimism Grows
Consumer confidence among Hispanics in the U.S. improved in the third quarter of 2018 as optimism has grown about their financial situation as well as the U.S. economy as a whole, a new FAU Index finds.
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Diplomacy Program Students Attend World Leadership Forum
Five students in the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at FAU recently traveled to New York City to attend the Foreign Policy Association's World Leadership Forum.
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Harriet L.Wilkes Honors College Receives Top National Rating
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College (WHC) of Florida Atlantic University recently received a top rating in the fall 2018 edition of Inside Honors.
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"Sea-Level Rise Resilience Collaborations" at FAU MetroLAB
Environmental studies' researchers, organizations, business leaders and elected officials recently discussed sea-level rise resilience efforts at the FAU MetroLAB in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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Study Pinpoints Pathway Impacting Autism Features
A team of FAU scientists has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway.
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Osher LLI at FAU Jupiter Presents FAU Theatre Lab
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter will present FAU's Theatre Lab's Playwright's Forum Series, which begins Wednesday, Oct. 17.
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FAU First in Florida to Partner with Barron's in Education
FAU's College of Business announces new partnership with Barron's in Education program, sponsored by wealth management firm PagnatoKarp, whose founder and CEO Paul A. Pagnato is an FAU alumnus.
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