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2023 FAU Wave Competition Awards Announced
Florida Atlantic University has announced the 2023 winners of the eighth annual FAU Wave Competition.
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Alarming Rates of Teen Suicide Continue to Increase in the U.S.
A study explored suicide rate trends among 13 to 14 year olds from 1999 to 2018. Findings show rates more than doubled from 2008 to 2018 and suggest key roles of social media, school stress and firearms.
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Florida SBDC at FAU Receives International Program Excellence Award
The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at FAU recently received the prestigious "NASBITE International 2023 Program Excellence Award" for helping to develop and promote international trade.
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FAU Among 'U.S. News'' 2023-24 'Best Graduate Programs'
Several Florida Atlantic University graduate programs are included in the latest U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Programs" for 2023-24.
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Nursing Professor to Receive International Recognition for Research
FAU's Cheryl A. Krause-Parello, Ph.D., is among 22 honorees worldwide who will be inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing's "2023 International Nurse Research Hall of Fame."
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FAU, Virtual Planet and City of West Palm Beach Unveil VR Experience
A revolutionary new virtual reality (VR) experience, "Sea Level Rise (SLR) Explorer WPB," is a simulation of the devastation that a Category 5 hurricane and sea level rise could have on West Palm Beach.
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FAU Gets $6 Million to Increase Mental Health Counselors in Schools
FAU College of Education researchers received a U.S. Department of Education grant to partner with five Florida school districts to increase the number of mental health service providers in high-need schools.
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‘Antibiotic Culture’ Permeates Intensive Care Units in U.S. Hospitals
A study by a researcher from FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters examined how ICU physicians use antibiotic therapies and the factors that influence their decision-making.
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FAU Poll: Hispanic Consumers Wary at Start of 2023
Hispanic consumers less optimistic at the beginning of 2023, concerned about the U.S. economy in the short and long term, according to a new poll from the FAU Business and Economics Polling Initiative.
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Study Compares COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among College Students
A cross-cultural study is the first to examine factors that influenced the decision to get the COVID-19 vaccine in an international sample of college students from the U.S., Israel and the Czech Republic.