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Harbor Branch Team Tests New Bluefin Technology
The Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology at FAU Harbor Branch is working to adapt a new technology for benthic mapping capability.
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FAU's OSD Receives Record Scholarship Funding
Florida Atlantic University's Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) has received more than $250,000 in scholarship funding for the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters, the most ever awarded to OSD.
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FAU Professor Expert in Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise
Colin Polsky, Ph.D., an expert on environmental research, is available to discuss how melting ice in the Arctic affects people, infrastructure, and ecosystems worldwide.
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Sobering Statistics on Physical Inactivity in the U.S.
Researchers have published a commentary in the American Journal of Medicine that stresses how lack of physical activity in Americans poses important clinical, public health and fiscal challenges for the nation.
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Harbor Branch Communication Team Wins State Award
The FAU Harbor Branch Communication Team recently was honored with a Judge's Award from the Florida Public Relations Association for its internal weekly eNewsletter.
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President Obama Honors FAU Alumna for Her Teaching
Robin O'Brien '14 recently earned the national Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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FAU Announces the 2015-16 Theater and Dance Season
The Department of Theater and Dance in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters to present four plays and a dance production.
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FAU Harbor Branch Installs Water Quality Monitoring Network
FAU Harbor Branch recently installed the world's largest network of land ocean biogeochemical observatory units in the Indian River Lagoon.
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O'Corry-Crowe and Team Publish Papers on Whale Research
Harbor Branch associate research professor Greg O'Corry-Crowe, Ph.D., and his Population Biology and Behavioral Ecology team recently published two papers in 'Marine Fisheries Review.'
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St. Lucie Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Units Now Online
Harbor Branch's network of remote-controlled sensors in the St. Lucie Estuary is now disseminating real-time information, available online.