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FAU Awarded $1.8 Million Grant to Improve Pre-K English Proficiency
FAU's College of Education in collaboration with the School District of Osceola County is one of 44 institutions nationwide selected by the U.S. Department of Education to receive this grant in 2022.
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Ancient DNA Analysis Unravels the Early Peopling of South America
Using DNA from two ancient humans unearthed in two archaeological sites in northeast Brazil and powerful algorithms and genomic analyses, a study unravels the deep demographic history of South America.
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FAU Lands U.S. Department of Defense Grant for Powerful Imaging Tool
Researchers have received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures.
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Nurse-led Mobile Health Unit Will Bring 'CARE' Where It's Needed Most
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has received a $3.9 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to create healthier populations in rural and medically underserved regions.
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FAU Lands $1.2 Million NSF Grant to Transform Prosthetic Hand Control
The College of Engineering and Computer Science project combines AI, machine learning, biosensors and automated training to empower amputees to control the full dexterity of artificial hands.
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Climate Change Consensus Endures in Florida
Seven sequenced FAU surveys since October 2019 paint a comprehensive picture of Floridians' climate resilience attitudes during a period of particularly dynamic political, economic and environmental events.
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Needs, Challenges for COVID-19 Boosters and Other Vaccines in the U.S.
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers have published a commentary in "The American Journal of Medicine" to provide the most updated guidance to health care providers on boosters and vaccines.
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Pandemic Escalated Teen Cyberbullying - Asian Americans Targeted Most
Until now, no research has explored cyberbullying trends among youth in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially whether Asian American youth were disproportionately targeted.
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FAU, Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate on Conservation
FAU Harbor Branch and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into a unique agreement to advance marine science and endangered species research worldwide from the tropics to the Arctic.
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Study Shows Increasing Firearm Deaths Among Texas School-age Children
FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators investigated firearm-related deaths in Texas from 1999 to 2020 and found 4,090 firearm fatalities among school-age children 5 to 18 years.