NEWS ARCHIVE


Researchers Map Wide Impacts of Fire-induced Permafrost Thaw in Alaska

By | February 14, 2023

FAU researchers have developed a new machine learning approach to quantify fire-induced thaw settlement across the entire Tanana Flats in Alaska, which encompasses more than 3 million acres.

College of Engineering and Computer Science Receives $1 Million Gift

By | February 14, 2023

FAU and Florida Power & Light Company have agreed to a four-year collaboration to establish the FPL Center for Intelligent Energy Technologies (InETech).

FAU's Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Lands Coveted NSF CAREER Award

By | February 13, 2023

With a five-year, $974,100 NSF grant, Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., will develop fundamental ecological research to understand the functional ecology and biodiversity patterns in sponge-dominated coral reefs.

Study Resolves 50-Year Dispute of Teleost Fishes Ancestral Lineage

By | February 10, 2023

FAU Harbor Branch's Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., is among a team of scientists to use genome mapping to demonstrate sister groups from a common evolutionary ancestor.

FAU Study First to Show Statewide Cannabis-related Deaths in Florida

By | February 9, 2023

Using data from 2014 to 2020, researchers from FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing analyzed deaths in Florida associated with cannabis and synthetic cannabis use.

Copy-cat? Study Explores Conformity in Children with Few Friends

By | February 7, 2023

What gives one friend influence over another and why? FAU researchers tested the theory that children with few friends protect these friendships through conformity to stay in a friend's "good graces."

FAU to Host Events in Honor of Black History Month

By | February 1, 2023

Each year, FAU observes National Black History Month by celebrating the history and contributions of its African American/Black Diaspora communities with a series of events for students, staff and faculty.

Interplay Between Sleep, Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

By | January 30, 2023

Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine have unraveled the interplay between chronic pain, sleep and spinal cord stimulation, a treatment that uses low levels of electricity to relieve pain.

FAU Honors Patrick J. Geraghty as Business Leader of the Year

By | January 27, 2023

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business honored Patrick J. Geraghty today as Business Leader of the Year.

Study: Florida Dominates List of Most Overvalued Housing Markets

By | January 25, 2023

Florida metros make up six of the 10 most overvalued housing markets in the nation.