FAU Recognized as Leader in Undergraduate Research
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected Florida Atlantic University as one of three recipients of the 2017 Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA).
FPL Donates $100,000 to FAU Tech Runway
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) continues its longstanding support of technology and innovation by announcing a $100,000 gift to help renovate the entrance to FAU Tech Runway®.
FAU Index Shows Hispanics Souring on Direction of Economy
Hispanics in the U.S. are souring on the direction of the economy and showing growing dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a new national consumer sentiment index conducted by FAU.
Study Reveals if a Child Survives or Thrives When Bullied
Why are some children devastated by bullying while others are not? A new study validates how "resilience" differentiates children who just survive bullying from those who thrive when faced with adversity.
Size Doesn't Matter - At Least for Hammerheads and Swimming
Researchers from FAU have conducted the first study to examine the whole body shape and swimming kinematics of two closely related yet very different hammerhead sharks, with some unexpected results.
Financial Awards Can Actually Discourage Whistleblowers
Financial awards can unintentionally discourage a whistleblower from reporting fraud in a timely manner by hijacking their moral motivation to do the right thing, according to a new FAU study.
Young-onset Dementia Costs Nearly Twice That of Alzheimer's
The first economic study on frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under age 60, shows that FTD inflicts a much more severe burden on families than Alzheimer's disease.
3MT® Competition to Showcase Graduate Student Research
Can an 80,000-word thesis or dissertation be explained in three minutes or less?
New Way to Assess Safety of Aging Timber Railroad Bridges
In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Harvey, researchers from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a cutting-edge way to gauge the condition of aging timber railroad bridges.
'Out-of-the-box' Thinking May Build a Better Brain
The "Dementia Prevention Initiative" abandons generalized methods used to research and treat Alzheimer's disease. The secret weapon: a novel "N-of-1 design" that personalizes medicine down to a single patient.