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Study First to Link Weed Killer Roundup® to Convulsions in Animals

By | August 23, 2022

FAU and NSU researchers are the first to link the use of the herbicide Roundup®, the world's most commonly used herbicide by volume and by land-area treated, to convulsions in animals.

Study First to Explore 'Walking' Shark Movements in Early Life Stages

By | August 18, 2022

A newly-discovered walking shark that breaks all of the rules for survival is the focus of the first study to explore differences in walking and swimming in these neonate (newly-hatched) and juvenile sharks.

FAU Seeks Older Participants for Aging and Memory Study

By | August 16, 2022

FAU researchers are conducting a study in adults 60 and older to improve public health by providing information about how human memory changes with age - and you can help.

FAU Survey: Firms Expect Supply Chain Woes to Wane

By | August 16, 2022

Supply-chain delays and shortages that have hampered deliveries since the COVID-19 pandemic could soon be easing, according to a business survey by a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.

New $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes

By | August 10, 2022

FAU has landed a major National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center with Columbia University, Rutgers University, the University of Central Florida, and Lehman College.

FAU Celebrates Summer 2022 Commencement

By | August 9, 2022

Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 1,800 degrees on Tuesday, Aug. 9 during four commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.

Water Quality Woes in S.W. Florida Linked to Seeping Septic Systems

By | August 9, 2022

Multiple lines of evidence from a multi-year microbial source tracking study by FAU Harbor Branch researchers points to septic systems as a contributing source for water quality decline in southwest Florida.

Greater Empathy in Adolescents Helps Prevent Bias-based Cyberbullying

By | August 8, 2022

A study by FAU researcher Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., is the first to explore empathy types in early adolescents and its relationship to race-based and religion-based online bullying.

Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Honors Educators

By | August 8, 2022

The Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at FAU recently announced the Gutterman Family Outstanding Holocaust Educator Awards for 2022.

FAU Names New Dean of Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

By | August 4, 2022

Florida Atlantic University has announced Valery Forbes, Ph.D., as its new dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, effective Aug. 10.