FAU's Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Lands Coveted NSF CAREER Award
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
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
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
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."
U.S. Rents Moderating, but Affordability Issues Linger
December 2022 rents fell in 71 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas even as markets in Florida remain overvalued and unaffordable for many consumers
Interplay Between Sleep, Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation
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, Broward Health to Partner on Academic Medicine
FAU and Broward Health have announced a partnership to provide academic medicine to Broward County, and to collaborate on education, clinical training and practice, health services administration, and research.
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Opens in Jupiter
FAU celebrated the opening of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, heralding a new era in neuroscience and education.
Hate Crime Legislation Vague and Inconsistent Among 50 U.S. States
FAU researchers analyzed 271 statutes from all 50 U.S. states and found that every state legislates hate crimes differently, resulting in differential justice in these cases.
Effects of Resistance Training in Older Adults at the Cellular Level
FAU researchers conducted a study to explore the effects of resistance training in older adults, taking research one step further in helping to elucidate the benefits of exercise in this population.