NEWS ARCHIVE


Partnership Will Help 6,000 Students Have a Smoother College Commute

By | December 18, 2019

FAU has received $375,000 from The Kresge Foundation to lead a first-time transportation collaboration to improve southeast Florida's transit ecosystem for college students.

Study Examines Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women

By | December 16, 2019

A study by FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute evaluated fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and hair mercury concentrations in pregnant women in coastal Florida.

First-Generation Graduate, 18, Earns Degree in Neuroscience/Behavior

By | December 12, 2019

At just 18 years old, Jessica Baran is the first person in her family to be born in the United States and will be the first to earn a college degree.

FAU Celebrates Fall 2019 Commencement

By | December 12, 2019

Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,600 degrees today and tomorrow during four commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.

Quadriplegic Veteran, Paralympic Athlete Earns Engineering Degree

By | December 12, 2019

From serving for the military in Iraq to a traumatic accident that left him quadriplegic, Carlos Leon has faced adversity time after time and powered through these major challenges only to meet success.

Taggart Named FAU Head Football Coach

By | December 12, 2019

Florida Atlantic University has named Willie Taggart the Owls' head football coach, FAU Vice President and Director of Athletics Brian White announced Wednesday evening.

Bea Weiser, 98, Volunteers to Help People with Alzheimer's

By | December 11, 2019

For more than 14 years, Bea Weiser, 98, has volunteered at FAU's Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center to help attendees who are struggling with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.

FAU and GSU Partner to Help Families Affected by Addiction

By | December 10, 2019

FAU and Georgia State University have partnered on a program to assist children and families affected by addiction and have received a $2.64 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

BH&J Buy vs. Rent Index Shows Property Appreciation Slowing

By | December 10, 2019

Property appreciation is slowing in housing markets across the country as upward pressure on the demand for homeownership declines, according to the latest national index produced by FAU and FIU faculty.

Migraine Headaches? Consider Aspirin for Treatment and Prevention

By | December 3, 2019

A review from researchers in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine supports the use of high dose aspirin to treat acute migraine as well as low dose daily aspirin to prevent recurrent attacks.