NEWS ARCHIVE


Study Finds Cause of Algal Blooms and the Results Stink

By | January 9, 2018

Toxic green algal blooms wreaked havoc on Florida's St. Lucie Estuary in 2016. A new study contradicts the widespread misconception that periodic discharges from Lake Okeechobee were responsible.

FAU Programs Among the Best in 'U.S. News & World Report'

By | January 9, 2018

FAU's College of Business, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and College of Education are listed in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report national rankings for "Best Online Graduate Programs."

FAU & Latin American Training Center Inaugurate Partnership

By | January 9, 2018

The first initiative of the partnership is a Brazilian film series, opening with "Dear Ambassador" - the story of the Brazilian ambassador that saved hundreds of Jews in France during World War II.

Gaelynn Lea to Perform, Speak at FAU in January

By | January 3, 2018

Gaelynn Lea, the 2016 winner of the National Public Radio Music Tiny Desk Concert and an advocate for people with disabilities, will present a concert and lecture in January at FAU.

Osher LLI Presents at FAU Jupiter Presents Arts Pioneer

By | January 1, 2018

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU Jupiter Presents Arts Pioneer Alexander W. Dreyfoos.

Tiny Treadmills Help Test Sea Turtle Hatchling Stamina

By | December 19, 2017

Disoriented sea turtle hatchlings take hours instead of minutes to get to the ocean from their nests. A new study is the first to test the physiological effects of this extended crawling on swimming ability.

FAU Online MBA Student Takes Home Top Prize in Competition

By | December 18, 2017

Jazmin Campos-Chiodin won the X-Culture Business Proposal Elevator Pitch Award at the 2017 AIB-SE conference in Washington D.C., where students from around the world pitched a business idea in a real elevator.

FAU Celebrates Fall 2017 Commencement

By | December 14, 2017

Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,790 degrees today and tomorrow during five commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.

FAU Receives 2017 Urban Education Impact Award

By | December 13, 2017

FAU, Broward County Public Schools and the School District of Palm Beach County received the 2017 Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award.

NIH Awards $4 Million to FAU for Prescription Opioid Study

By | December 13, 2017

A researcher from the Schmidt College of Medicine is conducting a novel study to figure out if there is a unique genetic signature of patients who are most susceptible to prescription opioid-use disorder.