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FAU Tech Runway & GCVCA to Host 'Meet the Angels' Event
FAU Tech Runway® and Gold Coast Venture Capital Association will host the annual "Meet The Angels" event on Thursday, Feb. 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at FAU Tech Runway.
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FAU Honors JM Family's Brown as Business Leader of the Year
FAU's College of Business honored Colin Brown, chairman and chief executive officer of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., on Friday as its 2017 Business Leader of the Year.
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Leading Addiction Researcher Joins FAU
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a renowned scientist whose research focuses on the management of pain and drug addiction through pharmacology and new drug discovery, recently joined FAU.
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FAU's Schools Receives U.S. Department of Education Grant
Florida Atlantic University Schools (FAUS) recently received the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program Grant to study, enhance and replicate FAUS' highly successful early college model.
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Study Finds Bank Lending to Small Businesses Still Depressed
Bank lending to small businesses, a major contributor to local economies and job creation around the country, is still depressed several years after the end of the U.S. financial crisis that started in 2008.
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FAU to Offer Entrepreneur Boot Camp on Wednesday Nights
This fast-paced certificate course empowers promising entrepreneurs and ambitious small business owners.
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Study Shows Male Sea Turtles are Vanishing Closer to Home
Male sea turtles are disappearing and not just in Australia. FAU researchers are the first to show why and how moisture in addition to heat affects the development and sex ratios of turtle embryos.
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FAU Dedicates Phil Smith Hall and Center for Free Enterprise
Family, friends and colleagues of the late South Florida businessman and philanthropist Phil Smith gathered with the FAU community to dedicate Phil Smith Hall and the Center for Free Enterprise.
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Nursing Homes Gaming System to Improve Medicare Star Ratings
Study by FAU and UConn faculty finds some nursing homes inflate their self-assessment reporting to improve their score in the Five-Star Quality Rating System employed by Medicare to help consumers.
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FAU Jupiter Campus Welcomes Renowned Author and Photographer
FAU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, in collaboration with FAU's Brain Institute, Jupiter Life Science Initiative and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, will present a lecture Bill Hayes.