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Smoking Risks and Need for Wider Use of Varenicline to Quit
More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Experts reassure clinicians that varenicline is a safe and effective way to stop smoking and that not using this drug has caused needless deaths.
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FAU Named 'Voter-Friendly Campus'
Florida Atlantic University is one of 83 campuses nationwide to be designated as a "Voter-Friendly Campus."
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FAU's SNMREC Lands $360,000 Grant from NSF
FAU's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a U.S. Department of Energy designated center, has received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for undergraduate research.
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FAU Presents 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'
From the dazzling imagination of one of America's most passionate and powerful young playwrights comes this critically acclaimed, thrilling retelling of the plight and fate of Judas Iscariot.
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FAU Places in Top Five at 2017 ASCE SE Student Conference
Florida Atlantic University's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) team placed fifth overall in the 2017 ASCE Southeast Student Conference, hosted by FAU.
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And the Envelope Please...It's a Match!
The soon-to-be graduates of FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine participated in a "rite of passage" during Match Day to learn where they will spend the next years of medical training as residents.
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FAU Medical Students Inducted into AOA Honor Society
Ten students from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine were recently inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), a national medical honor society.
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Nursing Programs Ranked in Latest 'U.S. News & World Report'
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing is ranked for its Doctor of Nursing program and for its Master of Science Nursing program by the 'U.S. News & World Report' 2018 Best Graduate Schools Guidebook.
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FAU Brain Institute Commemorates 'Brain Awareness Week'
Headed by molecular neuroscientist Randy Blakely, Ph.D., FAU's Brain Institute is commemorating "Brain Awareness Week" (March 13-19) to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research.
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FAU Launches New Intercampus Shuttle Route
Need a ride to Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter campus from the Boca Raton campus? Have no fear - there is now a free mode of transportation to get you there.