Love Music Scholarship
Fara Love recently established the Jerry and Devon Love Endowed Commercial Music Scholarship to create scholarships for outstanding students in FAU's commercial music program.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Awards FAU Millions
FAU will lead the Freight Mobility Research Institute to improve the nation's mobility of people and goods. A combined match from the state and private sectors will result in more than $10 million in total.
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Record High Home Prices Being Supported by Rising Rents
Record high home prices in the U.S. housing market are being driven upward by rising rents in cities across the country, according to the latest national index produced by FAU and FIU faculty.
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Novel Study Demonstrates Role of Parkin Gene in Eye Lens
A new study at FAU is the first to demonstrate that the Parkin gene is turned on when cells are exposed to environmental insults that cause free radical formation and cataract formation.
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Hispanics Think Trump Will Not Be Good for U.S. Economy
A majority of Hispanics think U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not be good for the country's economy or the United States' relationships with other countries, according to a new FAU national poll.
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FAU Jupiter's LLS Announces 'Opening Week'
Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society Jupiter has announced its lecture and performance offerings for the "2016 Opening Week," which begins Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.
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Study Shows How Social Media Sites Help Transplant Patients
Researchers in FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing conducted a unique study to explore how transplant recipients use social media sites for support and healing.
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Venture Investment Beats Bank Loans to Boost Small Business
Investment from venture capital appears to help new startup businesses grow and boost entrepreneurship better than funding from bank loans, according to a FAU new study.
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Janet Robishaw to Lead Department of Biomedical Sciences
Janet Robishaw, Ph.D., a leader in functional and translational genomics, has been appointed as chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine.
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FAU Student Government Honors its Very First President
In 1965, just one year after Florida Atlantic University opened its doors, Daniel Mica, BA '66, became the University's very first Student Government (SG) president.