Exploring How Income, Race and Design Affect Pedestrian Casualties
FAU researchers examined the environmental factors associated with crash incidence in lower-income and more affluent areas in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
FAU Engineering Professor Achieves Highly Cited Google Scholar Ranking
Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D., the Motorola Endowed Chair Professor and director of the Data Mining and Machine Learning Lab has garnered more than 63,000 citations during his distinguished career at FAU.
Banning Friendships Can Backfire: Moms' 'Meddling' Worsens Behavior
A study by FAU on maternal disapproval of children's friends reveals unforeseen consequences of this well-intended interference, resulting in worsening bad behavior instead of improving it.
$1.8M NIH Grant to FAU Engineering Will Fuel Decoding Human Evolution
A grant from the NIH awarded to FAU engineering will help to further research and develop cutting-edge tools to help unravel the genetic mechanisms behind disease resistance and defense.
NSF Grant Empowers FAU to Explore Caribbean Climate Crisis
Using ethnography, FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, will study the experiences of vulnerable communities in the area known as "Hurricane Alley."
FAU and Islamorada Beverages Launch Paradise Lager Craft Beer
Florida Atlantic University has partnered with Islamorada Beverages to launch Paradise Lager, the official craft beer of the Owls.
Rain or Shine? How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings
An internationally collaborative study reveals how local weather influences hatchling development across 37 beaches worldwide, showing that it has a more profound effect than changes in air temperature.
FAU Receives $2.6 Million to Expand Hillel on the Boca Raton Campus
FAU received a gift commitment of $2.6 million from Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach for the Hillel space within the S.E. Wimberly Library on its Boca Raton campus.
FAU/Mainstreet USA Poll: Harris Gains Momentum in Wake of DNC
A new poll from the Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab ( PolCom Lab ) and Mainstreet Research USA reveals significant shifts in the 2024 U.S. presidential race.
Data Analysis: Rising CRE Exposure May Spur Bank Mergers
More than 60 of the largest banks in the country have increased risk due to their excessively high exposures to commercial real estate, according to a data analysis from a banking and finance expert at FAU.