NEWS ARCHIVE


Book Festival Presents 'New York Times' Best-Selling Authors

By | February 22, 2022

Florida Atlantic University's fifth Palm Beach Book Festival, featuring Oliver Stone, Garret M. Graff, Alan Cumming and Imani Perry, Ph.D.

FAU Names PHF Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellows

By | February 18, 2022

FAU has selected four Ph.D. students whose work embraces computational neuroscience to receive the inaugural Palm Health Foundation Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellowships.

'Prescribe Ivermectin for COVID-19 Only in Large Randomized Trials'

By | February 16, 2022

Ivermectin is not approved by the FDA to treat or prevent COVID-19. Nonetheless, prescriptions of ivermectin by U.S. health care providers increased more than tenfold from 3,589 per week pre-COVID-19 to 39,102.

FAU Emerging Scientist to Receive 2022 "Cataract Research Award"

By | February 15, 2022

Lisa Ann Brennan, Ph.D., an associate research professor in the Schmidt College of Medicine, will receive the prestigious 2022 National Foundation for Eye Research's "Cataract Research Award" in May.

FAU Launches Madden Center for Value Creation

By | February 15, 2022

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business is establishing the Madden Center for Value Creation, thanks to a $3 million donation from the Bartley J. Madden Foundation.

Novel Wearable Armband Helps Users of Prosthetic Hands to 'Get a Grip'

By | February 11, 2022

FAU researchers have designed a first-of-its-kind multichannel soft robotic armband that conveys artificial sensations of touch, which could be a game changer for users of prosthetic hands.

OLLI at FAU Jupiter Announces Spring Course Schedule

By | February 9, 2022

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the spring semester, which begins Thursday, March 10. Registration is now open.

To Get Middle-aged Women to Eat More Protein Consider Diet Coaching

By | February 9, 2022

A study by researchers in FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing is the first to examine the impact of per-meal protein prescription and nutrition education with and without diet coaching.

"The American Presidency Through a Global Lens" with Thomas Friedman

By | February 8, 2022

Florida Atlantic University's 2022 Alan B. and Charna Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency presents Thomas Friedman with "The American Presidency Through a Global Lens."

Unique FAU Seagrass Nursery Aims to Help Florida's Starving Manatees

By | February 8, 2022

A study shows widespread seagrass loss in Florida's Indian River Lagoon as FAU scientists experiment with growing seagrass in large tanks to try to restore some of the lost seagrass beds.