FAU Secures $21M Promise Neighborhoods Grant for Broward UP
The "Broward Unlimited Potential Promise Neighborhood" (Broward UP) initiative aims to provide children with access to quality education and strong community support, ensuring successful transitions to college or careers.... more
Digitizing Hope: Preserving a Species on the Brink of Extinction
The vaquita, which means “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They also have the smallest range of any marine mammal; about 1,500 square miles within the northern Gulf of California. ... more
FAU Awarded $6M Grant to Expand Marcus Institute of Integrative Health
Florida Atlantic University’s Marcus Institute of Integrative Health has been awarded a monumental $6 million grant from the late Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation to broaden its services, enhance educational programs... more
FAU engineering researchers have created a breakthrough in water treatment using algae-based adsorbents to pull harmful phosphorous from water, which could serve as a key tool for managing nutrient pollution.
FAU researchers and collaborators used an AI-driven decision support system to predict the need for ICU, IMCU and mechanical ventilation in patients admitted to a South Florida hospital with COVID-19.
The logistics industry ended the year with a slight decrease in growth as retailers burned through inventory for the holiday season, according to researchers at FAU and four other schools.
FAU has named Cameron G. Duncan, Ph.D., as the new Holli Rockwell Trubinsky Eminent Dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. Duncan is the fourth dean in the college's 45-year history.
Florida Atlantic University's online bachelor's program for veterans is ranked for the first time at No. 67 in the nation for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
FAU President joined university staff and students for the Counseling And Psychological Services (CAPS) Center's official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its recently renovated space
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.
Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, has received a grant to explore a recent topic in the humanities and arts that commands growing attention - "atmosphere."
An entrepreneur from Florida Atlantic University's Tech Runway was offered $250,000 during CrocTank, a first-of-its-kind live business pitch event recently hosted with the judges from ABC's show "Shark Tank."
The grant from the late Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation will enable the FAU Marcus Institute of Integrative Health to expand its operations to provide more services and conduct more research.
The judges of ABC's "Shark Tank" will be coming to Florida Atlantic University for its very own CrocTank, the first-of-its-kind live event on Dec. 4 at the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.
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Fear the Tails, Not the Jaws, of These ‘Weirdo’ Sharks
Scientists studied how thresher sharks use “extreme yoga” to whip their tails at prey.... more
Florida Atlantic University Magazine Fall 2024 Issue
