NEWS

'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
August 29, 2019
FAU researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.
FAU Attracts Record Number of National Merit Scholars
August 28, 2019
»ªÈ˵ÚÒ»ÇéÉ«ÉçÇø has welcomed a record number of National Merit Scholars for the fall 2019 semester.
Christy Laflamme
June 27, 2019
Christy LaFlamme, a Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College student just won the FAU Division of Research (DoR) "Big Idea Contest," which was designed to solicit ideas on how to communicate the importance of research to broad audiences....
Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of FAU's I-HEALTH
June 10, 2019
Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., has been named as executive director of FAU's Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university's four research pillars.
May 01, 2019
As a first-generation college student, graduation means more than attaining a degree for Bebeto Amazan — it means all the extra shifts, late nights and financial struggle were worth it, as he takes one step closer toward...
FAU Diplomacy Program
April 26, 2019
The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at »ªÈ˵ÚÒ»ÇéÉ«ÉçÇø recently received the Distinguished Delegation Award at the National Model United Nations competition in New York City.
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April 22, 2019
Jacqueline H. Fewkes, Ph.D., associate professor of Anthropology at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of »ªÈ˵ÚÒ»ÇéÉ«ÉçÇø was recently awarded a John Hope Franklin Research Center Travel Grant Award from the...
FAU's Business Plan Competition encourages FAU students, faculty, staff and recent graduates to pitch their game-changing ideas for a chance to obtain funding for their new ventures. Along with prize money, teams compete for legal and business services, space at FAU’s Tech Runway and the opportunity to present their business plan to local angel investors, venture capital groups and more.
April 19, 2019
Life-Metrics, an activity tracking mobile app, won first place and $10,000 in prize money at the annual »ªÈ˵ÚÒ»ÇéÉ«ÉçÇø Business Plan Competition, recently hosted by FAU’s Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and...
Life-Metrics Mobile App Wins FAU's Business Plan Competition
April 19, 2019
Life-Metrics, an activity tracking mobile app created by Wilkes Honors College student David Gorski, won first place and $12,000 in prize money at the annual FAU Business Plan Competition.
Rachel Corr
April 18, 2019
Rachel Corr, associate professor of anthropology, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of »ªÈ˵ÚÒ»ÇéÉ«ÉçÇø was honored with the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) prestigious Judy Ewell Award for Interwoven:...