FAU Celebrates Summer 2021 Graduates
Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,000 degrees today for the summer 2021 semester during four in-person commencement ceremonies.
FAU Expert Answers Questions about the Delta Variant and Vaccines
Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., FAU Schmidt College of Medicine, provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the COVID-19 Delta variant, vaccines and public safety measures.
What's Killing Coral Reefs in Florida is Also Killing Them in Belize
A study is the first to offer evidence that nitrogen enrichment from land-based sources like sewage is driving macroalgal blooms and causing massive decline in hard coral cover in the Belize Barrier Reef.
Scientists Help Debilitated Sea Turtles in Rehab Get the Right Diet
FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators followed their "gut instinct" to address the nutritional needs of Georgia's debilitated loggerhead sea turtles in rehabilitation.
FAU's COCE Receives Excellence and Innovation in Online Teaching Award
FAU's Center for Online and Continuing Education (COCE) has been selected as the recipient of the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2021 Excellence and Innovation in Online Teaching Award.
True Grit? Doesn't Matter for Resistance Training in Men or Women
A study by researchers at FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is the first to examine the relationship between grit and a muscular endurance performance task - specifically, the grueling back squat.
FAU Gets $736,000 from NASA to Study Coastal Carbon Budget from Space
The FAU Harbor Branch project will use satellite images, hydrodynamic modeling and field work in the Gulf of Mexico. FAU is among 10 in the nation and the only university in Florida selected by NASA.
How Toxic is the Water's Surface on Florida's Indian River Lagoon?
According to a new study by researchers at FAU Harbor Branch, that depends on very specific environmental conditions and the type of toxin on the water surface of Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
Language Trade-off? No, Bilingual Children Acquire English by Age 5
A first-of-its kind study in U.S.-born children from Spanish-speaking families finds that minority dual language exposure does not threaten the reliable acquisition of English by children in the U.S.
Origin of the 'Motion of the Ocean' in the Straits of Florida Revealed
A numerical study by FAU Harbor Branch is the first to identify mechanisms of instability responsible for the formation of sub-mesoscale eddies, which has important environmental implications.