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FAU Economist: Current Fed Policy Too Tight as Inflation Declines

By | September 9, 2024

With inflation coming in below target, the Federal Reserve is facing increasing pressure to adjust its monetary policy as many see it as too tight, according to an economist at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.

FAU/Mainstreet Poll: Trump Edges Harris in Georgia and North Carolina

By | September 9, 2024

A new poll from the FAU PolCom Lab and Mainstreet Research USA reveals a tight U.S. presidential race in the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina.

Exploring How Income, Race and Design Affect Pedestrian Casualties

By | September 6, 2024

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

By | September 5, 2024

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

By | September 4, 2024

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

By | September 3, 2024

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

By | August 29, 2024

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."

Rain or Shine? How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings

By | August 28, 2024

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/Mainstreet USA Poll: Harris Gains Momentum in Wake of DNC

By | August 27, 2024

A new poll from the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 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

By | August 27, 2024

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.

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