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Expanding Waistlines and Link to Metabolic Syndrome

By | April 6, 2017

For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers make the case that metabolic syndrome is the new silent killer and that the "love handle" can be fatal.

Course Prepares Students with Disabilities to Join Workforce

By | April 5, 2017

An innovative FAU college course improves the chances of college students with disabilities finding employment and succeeding in the workforce.

FAU Celebrates 2017 President's Gala

By | April 4, 2017

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ recently celebrated its seventh annual gala in the Martin F. and Jane Greenberg Foundation Tower of FAU Stadium at its Boca Raton campus.

Does the Smart Songbird Always Get the Girl?

By | April 3, 2017

If the early bird catches the worm, then does the smart songbird get the girl? FAU study tests the links between cognition, sexiness and male songbirds' ability to serenade.

FAU Teams Place in Top Three at Hybrid Rocket Competition

By | March 30, 2017

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Technology and Aerospace Club (TAC) recently placed third in two categories at the 2016-17 Hybrid Motor High-Powered Rocket Competition.

Smoking Risks and Need for Wider Use of Varenicline to Quit

By | March 27, 2017

More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Experts reassure clinicians that varenicline is a safe and effective way to stop smoking and that not using this drug has caused needless deaths.

FAU Named 'Voter-Friendly Campus'

By | March 23, 2017

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is one of 83 campuses nationwide to be designated as a "Voter-Friendly Campus."

FAU Places in Top Five at 2017 ASCE SE Student Conference

By | March 21, 2017

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) team placed fifth overall in the 2017 ASCE Southeast Student Conference, hosted by FAU.

And the Envelope Please...It's a Match!

By | March 17, 2017

The soon-to-be graduates of FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine participated in a "rite of passage" during Match Day to learn where they will spend the next years of medical training as residents.

FAU Medical Students Inducted into AOA Honor Society

By | March 14, 2017

Ten students from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine were recently inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), a national medical honor society.

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