Former Israel Surgeon General Yitshak Kreiss to Visit FAU
Yitshak Kreiss, M.D., an internationally renowned leader in disaster, emergency and humanitarian medicine and former Israel Defense Forces surgeon general, will visit Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Sex and Sea Turtles: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Impacts
The shift in climate is shifting turtles as well, because as the temperature of their nests change so do their reproduction patterns. Warmer conditions produce females and cooler conditions produce males.
FAU High Student Named Top Young Scientist
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» High School student Hannah Herbst was named the winner of the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, recently held at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Professor Receives Distance Learning Higher Education Award
Binu Pundir, Ph.D. recently received the Innovative Leader in Distance Learning Higher Education award from the Florida Distance Learning Association.
FAU Wins Second Place at Waste Design Competition
A group of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» civil engineering students won second place at the Solid Waste Association of North America's (SWANA) inaugural National Solid Waste Design Competition (SWDC).
Eleanor R. Baldwin Donates $1 Million to Athletic Complex
- Eleanor R. Baldwin, a longtime benefactor of FAU and FAU Athletics, has donated $1 million to name the History and Tradition Hall.
Associate Director of Alumni Receives Boca Chamber Award
Paul Metcalf, Ph.D., associate director of alumni relations at FAU, received the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce's 2015 Chairman's Award.
Disability Awareness Month Events
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» will be hosting events at its Davie, Jupiter, and Boca Raton campuses to commemorate Disability Awareness Month during October.
Nursing Home Guide Will Help Avoid Unneeded Hospitalizations
FAU has received a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Engagement Award for a guide for nursing home residents and their families to help them make optimal decisions concerning hospitalizations.
FAU Receives NSF Grant for Critical Infrastructure Systems
Extreme events like hurricanes can disrupt infrastructure systems like power and water. Researchers will develop a decision framework to rapidly restore these functions and services for disaster management.