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FAU's 'Stories on the Skin' Tattoo Documentary Earns Spot in International Film Festival

By | October 26, 2015

"Stories on the Skin: Tattoo Culture at FAU" is a revealing portrait of the 21st century tattoo culture to support the notion that tattooed bodies are walking books.

Three-Minute Test Detects Common Form of Dementia

By | October 26, 2015

An ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥neuroscientist has developed a new test that can assess clinical signs and symptoms of Lewy Body dementia, a common form of dementia that's difficult to diagnose, with 96.8 percent accuracy.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Celebrates Homecoming 2015

By | October 23, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ will celebrate Homecoming 2015 beginning Saturday, Oct. 24 through Saturday, Oct. 31.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Holds Expo for High School Students

By | October 23, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥'s Fall Expo for high school students will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Stadium, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives $620,000 NSF Grant for STEM Retention Program

By | October 22, 2015

STEM jobs are rapidly growing and technology companies alone will need to fill more than 650,000 new jobs by 2018. ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥is directly addressing the national need to increase the number of STEM undergraduates.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Unlocking Voices of People Who Stutter

By | October 22, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ is unlocking the voices of people who stutter in Rwanda by providing free speech therapy using video conferencing calls.

Former Israel Surgeon General Yitshak Kreiss to Visit FAU

By | October 21, 2015

Yitshak Kreiss, M.D., an internationally renowned leader in disaster, emergency and humanitarian medicine and former Israel Defense Forces surgeon general, will visit ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥.

Sex and Sea Turtles: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Impacts

By | October 15, 2015

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.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥High Student Named Top Young Scientist

By | October 14, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ 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

By | October 14, 2015

Binu Pundir, Ph.D. recently received the Innovative Leader in Distance Learning Higher Education award from the Florida Distance Learning Association.

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