Wild Animals Stop the Spread of Socially Transmitted Misinformation
Using camera observatories in a coral reef in French Polynesia, a study by ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥and collaborators finds that in groups of foraging fish, misinformation rarely spreads to more than a few individuals.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥New Home to Award-winning Website 'The Invading Sea'
The Invading Sea, an award-winning website featuring content on climate change in Florida, now has a new home at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥.
FAU, Shipwreck Park Partner on Underwater Public Project, 'Wahoo Bay'
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥engineers and students will use AI and sensing in Wahoo Bay, a "living" underwater laboratory, which will serve partly as an educational marine park as well as an initiative to restore the natural habitat.
Copy-cat? Study Explores Conformity in Children with Few Friends
What gives one friend influence over another and why? ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers tested the theory that children with few friends protect these friendships through conformity to stay in a friend's "good graces."
Noise from Urban Environments Affects the Color of Songbirds' Beaks
A study on cognition, beak color, and growth in the zebra finch suggests exposure to urban noise may affect their structural traits, such as beak color, which influence social interactions and mate choice.
Early Disinterest in School Snowballs into Academic, Social Problems
A prior study by a researcher at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥and collaborators found starting off on the wrong foot academically, particularly with math and reading, cascades into peer problems during the first years of school.
Climate Change Consensus Endures in Florida
Seven sequenced ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥surveys since October 2019 paint a comprehensive picture of Floridians' climate resilience attitudes during a period of particularly dynamic political, economic and environmental events.
Seat Assignments Drive Friendships Among Elementary School Children
A new study is the first to show that classroom seat assignments have important implications for children's friendships and the enormous influence that teachers wield over the interpersonal lives of children.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives $1 Million Grant for Equity in Instructional Performance
FAU's College of Education School Leaders Program has been awarded a three-year, $1,039,041 grant from Broward County Public Schools to support two graduate degree programs.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Celebrates Spring 2022 Commencement
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ will confer more than 3,200 degrees on Thursday, May 5 and Friday, May 6 during six commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium