COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Risk-Reduction Public Health Certificate
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has launched a new, online public health certificate course on COVID-19, contact tracing and risk-reduction in response to one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥to Offer Virtual Summer Camps for Summer 2020
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥'s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center will host virtual summer camps for summer 2020.
Robotic Cats Are 'Purr-fect' Companions for Isolated Seniors
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing offers a "purr-fect" solution to comfort and engage older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias during the pandemic - interactive robotic cats.
Existing Racial Inequalities in Death from COVID-19 Will Soar
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Schmidt College of Medicine researcher and collaborators say now is the time to address short-term clinical and public health challenges to ensure equal access to any lifesaving innovation for COVID-19.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Tech Runway® Reveals its Eighth Venture Class
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Tech Runway® recently hosted its annual Launch Competition, revealing its eighth class, "Venture Class 8."
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Medical Students Collect and Donate More than 23,000 PPE Items
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥medical students collected thousands of surgical gloves, facemasks, face shields, surgical gowns, surgical caps, boot covers, sanitation supplies, and even four P100 respirators for health care workers.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives CARES Act Funding to Help Reduce Impact of COVID-19
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ has received funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
AIT Program Grads Successfully Switch Students to Online Learning
For 10 student-teachers in FAU's Accelerated Induction into Teaching (AIT) program, becoming a full-time teacher before receiving their college degree became even more of a challenge.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥High Students Miss Two Commencements Due to COVID-19
Three ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥High School students will be receiving their college degree along with their high school diploma in the same week.
College of Nursing Graduates on Front Lines of COVID-19
The members of FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing class of 2020 will enter a workforce that has been forever changed by the COVID-19 crisis.