Mapping Cavefish Brains Leads to Origin of Behavioral Evolution
A study is the first to look inside the brains of cavefish with millimeter resolution and show how individual neurons and brain regions that drive complex behaviors, including sleep and feeding have evolved.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Moves Up in 'U.S. News & World Report's' List of Top Universities
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ moved up in the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Public Schools," to No. 136 in this year's ranking of the nation's best universities. ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ranked No. 140 in 2020.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Names Justin Perry, Ph.D., as New Dean of Wilkes Honors College
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ has named Justin Perry, Ph.D., as the new dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Celebrates Spring 2020 Graduates
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥will confer more than 3,400 degrees for the spring 2020 semester. The new graduates will join more than 175,000 alumni who have graduated from ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥since the University opened its doors in 1964.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Announces Winners of 'COVID-19 Change Challenge'
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥has announced the winners of the COVID-19 Change Challenge organized by the Division of Research.
Groundbreaking Marks 20th Anniversary of John D. MacArthur Campus
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥faculty, staff and students came together with local officials and community partners today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter with a ceremonial groundbreaking.
Diplomacy Program Earns Five Awards at Model U.N.
The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ recently received five delegation awards at the National Model United Nations competition in Washington, D.C.
Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year
A study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea by using simulated sunlight to explore removal mechanisms, microbial impacts and lifetimes of select microplastics on the ocean surface.
Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships
Two scientists representing FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.
'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.