Lack of Paid Sick Leave Increases Poverty
Research conducted by ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ and Cleveland State University has, for the first time, quantified the relationship between the lack of paid sick leave and poverty in the United States.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Architecture Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Jean Martin Caldieron, Ph.D., associate professor in the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥School of Architecture, has been selected for the J. William Fulbright Scholarship award to conduct research in Mozambique.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $1.25 Million by United States Navy
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the United States Navy for research on autonomous unmanned marine vehicle platforms.
New Method Proposes to Diagnose Dopamine-Linked Disorders
If the "eyes are the window to the soul," then new studies suggest that they may also be a window into diagnosing and treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other dopamine-linked disorders.
Predicting Who Seeks, Stays in Substance-use Treatment
In a new study, ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers investigated treatment readiness, or the characteristics that are likely to promote treatment engagement, to predict who seeks and who stays in substance-use treatment.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Tech Runway® Reveals its Largest Class
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Tech Runway® held its 2018 Launch Competition and Demo Day, revealing its sixth and largest class. The top seven winners each received a $15,000 check, totaling $105,000 in cash investments.
How Parents Cause Children's Friendships to End
A new study reveals why childhood friendships fall apart and is the first to demonstrate that parents are an important source of these breakups.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Poll Finds Florida U.S. Senate Race Remains Close
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has opened a four-point lead on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, 44 to 40 percent, with 16 percent undecided, according to a statewide survey by FAU's Business and Economics Polling Initiative.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Student Wins CFGS 3MT Competition
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ student Keith Murphy recently won the Conference of Florida Graduate Schools (CFGS) 3MT Competition with his presentation, "Using Light to Control Meal Size."
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Graduate Finding New Ways to Study Sea Level Rise
Mosquitoes, alligators, crocodiles and pythons haven't stopped Hannah Cooper from collecting important data on the impacts of sea level rise deep within the Florida Everglades.