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Faculty Take on Lead Editing Roles at Peer Review Journals
It’s about impacting research. It’s about staying at the forefront of your field. And, it’s about making a difference in the world.

Those are some of the top reasons why FAU faculty choose to take on leadership editing roles or, in some cases, launch new peer-reviewed academic journals. Peer review is essential in academic research; the process helps maintain quality and integrity in research.
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Surge of Firearm Deaths in School-Age Children
Firearm-related deaths in school-age children are increasing at alarming rates in the United States, according to a study by the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine recently published in the
American Journal of Medicine
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The impact of this epidemic poses increasingly major clinical, public health and policy challenges, according to the study.
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Duke Falsified Research Leads to $112.5M Settlement
Duke University will pay $112.5 million to the government to resolve allegations that violated the False Claims Act by submitting applications and progress reports containing falsified research on federal grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The settlement resolves allegations that between 2006 and 2018, that Duke knowingly submitted and caused to be submitted claims containing falsified or fabricated data or statements in 30 grants, causing the NIH and EPA to pay out grants funds they otherwise would not have.
The allegations were originally brought in a lawsuit filed by a former Duke employee, who will receive more than $33.7 million from the settlement.
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Children With Autism Still Recognize Mother's Feelings and Emotions
Researchers recently discovered that children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have adept and competent emotional processing skills when viewing their mother’s faces, and are equally “in-tune” with their mother’s feelings and emotions as children without ASD. The study, conducted by researchers from
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AU’s
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
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Disseminating Key Information in Emergencies
The project, funded by a National Science Foundation’s Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, will focus on three interrelated domains: evacuation route planning, resource assignment and transportation resilience.
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Unlock the Power of FAU's Research Hub
Connect, collaborate and find research funding by joining the hundreds of faculty and students who have signed up for the FAU Research Hub.

The hub is a new web and mobile platform that connects researchers with students, collaborators and funding opportunities. Investigators are encouraged to post projects in just minutes.
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Win an iPad!
Staff, faculty and students are invited to submit innovative ideas to communicate the importance of research. All ideas for any field are welcome.
Top ideas in two categories (one for students, another for staff and faculty) will win prizes, including an iPad!
Deadline is April 29.
To learn more, or submit your idea, click
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Recent Sponsored Research Awards
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Investigator Name and Project
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Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding
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Paul Willis
Evaluation of an Open Formula Experimental Feed for Florida Pompano
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FAUF/Tides Foundation
$27,018
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Bing Ouyang
NRI:INT: Hybrid Aerial/Underwater Robotic (HAUCS) for Scalable, Adaptable Maintenance of Aquaculture Fish Farms
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United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
$1,199,982
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Susan Laramore
Potential of Engineered Bacterial Constructs to Protect Shrimp from Viral and Bacterial Pathogens of Interest in Aquaculture
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Pebbles Lab USA, Inc.
$198,554
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11 a.m.-noon,
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4-5 p.m., March 28, BC-17 room 126, video conferencing in Jupiter: AD204 and Davie: DW108.
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5:30-8:30 p.m., March 29, FAU Tech Runway
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4-5 p.m., April 1, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. April 6, Student Union, Boca Raton Campus
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May 20-21, Universal City, Los Angeles, Calf.
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