What Are You Looking At?
In a world of social distancing and virtual communication due to COVID-19, a first-of-its-kind study by Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and Michael J. Kleiman, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at FAU, compares the fixated gaze of 173 participants in a real-time online connection versus a pre-recorded video.
The published results showed that participants fixated on the whole face in the real-time condition, and significantly less in the pre-recorded condition.
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Covid-19 Change Challenge for Students
The deadline if fast approaching for a new Division of Research program open to students who want to do their part to help the world meet the demands of coronavirus-related challenges.
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Possible Spike in Cyberbullying
Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the College for Design and Social Inquiry, talks about another unintended consequence of COVID-19: the potential increase in cyberbullying among youth. The co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center says this possible increase stems from the increase of online education.
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Algal Bloom Impacts Sea Turtles Health
FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute research professors Annie Page-Karjian, Ph.D., and Matthew Ajemian, Ph.D., team up with biologists to better understand how exposure to toxin-producing harmful algal bloom species impacts sea turtle health in Florida's coastal waters.
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Time for a Virtual Field Trip
The FAU Harbor Branch Outreach Team is giving free learning services for the youth to learn more about sharks, stingrays and the Indian River Lagoon.
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Masterminds: FAU Brain Institute's New Magazine
The FAU Brain Institute recently released a new publication. Check out its latest research and discoveries.
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Hoang Tran, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum, Culture and Educational Inquiry in the College of Education, recently wrote the book, "Race, Law and Higher Education in the Colorblind Era: Critical Investigations into Race-Related Supreme Court Disputes."
The book was published by Routledge.
Have You Recently Published a Book?

The research communications team wants to hear about your recently published (after November 2019) book, book chapter or co-authored book or book chapter, for possible inclusion in the Fall 2020
Owl Research & Innovation
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Meet SparX at FAU: Formerly FAU Research Hub
Connecting faculty to collaborators, students and funding.
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11:30 a.m., April 8, Zoom Online
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Due to COVID-19, FAU Events are canceled or online until further notice.
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Daniel C. Flynn, Ph.D.
Small Business Development Center
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$35,000
Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce
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Mike Twardowski, Ph.D.
Improving atmospheric correction and aquatic particle retrieval with bidirectional remote sensing data
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$27,335
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
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Feng-Hao Liu, Ph.D.
Career: Towards Efficient Cryptography for Next Generation Applications
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$500,000
National Science Foundation
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Francisco Presuel-Moreno, Ph.D.
Investigation into the Contributing Factors to the Corrosion of Steel Reinforced Concrete Structures at Elevations Greater than 12 Feet Above the Mean High Water Line (SM0-20-08)
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$200,000
Florida Department of Transportation
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Limited Submissions
Featured, upcoming limited submissions are listed below (with internal application due dates). To access a full list of limited submission funding opportunities and instructions for submitting an internal application, click
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Internal application due date:
Apr. 24, 2020
Internal application due date:
Apr. 25, 2020
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