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×ó°®ÊÓƵ Students Return to Campus

By | August 11, 2015

×ó°®ÊÓƵ students will return to campus this week to mark the start of the University’s fall 2015 semester.

Study Shows Candidate Voice Pitch Influences Voters

By | August 7, 2015

×ó°®ÊÓƵ researcher shows how tone of candidates' voices can make a difference at the polls. Findings from the study suggest a preference for age and experience and possible impact on female candidates.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Celebrates Summer 2015 Commencement

By | August 7, 2015

×ó°®ÊÓƵ conferred more than 1,700 degrees on August 4 during three commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus.

New Medical Students to Receive First Doctor's White Coats

By | August 5, 2015

×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine will celebrate its fifth White Coat Ceremony as it officially welcomes the incoming class of 2015 on Friday, Aug. 7 at 4 p.m.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Pre-med Student and Surgeon Collaborate on New, Alternative Procedure to Radical Mastectomy

By | August 3, 2015

Elizabeth Hopkins, an aspiring physician and ×ó°®ÊÓƵ student, has spent more than 640 hours shadowing Hilton Becker, M.D. In 2014, she had a double mastectomy as a preventive measure, using a revolutionary procedure develop... Moreed by Becker that is an alternative to radical mastectomy.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Receives Florida Department of Transportation Grant

By | July 28, 2015

The task of inspecting and maintaining Florida's 11,450 bridges is arduous, espcially since so many of them span rivers, canals and saltwater areas. Researchers at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ have received a grant from the Florida Department o... Moref Transportation to develop unmanned marine vehicles for on-water bridge inspections.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ Tech Runway Announces Open Call for Startup Applications

By | July 22, 2015

Applications are being accepted for the third class of Venture Vintage companies at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Tech Runway. Startups are sought in all industries with an emphasis in technology. The deadline for appli... Morecations is Friday, Aug. 21.

×ó°®ÊÓƵ RoboBoat Team Makes Waves

By | July 21, 2015

×ó°®ÊÓƵ's RoboBoat team recently won second place at the eighth annual International RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Va

Florida Hispanics Better Off Financially, Latest ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Poll Says

By | July 21, 2015

A majority of Hispanics in Florida say they're better off financially than they were a year ago and expect the good times to continue for themselves and business in the United States, according to the latest survey cond... Moreucted by the ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Business and Economics Polling Initiative (×ó°®ÊÓƵ BEPI) in the College of Business.

Unique ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Study on Adolescent Friendships

By | July 20, 2015

No one likes to lose a friend, especially adolescents. But why do friendships end? Researchers in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ sought to answer this question with a study exam... Moreining whether adolescent friendships end because of undesirable characteristics of friends, because of differences between friends, or both.

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