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Study Shows Candidate Voice Pitch Influences Voters

By | August 7, 2015

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Celebrates Summer 2015 Commencement

By | August 7, 2015

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app'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.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Pre-med Student and Surgeon Collaborate on New, Alternative Procedure to Radical Mastectomy

By | August 3, 2015

Elizabeth Hopkins, an aspiring physician and ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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 ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app have received a grant from the Florida Department o... Moref Transportation to develop unmanned marine vehicles for on-water bridge inspections.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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 ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Tech Runway. Startups are sought in all industries with an emphasis in technology. The deadline for appli... Morecations is Friday, Aug. 21.

Florida Hispanics Better Off Financially, Latest ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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 ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Business and Economics Polling Initiative (¼ø»ÆÊ¦app BEPI) in the College of Business.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app RoboBoat Team Makes Waves

By | July 21, 2015

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's RoboBoat team recently won second place at the eighth annual International RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Va

Unique ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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 ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app 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.

Students Educate the Community at Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex

By | July 14, 2015

Integrative biology doctoral ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Alexandra Lolavar and Boris Tezak are helping to educate our community and its visitors on sea turtle research and conservation efforts.

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