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New Study Highlights Nurse Practitioner Autonomy as Key to Addressing Health Care Provider Shortage

By | 07/14/2025

With the health care industry facing provider shortages amid a growing demand for quality care, a new study from researchers at Florida Atlantic University highlights how temporary expansions in nurse practitioner (NP) autonomy during the COVID-19 pandemic helped alleviate provider shortages.

HCSI 2025

FAU BEPI Poll: Hispanic Consumers’ Spending Drops Amid Lower Economic Optimism

By | 07/10/2025

Hispanic consumers are spending less as optimism about their economic outlook dwindles amid inflation and economic uncertainty, according to a poll from the Business & Economics Polling Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.

Port Everglades Survey

FAU Survey: Port Everglades Firms Signal Concerned Outlook, Labor Market Concerns Amid Tariff Uncertainty

By | 07/09/2025

– The Port Everglades business ecosystem is facing a year of labor challenges and growing concerns over tariff uncertainty, according to a survey from a supply chain management professor at Florida Atlantic University.

 


 
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Grants

FAU Receives Gifts from George T. Elmore Impact for Good Initiative

By | 01/15/2026

Florida Atlantic University received two grants from the George T. Elmore Impact for Good Initiative fund established by George Elmore through the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, which funds programs promoting community impact. The two awards include supporting brain science research on aging at the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and fostering entrepreneurship programs at The Runway at Florida Atlantic at the College of Business.

 

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BEPI poll

FAU Poll: Businesses, Hispanic Consumers More Optimistic Heading into New Year

By | 02/04/2026

Hispanic consumer confidence rebounded sharply at the end of 2025, offering an early signal of improving economic sentiment heading into the new year, according to new data from Florida Atlantic University’s Business and Economic Polling Initiative (BEPI).

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
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