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FAU BEPI Poll: Hispanic Floridians Express Deep Concerns Over Inflation and Economic Policies
With inflation creeping back up and wages struggling to keep pace, more than 50% of Hispanic households in Florida feel negatively about the state of the economy, according to a new poll from the Business and Economics Polling Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.

Report: Suppliers Stock Up Inventory Ahead of Tariffs
Inventory levels shot up in February as suppliers raced to stock up ahead of possible tariffs from the current administration, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University and four other schools.

COB Faculty, Students Win Florida State Entrepreneurship Awards
Four current faculty members, a Ph.D. alumnus, and a current Ph.D. student within Florida Atlantic University's College of Business were honored for excellence in entrepreneurship research and teaching in Tallahassee last week.

FAU Student Wins Statewide Governor’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition
A Florida Atlantic University engineering student recently won first place for his artificial intelligence code at the Roundtable of Entrepreneurship Educators of Florida’s (REEF) 2025 Governor’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition, Florida’s premier collegiate pitch competition.

FAU BEPI Poll: Hispanic Economic Outlook Sinks Ahead of Tariffs, Rising Prices
As households face increasing prices for goods and talk of new tariffs, Hispanic optimism in the economy waned in the first quarter of 2025, according to a poll from the Business Economic and Polling Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.