Business Press Releases

FAU Emeritus Professor of Marketing Donates $2 Million to University
Florida Atlantic University has received an estate gift pledge of more than $2 million from College of Business emeritus professor Eric Shaw ’72, ’73, Ph.D. This generous gift will benefit various athletics, business, arts and letters, and other university programs, and makes Shaw the largest FAU faculty or staff donor in the university’s history, after former assistant professor Dick Schmidt ’71.

Home Prices Reaching ‘Inflection Point’ in Overvalued Markets
Home prices continue to rise across the country and are poised to flatten in some metropolitan areas, according to a ranking of the most overvalued U.S. housing markets by professors at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University.

Study Identifies Four Elements That Lead to Employability
Over the past several decades, job security for U.S. workers has been declining to the point that many now realize they can’t rely on long-term employment with a single organization.

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 Graduate Students’ Innovative Supply Chain Solution Wins Global Case Competition
A team of three graduate students from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business won the second annual Supply Chain Case Competition for their theoretical applications to a current business problem.