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Three Medical School Faculty Members Earn Certifications
In December, three faculty members in NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine were recognized for having earned certifications in their fields. They are as follows: Paula Dilanchian, D.O., Pharm.D., assistant professor of internal medicine, earned her board certification in infectious disease. Tracy Favreau, D.O., chair of the Department of Dermatology, earned…
Free Webcast Available for Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine Conference, Jan. 26
NSU will be hosting a conference on Saturday, Jan. 26 about the upcoming opening of the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine. The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Knight Auditorium of the Carl DeSantis Building on NSU’s main campus….
Law Center’s LSV Program Hosts One-Day Workshop on “Practice Ready Students”
Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center was honored to have been selected by the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) to serve as a host school for an LWI One-Day Workshop. These workshops are held across the country to allow legal writing professors, law librarians, attorneys, and persons interested in entering…
Computer & Information Sciences Professors and Doctoral Alumnus Present During WISP/ICIS
Yair Levy, Ph.D., professor of information systems at the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences (GSCIS), co-chaired the Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP) 2012, a pre-conference event of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Orlando, FL on December 15. ICIS is the most prestigious gathering of information systems academics and…
Latest Issue of Award-Winning Farquhar Forum Magazine Published, Available Online
The 2012–2013 issue of Farquhar Forum, the award-winning magazine from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, is now available in print and online. Inside the Issue The cover story spotlights community outreach by alumnus Kyle Latham and his volunteer work with the Special Olympics. A recent graduate of the…
Top Undergraduate Students Inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society
More than 65 NSU undergraduate students have been inducted into the Alpha Chi national honor society for the 2012–2013 academic year. Alpha Chi recognizes the top 10 percent of juniors and seniors in each undergraduate major. To celebrate these students’ academic achievements, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted…
Computer Sciences School Doctoral Student Awarded Trudy Abramson Scholarship
NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences doctoral student in the computing technology in education program, Trelisa Glazatov, was named the 2012 recipient of the Trudy Abramson Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. Trelisa currently resides in California and works at Loyola Marymount University as an Instructional Technology Analyst….
CPS Student Receives Award from Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
The Hispanic Neuropsychological Society announced recently that Annelly Buré-Reyes, M.A., a doctoral student at the Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), has been awarded the Fall 2012 Student Award. Buré-Reyes will present her research project entitled: “Self-report versus objective findings of relative language proficiency in Spanish/English bilinguals” at the 2012 National Academy of…
Physician Assistant Students at NSU’s Orlando SEC ALL pass their Board Exams
All 58 of NSU’s Class of 2012 Physician Assistant (PA) students passed their Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE). The national average for pass rates for all PA programs is 93 percent for this iteration of the exam, which is commonly referred to as the “PA Boards.” “All of our…
Huizenga School Professor Speaks at ASEAN Seminar in Bangkok, Thailand
On September 26, 2012, Bahaudin Mujtaba, D.B.A., professor of management in Nova Southeastern University’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was an invited speaker and panel member in a three-hour seminar in Bangkok, Thailand, presenting on the topic of “Preparation for ASEAN Community of Thailand: Public and Private…
Upcoming Talk to Discuss EPA Policies Concerning Climate Change, Oct. 5
The next presentation in the Climate-Sustainability Lecture Series, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, will examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ongoing role in enforcing policies relating to pollution control and climate change. Climate-Sustainability Lecture Series “EPA Enforcement: Can It Meet the Challenges of Climate Change?”…
NSU Pharmacy Professor Helps Organize Walk for Children of Syria
Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy Assistant Professor Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, Ph.D., is helping organize a national walk to help raise money for Syrian children how have been impacted by the recent conflict. Called a “Walk for Children of Syria”, the event will take place Saturday Sept. 8, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.
Psychology Graduate Series Opens Semester with Two Talks, Sept. 12
The first talk in the Fall 2012 Psychology Graduate Research Series, co-hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), will feature presentations by two students in the college’s M.S. in Experimental Psychology program. Psychology Graduate Research Series Presentations by Michele Alesia and…
GSCIS Alumnus Promoted to Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
Trudy Howles, Ph.D., was recently promoted to the position of professor of Computer Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Howles graduated from Nova Southeastern University’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences in 2007 with a Ph.D. in Computing Technology in Education. Howles’ current research interests include data management…
Anancy Festival Co-Organized by NSU Professor Celebrates Caribbean Heritage in Pembroke Pines
The NSU community is invited to celebrate Caribbean cultural heritage during the Anancy Festival at the South Regional/Broward College Library in Pembroke Pines on Saturday, June 9. The free festival, co-organized by NSU Assistant Humanities Director and Associate Professor Andrea Shaw, Ph.D., will last from noon to 5 p.m. and…
SHSS Faculty Presents at Comparative and International Education Society Conference
Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico during Apr. 22-27. Duckworth’s presentation was entitled, “The Praxis of…
Students Inducted into Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies Honor Societies
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted a dual induction ceremony at NSU on Apr. 3, recognizing students inducted into Alpha Phi Sigma and Lambda Epsilon Chi, the national honor societies for criminal justice and paralegal studies, respectively. Angelica Dolan and Hector Fajardo, criminal justice majors in the college,…
Hammerhead Shark Double Whammy – Confusion on Identity of Shark Species
Identity confusion between a new, yet unnamed shark species, originally discovered off the eastern United States by Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) researchers, and its look-alike cousin—the endangered scalloped hammerhead shark—may threaten the survival of both species. According to an April 2012 article in the scientific journal Marine Biology,…
Medical School Researcher to Present on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Mar. 19
Nancy Klimas, M.D., NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine professor and researcher, will be presenting her research on chronic fatigue syndrome and neuro-immune medicine on Monday, Mar. 19 at the NSU Health Professions Division’s Chancellor’s Dining Room. The presentation, which will take place at noon, will include a demonstration of REDCap…