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News Releases February 2015
Nova Southeastern University Hosts the 2015 Florida Arcade & Pinball Exposition
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –– Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will be hosting the 2015 Florida Arcade & Pinball Exposition February 20-22 at the Arena in the Don Taft University Center located on its main campus at 3301 College Avenue in Davie. Approximately 250 games will be exhibited and “free to play;”…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Shepard Broad Law Center has been rated best in Florida, and fourth in the nation overall by the National Jurist magazine in a recent article about top schools for Bar Exam Preparation. The ranking methodology was based on LSAT scores and the…
Nova Southeastern University Earns National Recognition for Patient-Centered Care
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – More than ever, many patients feel their health care is fragmented and confusing. Now, one newer primary care model aims to help make the patient experience as seamless as possible, ultimately benefiting patients, their families, clinicians and even the economy. The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is…
NSU Guy Harvey Research Institute to Conduct One-of-a-Kind Shark Race for Conservation Science
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – On your Mark! Get Set! GO! That’s usually the refrain heard at the start of most races. However, Nova Southeastern University (NSU), the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF) are putting on a totally different race. And unlike other…
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Community Foundation of Broward and AutoNation, the country’s largest auto retailer, have teamed up to provide $100,000 to help researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research (RGI) get a promising new drug into the hands of cancer sufferers. The Community…
Nova Southeastern University Researchers Discover DNA Repair is High in Heart, Nonexistent in Brain
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers recently discovered that, contrary to prior belief, tissues of different mammalian organs have very different abilities to repair damage to their DNA. These new findings indicate that the heart has the greatest capacity to repair its DNA, followed by the intestines,…
Nova Southeastern University Celebrates Excellence at Annual Gala
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- Approximately 450 community leaders, philanthropists, university executives, faculty and students recently gathered at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) to celebrate the university’s success during the past year. During the 17th annual Celebration of Excellence event, NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. presented the distinguished President’s Award for…
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Hundreds of underserved and uninsured elementary school students in the North Miami Beach area will once again receive dental care services this academic school year from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Dental Medicine thanks to a $55,000 grant from the Dr. John. T. Macdonald Foundation…
2015 Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament is Almost Here – Provides Scholarships for NSU Students
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – This year, the organizers of the Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament came up with a unique “wrinkle” for the event. The idea was to “pre-tag” billfish in area waters and if a tournament angler caught one, they could be eligible to win $100,000. Unfortunately due to additional…
Huizenga Business School HR Programs Recognized by Society for Human Resource Management
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship announced today that two of its master’s programs fully align with the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. The programs include the Master of Business Administration with a concentration…
NSU to Present Panel Discussion on Race Relations in America – Free to the Public
Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Fla. – The Student Government Association (SGA) at NSU’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) is hosting a Special Edition of its Diversity Dialogues, titled “Race Issues in America 11: The Ferguson Police Shooting and Beyond.” The Ferguson, MO incident and others brought a renewed…
Dr. Elaine M. Wallace Named Dean of Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –Nova Southeastern University (NSU) President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Elaine M. Wallace, D.O., M.S., M.S., M.S., as dean of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Wallace succeeds Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., FACOFP dist., who served as dean for the…
NSU Researcher Discovers Certain ARB Drugs Are More Effective Than Others at Treating Heart Failure
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Millions of people take angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) to help treat heart failure. But it turns out not all ARBs are created equally, according to one Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researcher’s findings. Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., assistant professor of pharmacology at NSU’s College of Pharmacy, along…