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SharkBytes Archive October 2018
CAHSS Hosts the film, “Lift the Mask” and visit Pompano Youth Treatment Center
On Oct. 17, 2018, NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), in collaboration with The Quell Foundation and the NSU Division of Advancement and Community Relations, screened the powerful documentary, “Lift the Mask: Portraits of Life with Mental Illness.” The film, produced by the Quell Foundation, offers compelling…
NSU Fort Myers PA Students Announces and Represents National Physician Assistant Week
NSU Fort Myers physician assistant (PA) students represented the university and the PA profession during a recent Fort Myers City Council Meeting. Physician assistant students, Perry Crawford, Erin Diskin, Kassidy Anthony, and Jonathan Nusbaum attended the meeting where Mayor Randall P. Henderson, Jr. proclaimed October 6-12 as National Physician Assistant…
Martinez Caps Magical Season with World Series Title
Former Nova Southeastern baseball All-American J.D. Martinez became the first Sharks player to appear in and win the World Series, aiding the Boston Red Sox to the title on Sunday night, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, in game five of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium. Also becoming…
Sharks Sit T-4th in 2018-19 SSC Preseason Poll
The Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball team has been selected to finish tied for fourth in the Sunshine State Conference, as voted by the league’s coaches and announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. FULL RELEASE
CAHSS to Host series on Applying to Law School, Oct. 30
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will host a series of free workshops designed to provide tips on preparing for law school. The workshops will take place on October 30 in Parker, room 205, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. All students are welcome. The sessions will include…
Robayna Reels in Second SSC Defensive Player of the Week Award
For the second time in less than a month, Nova Southeastern goalkeeper has been recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Week, announced by the league office. FULL RELEASE
Halmos Faculty Presents the Deep Sea to Broward County Middle and Elementary Schools
During midterms’ week this October, Halmos faculty member Tamara Frank, Ph.D. with Ruth Musgrave from WhaleTimes, Inc. did 28 workshops in various Broward County elementary and middle schools. Over 600 students were able to experience “Deep Sea in the Deep Sea”. Teachers could choose the presentation they wanted: Deep-sea Vision…
Halmos Mathematics Colloquium Series Hosted Talk on Integrable Equations
On Friday, October 19th, Wen-Xiu Ma, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, University of South Florida, Tampa, presented a talk entitled, “The Riemann-Hilbert approach to integrable equations”. The seminar was about the Riemann-Hilbert approach to integrable equations in (1+1)-dimensions. The starting point is a pair of matrix eigenvalue problems, called a Lax…
NSU to Host the 2018 Sallarulo’s Race for Champions this Saturday, Nov. 3
NSU will be hosting the Sallarulo’s Race for Champions on Saturday, November 3rd, at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus. Registration starts at 6:30am. The walk begins at 8:00am.* All roads within NSU will close approximately 10 to 15 minutes before the starting time. Vehicles coming to the Maltz Psychology Building, Carl…
NSU’s Translational Research and Economic Development Genomics Core Facility is soliciting proposals for pilot projects utilizing the Illumina NextSeq 500 platform for RNA-Seq applications. The primary goal of this pilot grant program is to offer NSU faculty and graduate students (with PI support) a unique opportunity for gene expression research projects at…
FCE Distinguished Alum, Veteran and Author to Present during Homecoming Week
Jeffrey “Jeff” Scarpiello, graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, will be presenting his recently published book, The 10 “C” Leadership Principles of Excellence – Working Toward the Benefit of the Team on Tuesday, November 6th. Scarpiello is a medically retired, service-disabled Air Force Veteran, with over 20…
NSU University School’s Open House in November
NSU University School’s Open House is coming up on Tuesday, November 6th at 9:00am. Families with students in junior kindergarten (age 4) through grade 12 are invited to tour the campus of NSU University School, ask questions, and learn more about the exceptional educational and extracurricular opportunities that are offered…
NSU Students and Faculty Participate in the Day in the Life of a Nurse
On Friday, October 5, 2018, students and faculty from the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, participated in the Day in the Life of a Nurse. The Nursing Consortium of South Florida, a coalition of hospitals, nursing schools, and health care staffing organizations, organizes this annual event to promote…
JD Martinez Provides Back-to-Back World Series for Sharks Alumni
JD Martinez Provides Back-to-Back World Series for Sharks Alumni – Nova Southeastern University For the second consecutive year, a former Nova Southeastern standout is heading to the World Series as a member of an MLB championship roster, after J.D. Martinez aided the Boston Red Sox to an American League Championship…
Emergency Notification Drill to Be Held on Campus
On Thursday, October 25, NSU will be conducting a test at 2 p.m. of the NSU Alert Notification System. The NSU Alert test at 2:00 p.m. will include the following: NSU Mass Notification System including mass email, mobile text, and voice messaging service NSU emergency information hotline (800-256-5065) Nova Southeastern…
In today’s digital world, it is imperative that we understand the positive, negative, and in-betweens of the cyber world and the impact it has on our children and our society. Join the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Jacksonville Campus on Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. – noon for the…
NSU’s Associate Professor Commemorates Decades of Innovation and Success
THE DEPARTMENT OF Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) has a long, successful history that sets it apart from other SLP programs in the country. Among these distinctions are some notable firsts. A major one is the provision of innovative delivery systems. For example, the department was the first SLP program to offer…
NSU to Test Alert Notification System
On Thursday, October 25, NSU will be conducting a test at 2 p.m. of the NSU Alert Notification System. The NSU Alert test at 2:00 p.m. will include the following: NSU Mass Notification System including mass email, mobile text, and voice messaging service NSU emergency information hotline (800-256-5065) Nova Southeastern…
Have you heard? The Riptide Music Festival is hitting the shores of South Florida again, and this time NSU has partnered to make things even better. On Wednesday, October 24 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. we’re kicking things off with Riptide Takeover at NSU 104.3 The Shark’s morning…
Information on Flu Vaccines and Prevention
Bindu S. Mayi, M.Sc., Ph.D., professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences educates people to get their flu vaccination. As we head into flu season it is worth remembering that last year’s flu resulted in more than 900,000 hospitalizations and over 80,000 deaths in the United States alone. These…