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News Releases
2014 Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament is Fast Approaching
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– January 22, 2014 – It’s that time of year again – time to grab your fishing rods and reels, load up the boat with your gear and hit the high seas for the 2014 Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament. This annual tournament, in partnership with the Marine Industries…
NSU Jacksonville Hosts Forensic Psychology Day
Jacksonville, Fla.– January 21,2014 – Internationally known forensic psychologist Lenore Walker, Ed.D. will be one of the five keynote speakers at Nova Southeastern University’s first Forensic Psychology Day at NSU’s Jacksonville campus. Dr. Walker, who coined the term “battered woman syndrome,” is a professor at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies and coordinator of…
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – January 17, 2014 – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Shepard Broad Law Center will welcome U.S. Supreme Court Clerk (Ret.) Gen. William K. Suter on Friday, Jan. 24. Alumni, friends, and members of the community are invited to enjoy an evening of interesting discussion with Gen. Suter, a…
Nova Southeastern University Bahamas Offering Workshops for Professional Adults
Nassau, Bahamas — January 17, 2014 – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Regional Campus in Nassau, Bahamas is offering a 12-day program for adults seeking to continue their education. Minds Forever Opened, running from February 7 to July 26, is an Adult Education Certificate of Completion program from NSU’s Abraham S….
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –January 17,2014 – The Arbor Day Foundation recently announced that Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has earned its 2013 Tree Campus USA designation. Tree Campus USA is a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota to honor colleges and universities and their leaders…
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – January 15, 2014 – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Abraham S. Fischler School of Education will host its third annual International School Choice and Reform Academic Conference Jan. 17 -20. The goal of the conference is to bring together American and internationally renowned greatest thinkers in higher…
Nova Southeastern University Debuts New Genocide Prevention Lecture Series
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – January 15, 2014 – Genocide. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political or cultural group.” For those of a certain generation, hearing the word “genocide” conjures up the most infamous example of all – The…
Global Demographic Shift Leads to International Discussion
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– January 15, 2014 – This may be the end of the world as we know it. By 2017, it is expected that adults older than 65 will outnumber children younger than 5 for the first time in recorded human history, according to the National Institute on Aging….
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– January 13, 2014 – Guy Harvey, Ph.D. and Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) along with George Schellenger, two-time Emmy® award winning filmmaker/producer present the screening of Guy Harvey’s Latest Documentary on Whale Sharks. Conservationist and world acclaimed marine artist Guy…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– January 10, 2014 – Researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center (OC) recently participated in a three-week field campaign in the Gulf of Mexico that centered on the fate of oil that is released into the environment. As a part of this study, NSU researchers also took…
Kamryn Blackwood Named Miss New Mexico USA
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – January 7, 2014 – Nova Southeastern tennis senior Kamryn Blackwood (Farmington, N.M.) has been named Miss New Mexico USA and will compete in the 2014 Miss USA Pageant. Blackwood entered her state’s pageant after being named Miss Farmington. Blackwood will now compete in the prestigious Miss…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- January 8, 2014 – One in 10 adult Floridians has diabetes and the number has doubled during the past 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes is an increasing concern throughout the United States with 25.8 million children and adults living with the…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- January 6, 2014 – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) President George L. Hanbury, Ph.D., will present the President’s Award for Excellence in Community Service to philanthropists Winifred and Joseph Amaturo at the university’s annual Celebration of Excellence event on Feb. 1, 2014. This year’s event has special significance as…
Lifelong Learning Institute at Nova Southeastern University to Host Free Winter Welcome Week
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- January 3, 2014 – Members of the community are invited to participate in stimulating lectures and workshops and learn about the great offerings of the Lifelong Learning Institute at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Subjects range from Witch Hunts in American History to Jazz and its Building Blocks….
NSU Chancellor Fred Lippman Named to Florida TaxWatch Board
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- January 3, 2014 – Dominic M. Calabro, president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch, recently announced the appointment of Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., chancellor of Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Health Professions Division, to the organization’s Board of Trustees. “I have known Dr. Fred Lippman personally and professionally for…
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– December 16, 2013 – Hundreds of children are in for a holiday surprise thanks to a local charity and university partnering to make a difference. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Office of Student Media will be hosting its first ever “Handfuls of Hope” toy…
Nova Southeastern University Receives Grant From the Health Foundation of South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- December 16, 2013 – Nova Southeastern University (NSU)’s Master of Public Health program, which is part of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, recently received a $32,000 grant from the Health Foundation of South Florida. The grant award will fund a project which seeks to gather feedback from…
NSU’s Oscar Aldabe Sets Shark Invite Record in 400 IM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.– December 15, 2013- The headline after the second day of the Fourth Annual NSU Sharks Invitational was Nova Southeastern University swimmer Oscar Aldabe(Sr., Alicante, Spain) setting a new meet record in the men’s 400-yard individual medley. He swam a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:56.71 on Sunday night…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.– December 13, 2013 – Pop Quiz: what creatures make up more than 70% of the approximately 1.9 million described species on earth and have long served as model organisms in many areas of biology? If you guessed invertebrates, you’re right! To begin exploring this question, a new cooperative consortium called…
Mary Ann Fletcher Joins Nova Southeastern University as Schemel Professor for Neuro Immune Medicine
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., recently announced the appointment of Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D., as the first Schemel Professor for Neuro Immune Medicine. The Schemel Professorship was established in 2013 through a $2 million endowment from the…