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NSU Breaks Ground on $80 Million Center for Collaborative Research
Nova Southeastern University representatives and donors break ground on the $80 million Center for Collaborative Research. Left to right: Nell McMillan Lewis, Ed.D.; Royal Dames of Cancer Research, Inc. and NSU Board of Trustees member; Jacqueline Travisano, M.B.A., C.P.A., NSU executive vice president and chief operating officer; Ron Assaf, NSU Board of Trustees chair; George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president; Carol M. Harrison, Royal Dames of Cancer Research, Inc. and NSU Board of Trustees member; George Weaver, Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust; Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Graduate School for Computer and Information Sciences; Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph.D., NSU vice president for advancement and community relations.
Broward County will soon have a focal point for research and discoveries that will one day impact all of humanity.
On Thursday, Feb. 13, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) broke ground on a revolutionary Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) that will house an IBM supercomputer, one of Florida’s largest wet labs, the NSU Technology Incubator and some of the world’s most accomplished researchers.
“This new multidisciplinary center will provide our world-class team of researchers with the tools they need to continue to make discoveries that will impact the way we all live,” said NSU President George L. Hanbury, Ph.D. “From developing new cancer treatments to finding new methods for environmental sustainability, the possibilities are endless.”
Located near the Health Professions Division on NSU’s main campus, the 215,000 sq.-ft.-facility will cost approximately $80 million to construct and equip. NSU, the nation’s ninth largest private not-for-profit university, is funding the center using a combination of its own reserves and tax-exempt financing. Construction is expected to be completed in 2016.
More than 300 construction-related jobs and another 150 research-related jobs will be created through this project.
NSU is classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. More than 200 research projects are currently underway at NSU, including studies on cardiovascular disease, anti-cancer therapies, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, coral reef restoration, stem cells and wildlife DNA forensics, among other subjects.
“The Center for Collaborative Research will expand the university’s research capability and provide the infrastructure to advance knowledge, support innovations, and develop new research partnerships,” said Gary S. Margules, Sc.D., vice president for the NSU Office of Research and Technology Transfer.
For more information about the CCR, please visit www.nova.edu/research/ccr.