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NSU Speaker’s Forum Hosted by Dr. Larry A. Calderon, Mar. 18
Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D.
Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Oceanographic Center and executive director of NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute, will be the featured speaker at the NSU Speaker’s Forum on March 18. He will talk about the Oceanographic Center.
Dodge received a B.A. degree from University of Maine in 1969 and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Yale University in 1973 and 1978. He is a recognized authority on corals and coral reef ecosystems. He has conducted research in Haiti, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Panama, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Cape Verde Islands, Sao Tome and Principe (Gulf of Guinea), Mexico, and Florida. Dodge has held grants and contracts from sources including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Navy, Florida Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, South Florida Water Management District, Marine Spill Response Corporation, federal Minerals Management Service, Office of Naval Research, State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Broward County, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The weekly NSU Speaker’s Forum, hosted by Larry A. Calderon, NSU vice president for community and governmental relations, takes place each Friday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The audience is treated to a delicious hot breakfast and an opportunity to learn about the fascinating people that make NSU a great university. The Speaker’s Forum is held on the second floor of the Horvitz Administration Building in the President’s Board Room. For more information, please contact Tracey-Ann Spencer at straceya@nova.edu or 954-262-5208.