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This version of SharkBytes has been archived as of February 28, 2019. To search through archived articles, visit nova.edu/search. To access the new version of SharkBytes, visit sharkbytes.nova.edu.
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Mark Your Calendars for the 13th Annual NSU CommunityFest
NSU’s annual CommunityFest will be better than ever! Don’t miss out on the extravaganza designed to celebrate and connect the NSU community. The 2016 CommunityFest will be held from noon – 4 p.m. along NSU Gold Circle Lake at the Ft. Lauderdale/Davie campus. All NSU students, faculty, staff, and their…
NSU Pharmacy Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Fellowship
Anastasios Lymperopoulos, B.Pharm., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., F.E.S.C., associate professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, NSU’s College of Pharmacy, was elected in December 2015 as a Fellow of the prestigious European Society of Cardiology (ESC). He will be officially bestowed with this recognition during the Annual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, which takes…
Team 2020 Celebration is coming!
NSU employees are invited to attend the Team 2020 Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 20 beginning at 8:30 am in the Don Taft University Center. Get there early and enjoy a great breakfast on us. Don’t forget to bring your “SharkCard” so that you will be eligible for great giveaways and…
Accomplished Lawyer – Peter Watson – to Speak at NSU
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host attorney Peter Watson for a lecture, as well as a Q & A s. The event will be held in the Performance Theatre of the Don Taft University Center. Watson, who is known for his contributions to high-profile legal cases,…
FAFSA for 2016-2017 Financial Aid Now Available
Students who have not yet completed the 2016-2017 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are encouraged to do so at www.fafsa.gov. The earlier students complete the FAFSA, the better chance they have of receiving the maximum amount of aid for which they may be eligible. 2015 income tax returns…
UPDATE: Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge Repairs – Impact to Traffic
The Dania Beach Boulevard bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway is currently under construction and is expected to be completed by summer 2016. Traffic Impact – Early March through Summer 2016
The Social Justice Roundtable in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will host a “Talking Circle on Inclusion and Diversity.” The Social Justice Roundtable (SJR) provides a means to examine and discuss topics related to human rights and social justice. The roundtable is symbolic of our desire…
Faculty and Students Invited to Next Mathematics Colloquium Series Discussion, Feb. 18
The next talk of the Mathematics Colloquium Series will focus on “Existence Results for Functional Dynamic Equations with Delay.” Guest Speaker: G. Bhaskar Tenali, Ph.D., professor (Florida Institute of Technology) Thursday, February 18 Noon–1:00 p.m. Mailman-Hollywood Building Auditorium, Second Floor Time scale, arbitrary nonempty closed subset of the real numbers…
Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine Offers Monthly Seminars, Feb. 5
NSU College of Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine (INIM) invites everyone to the latest session of its monthly Research Seminar Series on Feb. 5. All seminars, held on the first Friday of the month, will be broadcast to regional campuses. Join the INIM in the Chancellor’s Dining room in the…
Nova Singers Dedicate Original Choral Anthem to Artistic Director Chuck Stanley
Kicking off a year-long celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Nova Singers premiered an original choral work titled For the Fruit of All Creation, which they dedicated to artistic director Chuck Stanley at a concert in Boca Raton, Florida. Written by American composer René Clausen, the choral work was commissioned…
Wisconsin Duo to Join Women’s Basketball for 2016-17 Season
The Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball team and head coach LeAnn Freeland are proud to welcome the two newest members to the program for the 2016-17 season, in the Wisconsin duo of Kariss Keller and Erin Powers. Keller and Powers are from Waukesha and Appleton, Wisconsin, respectively, and are teammates…
2015-16 Men’s Basketball Digital Media Guide Released
The Nova Southeastern athletic department has released the Shark Digital Guide for the 2015-16 men’s basketball team. The digital guide enables video and interactive content to give fans a new way to experience NSU athletics. Each guide introduces incoming student-athletes, gives fans a chance to hear the head coach’s…
Merritt Earns First Ever SSC Defensive Player of the Week Award
Nova Southeastern University guard Monaye Merritt earned the first-ever Sunshine State Conference women’s basketball Defensive Player of the Week, as released by the league office. Merritt (R-Sr., Philadelphia) was a key defender in each of NSU’s wins over their opening weekend. Against North Alabama, the Shark senior had seven rebounds…
2015-16 Women’s Basketball Digital Media Guide Released
The Nova Southeastern athletic department has released the Shark Digital Guide for the 2015-16 women’s basketball team. The digital guide enables video and interactive content to give fans a new way to experience NSU athletics. Each guide introduces incoming student-athletes, gives fans a chance to hear the head coach’s thoughts…
The Sharks Sports Wrap on 640 AM Sports hosted by South Florida media legend Tony Segreto is back on. At 10 a.m., every Saturday, tune in to 640 AM to join Tony and his guest as they begin the fifth season of news and stories from around NSU Athletics. Whether you…
SPARC Ignites Collaborative Research by Psychology and Science Students, Faculty
How does the brain work? What are the effects of factors such as sleep deprivation, bilingualism, and aerobic exercise? These are among the topics of research projects being conducted by students and faculty in both the College of Psychology and Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography as part of…
USchool Students Observe Release of Rehabilitated Birds during Field Trip to Oceanographic Campus
High school students at University School had an extra benefit from a science class field trip to NSU’s Oceanographic Campus. The students observed firsthand the release of three rehabilitated birds into the wild at nearby John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Dania Beach. The South Florida Wildlife Center rehabilitated and…
Bacteria ‘Hidden’ in Public Places: Research by Halmos Faculty, Student Aired on Telemundo Network
Just how dirty is it? With growing public curiosity about microbiology and its hidden threats, research identifying bacteria in everyday places was conducted by Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., associate professor at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, and senior biology major Leonor Sarria. The study by Garcia and…
College of Psychology Students Present Research at Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting
Three students from NSU’s College of Psychology presented their work at the Psychonomic Society 56th Annual Meeting held November 19–22, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. Matthew Welhaf and Audrey Hood, students in the college’s M.S. in Experimental Psychology program, presented work on mind wandering and working memory performance. Their poster, titled…
Entrepreneur and NSU Board of Trustees member J. Kenneth “Kenny” Tate, his wife Sandy and their three daughters have been announced as one of the newest members of Nova Southeastern University’s Shark Circle giving society for their cumulative contributions of more than $1 million to the university. The Tates join…