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Film: Who Gets to Call it Art?
Who Gets to Call it Art? is a wild ride through the fascinating 1960s New York art world, seen through the eyes of the first contemporary art curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Geldzahler. Includes never-before-seen footage of artists, including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as…
If you love to dance and want to join others for an afternoon of music and movement, join the Museum for Urban Line Dance lessons led by Lynda Nation at 2pm on April 12 at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Bring a partner, come on your own or bring…
NSU Hosts Large Mentoring Monday Event
More than 250 businesswomen gathered at NSU’s Carl DeSantis building recently to learn from 37 female business leaders at the South Florida Business Journal’s second annual Bizwomen “Mentoring Monday” event. NSU’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Jackie Travisano, M.B.A. welcomed the group to the university. Following introductions, she…
Track and Field takes Three PBC Honors Again
For the second straight week, the nationally ranked Nova Southeastern University track and field teams took three out of four Peach Belt Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week honors. Sherrelle Jordan (So., Chandler, Ariz.) and Vanessa Munley (Sr. Moosic, Pa.) were recognized for the second week in a row, while…
Mathematics Colloquium to Discuss Faculty Research, April 8
The latest talk in the Mathematics Colloquium Series will discuss joint faculty research on “An Inequality for Tensor Product of Positive Operators and Its Applications.” Presenter: Fuzhen Zhang, Ph.D., professor at the college Wednesday, April 8 Noon–1:00 p.m. Mailman-Hollywood Building Auditorium Using words of operators in tensor product, this talk…
Chantry Tabbed as SSC Golfer of the Week
The Nova Southeastern University women’s golfer Mailen Domecq Chantry (Fr., Mar del Plata, Argentina) was named Sunshine State Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week. The Sharks picked up a victory last week at the Otter Invitational, hosted by Cal State-Monterey Bay in Seaside, California. Chantry led the way for the…
Wilkins Earns All-American Honors from DII Hoops Bulletin
Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball forward Jasmine Wilkins recently gained national recognition, as she was chosen by Women’s Division II Bulletin as a member of their All-American Third Team, placing her among the 15 best players this season in all of DII. In her final season with the squad, Wilkins…
NSU Dominates All-SSC Swimming Honors
The Nova Southeastern University swimming and diving program earned a combined 14 All-Sunshine State Conference honors, as announced by the conference office Friday, March 27. Led by the SSC women’s coach of the year, head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron, NSU collected the most SSC awards in program history, winning eight of…
Undergraduate Student Symposium, April 10
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents the 2015 Undergraduate Student Symposium, a showcase of scholarship and creative works from across the disciplines—featuring poster displays, oral presentations, and screenings of short films. Featured projects cover areas of study ranging from the experimental, applied, and computational to the theoretical, artistic,…
Sharks in Hunt for SSC Mayors’ Cup
The Nova Southeastern University Athletic Department ranks in the top three for both men and women in the Sunshine State Conference Mayors’ Cup Standings after the fall and winter seasons. The Sharks rank second overall in the women’s standings with 27 points, while NSU’s men’s teams rank third with 18…
Blanco to Represent SSC at NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum
Nova Southeastern University men’s soccer standout Emilio Blanco (Fr., Weston, Fla.) was selected to represent the Sunshine State Conference at the 2015 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in Orlando, Florida from April 9-12. According to the NCAA, “The NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum engages a diverse and dynamic representation of student-athletes, coaches,…
NSU Sports Medicine Continues to Make Innovative Strides in Concussion Management
The Nova Southeastern University Sports Medicine Team continues its tradition of providing cutting-edge medical services to its student-athletes by taking major steps forward in concussion management during the 2014-15 season, most notably by implementing a standardized sideline concussion evaluation for all teams that includes the King-Devick Test. According to the…
Pride Bite: NSU to Establish M.D., Engineering/Computing, and Honors Colleges
NSU President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., announced that the university’s Board of Trustees created three new colleges and programs, adding to the university’s more than 150 degree offerings. The additions include establishing a College of Allopathic Medicine (M.D. program) to complement NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O….
Climate-Sustainability Lecture: Exploring Clean Energy Sources via Chemical Catalysis, April 22
The Climate-Sustainability Lecture Series, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss the “Systematic Synthesis of Novel Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts: Exploring Clean Energy Sources” at its next talk. Speaker: Raphael G. Raptis, Ph.D., professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Noon–1:00…
SHSS Student serves as COO of PLS 3rd Learning
Sarah Glenn-Smith, M.B.A., doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), is the Chief Operating Officer at PLS 3rd Learning. PLS 3rd Learning is a collaborative teaching and learning online environment to support teaching and learning online….
Passover Style Menus in the University Center!
Shark Dining will be featuring Passover style menus at Training Table and FoodBar in the Don Taft University Center for the duration of the holiday. Various dishes will be introduced throughout the week during dinner so make sure you stop by and try it for yourself. The attached menu has…
Congratulations to the 2015 Stuey Award Winners!
NSU’s 16th Annual Stuey Awards were held last week and the winners were announced. Congratulations to all of the nominees and to the winners, who were named as follows: Administrator of the Year 2015 – Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Jennifer D. Revezzo, M.S. Nova Southeastern University Alumni…
SHSS Faculty Presents at International Studies Association Conference in New Orleans
Bertha Kadenyi Amisi, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), recently presented at the 2015 International Studies Association (ISA) Conference held in New Orleans. The conference theme was “Global IR and Regional Worlds.” Amisi’s presentation was…
Broadway Bash to Include Mix of Musical Theatre Hits, April 10
NSU students will bring some of the best show stoppers and ballads from the Big Apple to the Black Box Theatre with Broadway Bash, a mix of musical performances presented by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts. Broadway Bash | Performance Series Friday,…
Students Invited to Audition for Performing Arts Grant, April 11
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will be holding auditions for the talent-based James and Nan Farquhar Performing Arts Grant. The grant is available to new and continuing eligible students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the college in art, arts administration, dance, music, or theatre. An audition and portfolio…