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This version of SharkBytes has been archived as of February 28, 2019.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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College of Pharmacy Professor and Research Team Publish Landmark Paper
College of Pharmacy associate professor Jean J. Latimer, Ph.D., and her research team recently published a landmark paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science about 19 stage I tumors as primary explants and loss of functional DNA repair. Click here for more information on Latimer’s research.
Professional Development Week at NSU’s Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education
Looking for that critical cutting-edge experience to help you succeed? Back by popular demand, our annual Professional Development Week provides practical, hands-on business education programs that will help move your career to the next level. Learn to thrive in the increasingly competitive global environment and get the skills you need…
Sharks Baseball Team Completes Special Weekend with Youth Day
The NSU baseball team hosted youth day at the NSU Baseball Complex Sunday, Jan. 26. Youth from the community came out to the ball field and met the Sharks coaches and players for a few hours on Sunday. The players and coaches set up different drills for the youth to…
NSU Orlando Hosts Resource and Career Fair for Veterans
The NSU Orlando Campus recently hosted the Central Florida VetReady Resource and Career Fair. VetReady is a non-profit organization that coordinates free events to promote career and educational opportunities for veterans, active duty military and their spouses. Over 35 employers from the private and public sectors were in attendance and…
NSU History Retold at the Alvin Sherman Library
As part of Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) continuing 50th anniversary celebration, more than 80 guests enjoyed a brunch at the Alvin Sherman Library with historian and author Julian Pleasants, Ph.D. Pleasants described important events throughout of NSU’s history which he describes in his book The Making of Nova Southeastern University:…
Baseball Team hosts Annual Alumni Game
The NSU’s baseball team completed its final organized game before its season opener next weekend against the alumni, on Saturday Jan. 25 at the NSU Baseball Complex. Dozens of Shark alumni took the diamond to challenge this year’s NSU squad. The game was won by the alumni, 8-7, in walk-off…
#NSU50 Top Moment No. 2: Knights Chosen as School Mascot
The #NSU50 “Top Moments in NSU Athletics History” continues with the second moment on the list: Nova University selecting its first mascot. Nova University, over a decade before merging with Southeastern University of the Health Science, needed a mascot to represent its brand new basketball team and future sports programs….
NSU’s Huizenga School to Welcome Distinguished Speaker: Napoleon Brandford, III – Feb 4
NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneur will welcome Distinguished Speaker Napoleon Brandford, III, co-founder and chair of Siebert, Brandord, Shank & Co., LLC on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 10:30 a.m. See flyer below for details…
Autism Speaks Awards NSU Scholarship to Help College Students with Autism
Right now, there are students across America who believe attending college is something beyond their grasp. These students, who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD,) might think that the assistance they’ve received through high school ends with their graduation. But that doesn’t have to be the case at…
Cahill Named to Capital One Academic All-District Team
NSU men’s basketball player Brian Cahill (Jr., Arlington, Va.) earned Capital One Academic All-District honors, as recently announced by CoSIDA . Cahill leads the team with 13.7 points, 3.9 assists and two steals per game. In the classroom, Cahill has earned a 3.76 GPA in his business administration graduate program. Last…
Faculty Symposium – Innovative Arts- Building a Campus Community, Feb. 6
The next Faculty Symposium will be held on Thursday, Feb. 6. The topic for discussion is: “Innovative Arts- Building a Campus Community. The Role of the Arts in Higher Education.” See flyer for details.
NSU Students Tear Down Wall of Hate
On Thursday, January 30, Unity Week was culminated with the tear down of the Wall of Hate, located in the Library Quad. The wall was constructed by students throughout the week to symbolize their stand against hate. The ceremony featured a vocal performance from the Riff Tides Acapella group, cultural performances from various student…
Want to try something fun, or in need to a new exercise? Climbing a Rockwall can burn up to 100 calories in 10 minutes depending on difficulty level! Climbing Wall Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00–6:00 p.m. The Climbing Wall is offered as a FREE amenity in the RecPlex. To RSVP…
Shepard Broad Law Center to Host Symposium on Energy Law and Policy, Feb. 7
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Shepard Broad Law Center will host its annual national symposium entitled, Energy, Climate Disruption, and Sea Level Rise: New Directions in Law & Policy on Feb. 6 and 7. The two-day symposium will feature some of the nation’s most prominent academic experts in energy law and…
Undergraduate Student Wins Award for Research Presentation at International Biomathematics Symposium
Abbiana Arenas, a biology major at NSU’s Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, earned a second place presentation award for her research poster and manuscript at the seventh annual International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research at Marymount University in Virginia, Oct. 11–13. More than 100 students and…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences to Host Third TEDxNSU
In the spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” TED has created TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will host its third annual TEDxNSU event—an engaging day of live lectures, TED videos, photo…
Kids Day Off Camp at Camp Nova
Kids Day Off for Grades K-5 on Lincoln’s Birthday – February 17. See flyer for details…
Film Series | George Bellows and Edward Hopper
Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM and 6 PM – 7 PM NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Horvitz Auditorium Arriving in New York in 1904, George Bellows depicted America on the move. In a twenty-year career cut short by his untimely death at age forty-two,…
Saturday, April 26, 2014 | 10:00 – 1:00 pm Join us on April 26 for the annual Merit Scholarship Competition for students who would like to attend the Creative Summer Art Academy 2014. Students going into grades 1-12 will have up to three hours to create one observational still-life…
Film Series | Four Little Girls by Spike Lee
Thursday, April 3, 2014 3 PM – 4:45 PM and 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Horvitz Auditorium A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement. 105 minutes Free with Museum Admission Please RSVP…