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NSU University School Shark Bots Teams Advance to State Robotics Championship
Congratulations to the NSU University School Lower School Shark Bots teams on advancing to the Florida State Championship. At the STEAM in the Gardens Vex IQ Robotics Elementary Competition, USchool Team 76326B won the Excellence Award, Skills Champion Award, and Teamwork Champion Award, and USchool Team 76326C won the Design…
NSU Employee Benefits Fair Thursday, February 21, 2019, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. University Park Plaza, Lobby area The countdown continues so don’t miss out on your chance to make new elections or changes to your existing coverage for the plan year beginning April 1, 2019. Open enrollment can be…
TQR 11th Annual Conference Contemporary Qualitative Research-Submit Presentation Abstract Now
Call Now Open – Submit Presentation Abstract Contemporary qualitative research is a diverse world of varied perspectives, designs, methods, products and purposes. We have descriptive, interpretive, scientific, artistic, critical, collaborative, participatory, indigenous, and provocative approaches to name just a few of the ways qualitative researchers conceptualize, conduct, and communicate their work….
2019 Lunch and Learn Grant Workshops: NIH & DoD Grant Writing
The 2019 Lunch & Learn Grant Workshop Series for NSU faculty is well underway. The next workshop, “NIH & DoD Grant Writing”, is set for Thursday, March 7. All workshops are scheduled from noon – 1:00 p.m. in the HPD Chancellor’s Dining Room. A light lunch is provided. Registration is…
Halmos College Biology Student Fund Announces First Award Winners
This February, Halmos College conferred its first Biology Fund awards. Biology majors Elizabeth Feldman and Elizabeth Horta were recognized for their overall scholarship and research on volatile organic compounds indicative of periodontal disease. The students will use this award to present their research at the national meeting of the American…
NSU MD Faculty and Administrators to Present at National Medical Conferences
Several NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine faculty and administrators have been invited to present at upcoming Association of American Medical Colleges conferences to showcase some of the successes of the new M.D. college. They include: AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs Regional Conference on March 27-30, 2019…
Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Artist Sisters: Issues of Identity
Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Artist Sisters: Issues of Identity Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D. Thursday, March 28, 3:30 pm Free for members; $10 non-members In the mid-1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe asked her artist sisters, Ida and Catherine, to abandon making art and their burgeoning careers despite her earlier strong support of…
A Sense of Pride: The Hustle of Drag
Join Miami performer Queef Latina as she discusses her introduction to drag, her journey into self-branding, and the triumphs and tribulations of becoming a businesswoman. Queef Latina is a drag performer and sewing instructor based in Miami, Florida. She owns Queef Enterprises, a community sewing studio in downtown Miami where…
Café Society Book Group: In Full Flight
Lively discussions on every second Thursday of the month feature books relating to Museum exhibitions, collections or other topical themes. This month’s selection is In Full Flight by John Heminway, which tells the remarkable story of a woman’s search for a new life in Africa in the wake of…
Second Sunday Film Series: The Samuel Project
The comedic drama The Samuel Project is about a teenager (Ryan Ochoa) who gets to know his grandfather Samuel (Hal Linden) for the first time when he makes him the subject of a senior year animated art project. With dreams of becoming a professional artist, the teen discovers that his…
Coffee and Conversation at the Alvin Sherman Library, March 1
Join us over coffee for a little conversation with award winning author, Beck Dorey-Stein. In 2012, she was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s stenographers. The ultimate DC outsider, she joined the elite team who…
Frida Kahlo: An Anguished Brush
Frida Kahlo – An Anguished Brush Presented by Armando Droulers As a preview to Florida Grand Opera’s March performances of Frida,an opera by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, art historian Armando Droulers will present the lecture, Frida Kahlo – An Anguished Brush. Iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo suffered from agonizing physical…
Halmos Lecture Series Focuses on Eigenvalues, March 1
On Friday, March 1, the Mathematics Colloquium Series will present Zhongshan Li, Ph.D.’s lecture, “Irreducible sign patterns that require all distinct eigenvalues”. Hosted by Halmos College’s Department of Mathematics, this lecture will look at eigenvalues. Li is the Graduate Director of Mathematics at Georgia State University. The research discussed will…
The Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center to Host ABBAFAB – The Premier ABBA Experience
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: The Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center Having played to sold-out crowds across the U.S. and abroad, ABBAFAB is a stunning tribute to the music of ABBA featuring the sensational talents of some of TAD’s most talented and loved artists…
Rochelle S. Clarke, Ph.D., LMFT, graduate of the master’s and doctoral programs in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was promoted to the Director of Quality and Organizational Development at Catholic Hospice. Clarke has extensive experience in Catholic Hospice, including…
NSU Alumni Spotlight: School of Criminal Justice Graduate Publishes Book
Fred Turner, Ph.D., graduate of NSU’s School of Criminal Justice, has published a book with Springer, Police Militarization: Policy Changes and Stakeholders’ Opinions in the United States. The book examines the level of support for aspects of police militarization, and offers valuable insight into policymaker and law enforcement perspectives on…
Halmos College Researchers Involved in Initiatives to Sequence Organisms of Earth
Last October, Halmos faculty member Jose Lopez, Ph.D., co-organized the third Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA III) workshop and conference held in Curacao. This conference included international scientists and over 100 . Included with these students were two of Halmos own: MS students Yvain Desplat and Victoria Pecci. GIGA’s mission…
NSU Alumni Spotlight: Meixandra Porter Selected as HEICO Alumni of the Month
Nova Southeastern Athletics would like to recognize former women’s basketball player Meixandra Porter as its February 2019 GEICO Alumni of the Month. A 2013 Business graduate who played under coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry, Porter is currently stationed in California as servicewoman in the United States Air Force. On the court for…
Halmos Researchers Present at International Sea Turtle Symposium
At the beginning of February, three researchers from Halmos College attended the 39th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Charleston, South Carolina. There Halmos researcher Derek Burkholder, Ph.D. with Ph.D. candidate Glenn Goodwin and M.S. student Lexie Peterson presented their research on sea turtles in Broward County. NSU Halmos College of…
Source: Biography Alexander Lucius Twilight is the first African American to graduate from a U.S. college (1823) and the first black American to win election to public office, joining the Vermont Legislature in 1836. Born on September 23, 1795, in Corinth, Vermont, Alexander Lucius Twilight is the first African American…