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Halmos College Assistant Dean to Host Two International Conferences in 2018
In March 2018, Halmos Assistant Dean and professor Matthew He, Ph.D. will host two international conferences in Miami, Florida. The first conference is the BIT’s 11th Annual World Protein and Peptide Conference 2018. PepCon-2018 consists of specialized scientific programs, tailored to highlight the latest and most exciting discoveries in diverse…
Four students in the Master’s of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) program at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship won the 2017 SIOR Florida Challenge Grant and received certificates and scholarship funds at a ceremony held August 31 in the Knight Auditorium in the Carl DeSantis…
Halmos Assistant Dean Visits Dalian Ocean University in China
In August, Assistant Dean Matthew He, Ph.D. visited Dalian Ocean University, China. While there, Dr. He had an opportunity to meet with deans and associate deans from School of Fisheries and Life Sciences and School of Marine Technology and Environment, where he highlighted Halmos College’s research and education programs. It…
Halmos Mathematician Delivers Keynote Lecture in Moscow, Russia
This August, Halmos faculty member and assistant dean Matthew He, Ph.D. presented the keynote lecture at the First International Conference of Artificial Intelligence, Medical Engineering, and Education in Moscow, Russia. Matthew He’s lecture, entitled “From Informatics to Intelligence: Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, and Brain Science” covered the many intersections of science, engineering,…
Fischler College of Education Hosts Meet the Dean
NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education is hosting “Meet the Dean” sessions during the fall term. These sessions allow undergraduate students the opportunity to chat informally, and intimately with Interim Dean, Kimberly Durham. The initial session was held during the first week of classes and was successful with students. The…
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is pleased to invite you to the first Diversity Dialog of the new academic year. This opening dialog is particularly timely and is titled: “Post Charlottesville Dialogs-Learning, Healing, and Moving Forward.” Come and join the dialog! The facilitators will be Marguerite…
Accounting Tutoring Now Available
The Tutoring and Testing Center is now offering accounting tutoring for ACT 2020 and ACT 2030. Call or stop by to schedule an appointment and we’ll make sure your knowledge doesn’t depreciate. Tutoring Services Student Affairs Building, 2nd Floor http://nova.edu/tutoring-testing
CAHSS and First Year Seminar Program host “The Reel” Annual Film Series, Starting Sept. 6
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is delighted to host the NSU Annual Film Series “The Reel.” The series features movies and discussion facilitated by Kate Waites, Ph.D., and Aileen Farrar, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Literature and Modern languages. This year’s theme is “Identity.” The…
Faculty Symposium: The Zika Virus- What We Should Know and Do, Nov. 9
The Faculty Symposium will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Faculty Shark Club (Rosenthal Building). Thus far this year, 145 Zika cases have been reported in Florida, with 100 of those in South Florida. Zika, known to cause birth defects in babies whose mothers are infected with…
CAHSS Alum Works with St. Andrew’s Refugee Services in Egypt
Careen Hutchinson, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is currently in Cairo, Egypt working with St. Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS). StARS has served refugees since 1979 and they strive to enhance the quality of life…
Halmos Mathematics Faculty Member Organizes Special Session at International Conference
This August, Halmos faculty member Fuzhen Zhang, Ph.D. organized a special session entitled “Matrix Analysis and its Applications” at the 3rd Congress of mathematicians of the Pacific Rim Mathematics Association (PRIMA17) which was held in Oaxaca, Mexico. A professor in the Department of Mathematics, Zhang worked with his international colleagues…
CAHSS Faculty Interviewed by CapeTalk from South Africa on the Changing Portrayal of Women in Film
Kate Waites, Ph.D., faculty in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was interviewed by CapeTalk, a radio program in South Africa. The topic was “The Portrayal of Women in Film.” Waites has done extensive work in the area of gender studies, images of women/gender in popular culture,…
CAHSS Hosts Meeting to Learn about the NSU Mock Trial Team, Sept. 6
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites you to a meeting for all students interested in joining the NSU Mock Trial Team. Information on team meetings, the competition and the year’s trial scenario will be discussed. The team is open to all undergraduate students. The meeting will…
A tiger shark named “Andy” is like the marine version of the Energizer Bunny – he keeps going and going and going… Andy, tagged in Bermuda in 2014 by Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI,) has broken the record for distance traveled by a GHRI tagged shark,…
Hoehn Hired by NSU Basketball Staffs
Nova Southeastern officially welcomed two newcomers to both the men’s and women’s basketball staff. Former standouts on the court in their own right, T’Keyah Williams and Devin Hoehn join the Shark Family as Directors of Player Development for their respective programs. Making the return back home, Williams replaces former women’s assistant Brooklyn Kohlheim on…
For 25 years, the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences has been committed to preparing health professionals for the future demands of health care, with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life and health for patients and communities. To this end, the college and the university support…
Sharks Release 2017-18 Women’s Golf Slate
Second-year head coach Heather Wall and the Nova Southeastern women’s golf program have announced the full 2017-18 women’s golf schedule, set to begin at the Division II Preview in Houston, Texas from September 24-26. “I am very excited for this upcoming season,” Wall said. “We will be led by our three returning…
Volleyball Tabbed Ninth in SSC Preseason Poll
Eight days away from its season opener in the 10th-Annual Shark Invitational, the Nova Southeastern volleyball team has been selected by the Sunshine State Conference coaches to finish ninth overall. The Sharks finished 4-12 in the SSC in 2016, with an overall record of 12-19. With 11 of their losses…
NSU Ready to Turn New Page in 2017
The Nova Southeastern men’s soccer team understands how those outside the program view them – a club that simply won just four games in 2016 and should finish in a similar position near the bottom half of the Sunshine State Conference once again in 2017. At the same time, what…
Presenting the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network
The Sunshine State Conference is proud to announce the launch of a conference-wide digital network. Now, for the first time in league history, all video content produced by the SSC and its 11 member institutions will be available in one place. The SSC Digital Network, which provides live content free…