NSU Newsroom
SharkBytes
Horizons
This version of NSU News has been archived as of February 28, 2019. To search through archived articles, visit nova.edu/search. To access the new version of NSU News, visit news.nova.edu.
This version of SharkBytes has been archived as of February 28, 2019.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.
Community News
SHSS and IGAAR to Screen Film “Earth Made of Glass”, April 16
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and the Institute for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research (IGAAR) will screen the film, Earth Made of Glass, on Tuesday, April 16 in room 2058 in the Maltz Building. The film examines the search for justice in post-genocide Rwanda and the…
Threat and Error Management – A Comprehensive Seminar, May 3
NSU and Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc., presents: Threat and Error Management – A Comprehensive Seminar on Human Factors in Aviation Friday, May 3, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Carl DeSantis Building • 3rd Floor Sales Institute To register or for more information visit: www.nova.edu/humanservices/aviationseries. See flyer for details…
Brown Bag Grant Workshop, April 17
The 2013 Brown Bag Grant Series continues its 13-week series on Wednesday, April 17 with “Understanding the IRB.” This will be the the final session of the 2013 series. The workshop runs noon – 1:15 p.m., in Room 2053, Alvin Sherman Library. Bring your lunch; light snacks are provided. Space…
Microbe Week Takes Over at the Oceanographic Center, Begins April 11
Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) is highlighting the symbiotic relationship between microbes and coral reefs this week through a series of distinguished speaker events and conference presentations. The week’s events kick off on Thursday, April 11 with “Dive In” lecture series guest speaker Kim Ritchie, a microbiologist with the…
NSU RotaractClub Contributes $15,500 to Paraguay Library Project
The Rotaract Club of Nova Southeastern University completed their second international project on March 31, presenting a check of $13,500 to help reconstruct a municipal library in Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay. An additional $2,000 was donated at the event to raise the total contribution to $15,500. A representative from a rotary club…
Salute U.S. Armed Forces with Ars Flores Concert, Nov. 9
In honor of Veterans Day and in celebration of America’s servicemen and women, the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra will host a special concert at NSU featuring a selection of patriotic performances. Celebrate Our Armed Forces! | Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra Saturday, Nov. 9 7:30 p.m. | Pre-concert lecture at 6:30…
NSU Oceanographic Center Joins the Friends of Nature Music Festival, Nov. 9 -10
The (NSU) Oceanographic Center joins the Friends of Nature Music Festival (FON Fest) to spread environmental awareness through various forms of art and culture. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9 and Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park in Miami, Florida. “The Oceanographic Center has…
Pharmacy Participates in Glucose Games
On October 27, 2012, the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Fort Lauderdale chapter held our fourth Annual Glucose Games Charity Flag Football Tournament. The event benefits a local organization called “Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth” (FLIPANY) which empowers Broward county children and their families…
5K ‘Motion for the Ocean’ Run/Walk to Benefit At-risk Youth, April 14
The inaugural Motion for the Ocean 5K Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, April 14 at the NSU Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) in Hollywood’s John U. Lloyd State Park. Motion for the Ocean is an event partially funded by the NSU Pan Student Government Association as a fundraiser and community-building event organized…
Nova Southeastern University and NSU College of Pharmacy’s Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) will host a live HD simulcast of the world-renowned TEDMED conference from April 17 to 19 at the Health Professions Division. TEDMED talks are unlike what you see at other medical conferences. They embrace the…
E.S.C.A.P.E. to the Huizenga Business School Entrepreneurship One-Week Summer Camp, begins July 22
Need a break from the heat and boredom of the summer? High school students interested in entrepreneurship are invited to E.S.C.A.P.E. to the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship for a one-week summer camp, July 22-26. Each day will be packed with lectures from NSU professors and South…
Mailman Segal Center for Human Development to Host Open House, Dec. 6
NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development will be hosting an open house on Saturday, Dec. 6 which is open to the entire South Florida community. The event will run from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Jim & Jan Moran Family Center on NSU’s main campus. The open house will showcase…
NSU Students, Alumni Bring Science to Life at Local Elementary School
More than 40 NSU students and alumni volunteered at Welleby Elementary School in Sunrise for the annual Science Alive! event on Mar. 20. The school-wide gathering featured an evening of interactive experiments and scientific demonstrations geared toward children and their families. During Science Alive!, Welleby’s classrooms are transformed into science…
OI2T Team Participate in 2013 Egg Hunt Duathlon
Three members of the OI2T (Office of Innovation and Information Technology) team recently participated in the 2013 Egg Hunt Duathlon held at CB Smith Park in Pembroke Pines on Saturday, March 30. The Duathlon consisted of a 1.5 mile run, followed by an 11 mile bike portion, followed by another…
Irish Dracula Play to Premiere on Campus with Dramatic Reading, April 13
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will present a special dramatic reading of The Irish Dracula: A Melodrama in Five Acts, written by James Doan, Ph.D., professor at the college. Over the past month, NSU undergraduate students worked with Doan and Daniel Gelbmann, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college,…
SHSS Faculty Publishes Book on Relational Suicide Assessment; Will Host Book Signing, April 19
Douglas Flemons, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has written a book with Leonard Gralnik, M.D., Ph.D., entitled, Relational Suicide Assessment: Risk, Resources, and Possibilities for Safety, published by W.W. Norton. The book includes a foreword by…
Teen Cancer Survivor Hosts “For Hair’s Sake” Benefit at NSU to Collect Ponytails, April 7
Most 16-year-olds have enough worries from getting their driver’s license, to passing their next exam, to making plans with that special someone. But when NSU junior Lesly Viera was 16, she had a different kind of concern – she was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors discovered a lymphoma located between her…
NSU Student Educational Centers host Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Presentation, continues April 5
NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies will offer a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention presentation at several of NSU’s Student Educational Centers (SEC) during the month of April. Child abuse survivor Lauren Book, founder of Lauren’s Kids, will discuss the impact and prevention of child sexual abuse. Attendees will also learn about…