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NSU Achievements
Law Center Associate Director Elected President of Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association
Cynthia Duval, J.D., associate director of Career and Professional Development at Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center, will be installed as president of the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association on July 10, 2014. Formed in 1985, the association’s mission is to address the concerns of women lawyers…
NSU Dental Student Receives Colgate Research Scholarship Award
The Colgate Research Scholarship Award is presented to junior and/or senior dental students who have shown academic distinction and demonstrated excellence in research. Each recipient receives $500 and complimentary admission to American Association of Women Dentists’ (AAWD) Annual Meeting. Bo has been an active participant in research while pursuing her…
NSU Reseacher Honored for Work with the Jellinek Memorial Award
To honor those who have made tremendous strides in the field of alcohol studies, and in memory of E. M. Jellinek, MD., the Jellinek Memorial Fund was established. This year, Nova Southeastern University’s own Linda Carter Sobell, Ph.D., a professor and associate director of clinical training at the Center for…
United Way of Broward County Honors NSU Staff Member
Nova Southeastern University is home to one of the foremost experts in the area of substance abuse and health disparities. Jim Hall, an Epidemiologist & Co-director of NSU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Substance Abuse, Institute for the Study of Human Services, Health and Justice, received a…
Vincent Van Hasselt, Ph.D., professor of psychology, and director of the Family Violence Program at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, served as Chairperson for a Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Police and Public Safety Psychologists held in Amelia Island Florida. The Symposium, entitled “The Role…
NSU Clinical Psychology Students Participate in Traumatic Brain Injury Retreat
In early June, a group of students from NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, along with professor Angela Waguespack, Ph.D., volunteered for Camp TBi 2014. Camp TBi is a weekend retreat that is designed for survivors of brain injury and their families. The weekend was jam-packed with social events, activities and…
Yair Levy, Ph.D., and a colleague, Michelle Ramim, Ph.D., of the University System of Georgia- Middle Georgia State College (Macon, GA), presented recently at the Open University of Israel in Ra’anana, Israel. Levy, professor of Information Systems, and Cybersecurity Director, Center for e-Learning Security Research (CeLSR) at NSU’s Graduate School…
HOLD——Medical School Approved to Begin Two Residency Programs
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and Larkin Community Hospital, which is a member of the college’s Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education, recently announced approval from the American Osteopathic Association’s Program and Trainee Review Committee to start two new osteopathic medical residency training programs. The programs will train medical residents…
NSU’s Huizenga Business School Student Receives Communis Creative Marketing Professional Scholarship
Stephanie Zehner, a graduate student enrolled in the Huizenga Business School’s Master of Science in Leadership program, is the first recipient of a $1,000 Marketing Professional Scholarship award from Communis Creative, a full-service video production and communications agency. Rhonda Ritchie-Aslaksen, founder and president of Communis Creative, established the scholarship to…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor Presents at Conference, Earns Award
Aarti Raja, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, presented research at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) in Boston, Massachusetts, May 15–18. Raja also earned an Early Career Faculty Travel Award from ASM, honoring her as a “stellar example of commitment…
NSU’s Huizenga Business School Names Frank J. Cavico Professor of the Year
Professor Frank J. Cavico, J.D., LL.M., has been named the 2014-2015 H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship Professor of the Year in recognition of his significant contributions to research, scholarship, and exceptional instruction. Cavico has been a member of the faculty at the Huizenga Business School for 26…
SHSS Faculty Member Presents at PCA/ACA Conference in Chicago
Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D., faculty and chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), recently presented at the 2014 Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual Conference and Meeting in Chicago. PCA/ACA is devoted to multidisciplinary scholarship related to…
NSU Student Featured in American Pharmacists Association Video
Did you know? Pharmacists are not currently recognized as healthcare providers under federal law, despite having more medication education and training than any other health care professional. The American Pharmacists Association (AphA) has embarked on a campaign to achieve “provider status,” which will recognize pharmacists as valued members of the health…
SunTrust Foundation’s Latest Gift Supports Nova Southeastern University Scholarship Fund
As part of their ongoing support of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), representatives from SunTrust and the SunTrust Foundation have donated $50,000 to fund an endowed scholarship in honor of the university’s 50th anniversary celebration, adding to the organization’s significant investment in education throughout the community and at NSU. Kimberly Cagiano,…
Mariana Morris, Ph.D., professor and director of Gulf War research at NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, was recently appointed to the review panel for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN). NRMN is a new and important initiative from the NIH Common…
The National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded up to $556,532 to investigators at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Optometry. The funds will be used to study the relationship between the vision condition, convergence insufficiency, and reading performance and attention. The grant will fund the…
NSU Selected as Member of Federal Demonstration Partnership
Nova Southeastern University has been selected to be a member of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), a cooperative initiative among federal agencies and institutional recipients of federal funds organized to increase research productivity, streamline administrative requirements, and maintain effective stewardship of federally sponsored research. As a new member to Phase…
Huizenga Business School Faculty Member Presents to Hometown High School and University Students
Albert Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of Finance and Economics at NSU’s Huizenga Business School, made two presentations to students at the University of Belize (UB), Punta Gorda Town in Southern Belize. UB is an English-speaking, multi-location institute for higher education, and the national university of the Central American country of…
NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center Names Professor of the Year
Professor Joel A. Mintz, J.D., J.S.D., has been named the 2014-2015 Shepard Broad Law Center Professor of the Year in recognition of his significant contributions to research and scholarship, and exceptional instruction. Mintz has been a faculty member at the Law Center since 1982. He teaches courses in Environmental Law,…
NSU Pediatric Dentistry Resident Runner-Up in National Poster Competition
Neeva Chukkapalli, D.M.D., a second year pediatric dentistry resident at NSU’s College of Dental Medicine, placed second in the My Kids Dentist Research Poster Competition recently held at the annual session of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in Boston. Her poster was chosen as runner-up among 417 participants from…