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NSU’s Epidemiologist Featured on Multiple Media Stories
During the last week, NSU’s Epidemiologist Jim Hall has been part of multiple media stories on opioid epidemic and the unregulated use of Kratom Cocktails. Click on the following links to read the full articles: South Florida’s Kratom Cocktail Bars May See Herbal Drug Outlawed As Politicians Pledge Solutions To The…
NSU’s Epidemiologist Jim Hall Featured on Multiple Media Stories
During the last couple of weeks, NSU’s Epidemiologist Jim Hall has been part of multiple media stories on opioid-related deaths, cocaine deaths, and the newest scourge that is hitting our streets – Flakka. Click on the following links to read the full articles: Addicting and Dying: Opioid-Related Deaths on the Rise in…
National Security & Immigration Highly Discussed Topics Following NYC Terror Attack
President Donald Trump is calling for the elimination of the diversity visa program that allowed terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov to enter the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010. In a recent interview with CBS Miami, Dustin Berna, Ph.D., associate professor/director of Institutional Assessment and Planning, NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and…
CAHSS Invites you to Intellectual Conversations, March 15
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will again host the CAHSS Intellectual Conversations on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The series topic this academic year is “Resistance.” This next Intellectual Conversation will feature Kandy Lopez-Moreno, M.F.A., faculty in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts (DPVA) in CAHSS….
Rising OD Deaths Create Backlog in South Florida Morgues
According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths from drugs such as heroin and lethal synthetics are claiming an average of 142 lives a day in the U.S. In South Florida dead bodies are arriving to the morgues with alarming frequency. In a recent interview with…
NSU Hosts First Ice Cream Entrepreneur Program
From July 31 through Aug. 4, Nova Southeastern University hosted its first Ice Cream Entrepreneur Program. Student teams spent four days of the week learning how to create and launch a new ice cream flavor in partnership with Yo Mama’s Ice Cream shop of Fort Lauderdale. They worked with professors from…
A Look at the History of the Confederacy
Last week, the white nationalists were in Charlottesville,VA. to protest the city’s plan to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee, and counterdemonstrators were there to oppose them. In a recent interview with NBC 6, Charles Zelden, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History and Political Science at NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities,…
Unconventional Methods. NSU Professor Puts Equine Spin on Therapy
Equine therapy is a form of therapy that uses horses to promote emotional growth. Through the Equine-Assisted Family Therapy program, Shelley Green, Ph.D., professor of Family Therapy at NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, has introduced the relatively new method to students as a means to engage clients beyond an office. In a recent…
How to Deal With the Distance between Parents and Adolescent Children
Our children grow and change, not only physically but emotionally. Some parents have difficulty understanding the changes their teenager is experiencing and resist his/her need to pull away from the family and make independent decisions. In a recent interview with the national TV program Despierta America, Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Psy.D., assistant…
How to Deal With Children’s Temper Tantrums in Public
In a public place, a toddler’s tantrum can be embarrassing and stressful for parents. In a recent interview with the national TV program Despierta America, Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Psy.D., assistant professor and supervisor of Psychology trainees, NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences said that some of our children’s…
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Three NSU Programs Among the Nation’s Best
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – The rankings by U.S. News & World Report of college and university online programs are out, and Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is proud to announce that three online programs have been honored. NSU’s Criminal Justice graduate program was ranked 26th out of 41…
Nova Southeastern University’s Ph.D. Program in Family Therapy Received Renewed Accreditation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce that the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) has renewed the doctoral program’s accreditation for the maximum allowable time (six years) with no stipulations. NSU’s program is in the Department of…
Nova Southeastern University Earns Military Friendly School Designation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is very pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2017 Military Friendly School designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Jobs and Military Spouse. “We’ve been working to make NSU a university that our…
Nova Southeastern University to Host Mobile Fort Lauderdale Veterans Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Once again Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is proud to host the mobile Fort Lauderdale Vet Center. This Veteran Outreach/Information event will be held from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 4 in front of NSU’s Don Taft University Center, 3301 College Ave.,…
NSU Expert Provides Advice for Single Parents
When it comes to providing advice for parents, NSU’s Dr. Maribel Del Rio is one of the “go to” experts for reporters. She has been featured in numerous media stories, most recently one by Univision that focused on the unique challenges facing single parents. Below is the link to the…
Flakka/Bath Salts Leads to Another Gruesome Attack
It’s happened again – an alleged incident of someone who appears to have been under the influence of an illicit/illegal drug – Flakka (aka – bath salts.) The suspect allegedly stabbed a couple to death in Martin County, Florida and then appeared to be biting the face of one…
NSU Expert Talks About Newest Disney Princess
What is being hailed as Disney’s first-ever Latina princess, Elena Castillo Flores in “Elena of Avalor,” is being voiced by S. Florida’s own Aimee Carrero. Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Psy.D., an Assistant Professor within the Department of Justice and Human Services within NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences recently…
NSU Expert Participates in Story on Parenting
Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Psy.D., an Assistant Professor within the Department of Justice and Human Services within NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences recently provided her expertise for a story on parenting for Univision. The story focused on parents who go to “extreme measures” monitoring their children – some…
GUEST EDITORIAL – OP/ED FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – The Orlando nightclub shooting was an act of terrorism committed by an Islamic extremist. To argue anything to the contrary is lunacy. Many are making the assumption that he was gay and they are rationalizing his violent act as a consequence…
NSU Family Therapy Program Turns to Horses as Therapy for Kids in Foster Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Horses are helping foster care youth overcome challenges, thanks to a new Nova Southeastern University (NSU) clinical program that partners horses, family therapists, and researchers from Florida International University (FIU.) Master’s and doctoral level therapists from NSU’s Family Therapy Program (housed within…