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NSU Researcher Receives $1 Million Grant to Develop Virtual World Program
Sandra Winkler, Ph.D., faculty researcher and assistant professor for the NSU College of Health Care Sciences, was recently awarded a three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality to pursue her study. The project costs…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.- Some people use alternate virtual world programs like Second Life® to escape reality, but one researcher is examining whether these same virtual worlds that are used to stimulate the imagination could help amputees develop the skills needed to navigate the real world. Sandra Winkler, who has a…
Stay Safe While Shopping Online This Holiday Season with Tips from NSU’s Computer Experts
“Internet users are constantly targeted by spam, ‘phishing’ scams, identity theft, and any number of other online attacks,” said Gurvirender Tejay, Ph.D., one of NSU’s information security experts from the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences.