Author: Abimbola Elizabeth Eminowa

NSU Jacksonville Campus: From Piracy to Terrorism: Understanding the Roots of U.S. National Security, May 18

What exactly do politicians and policy makers mean when they refer to national security? To justify major government expenditures or dramatic policy initiatives, they rarely say more than that it is in the interest of U.S. national security. David Kilroy, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University will present a historical analysis of the root of the concept in the U.S. and explore how the parameters of U.S. national security have evolved through the history of the Republic. Join us on Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Attendees will:

  • Explore the historical roots of the U.S. national security policy
  • Analyze the evolution of U.S. national security strategies
  • Create a greater understanding of the parameters of the U.S. national security

This event will be held at the NSU Jacksonville Campus located at 6675 Corporate Center Parkway, Suite 115, Jacksonville, FL 32216. Please RSVP at nova.edu/jacksonville/events to attend.

NSU University School Presents Utopia – Spring Festival of Arts

 Come celebrate the Arts at NSU University School with the inauguration of our Spring Festival of Arts, Utopia! This day will be one you don’t want to miss. Come celebrate the Arts at NSU University School with the inauguration of our Spring Festival of Arts, Utopia! With food trucks, live art demonstrations, and live music.

This event will be a combination of the following events:

LOWER SCHOOL MUSICAL – DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND, JR.
• Location: Silverman Auditorium inside the AutoNation Center for the Arts
• Time: 1:00-2:00pm
• Cost: $10; tickets can be purchased at the door or online at https://secure.touchnet.net/C21175…/…/classic/store_cat.jsp…

ALL SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION
• Location: AutoNation Center for the Arts
• Time: 2:00-4:00pm
• Cost: Free

LOWER SCHOOL MUSIC CONCERT
• Location: Silverman Auditorium inside the AutoNation Center for the Arts
• Time: 3:15-4:00pm
• Cost: Free

MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL OUTDOOR ROCK CONCERT
• Location: Smith Family Commons in front of the Lower School
• Time: 2:00-5:00pm
• Cost: Free

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Alumna Continues her Passion for Environmental Issues at FAU’s Florida Center for Environmental Studies

Kimberly Vardeman, M.A.

Kimberly Vardeman, M.A., graduate of the Master of Arts in Cross-disciplinary Studies (MACS) program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is continuing to pursue her passion for environmental issues including environmental stewardship, humane education, animal protection, and human rights. Vardeman is a research assistant at the Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES) at Florida Atlantic University. Among her responsibilities, she coordinates community engagement research and public outreach.

In addition to her MACS degree from NSU, Vardeman earned her bachelors’ degree from the University of Florida. While earning her MACS degree, Vardeman was able to co-create her degree plan to include courses from NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. She completed a thesis in MACS, focusing her research on environmental community education. For more information about MACS, please contact Claudette Brooks in DCRS at cbrooks@nova.edu.

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Faculty publish book, Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump: Images from Literature and Visual Arts

Barbara Brodman, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of History and Political Science (DHPS) and James Doan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Literature and Modern Languages (DLML) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), co-edited the book, Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump: Images from Literature and Visual Arts. It treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age. The book is co-published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, and Rowman and Littlefield.

In addition to chapters written by the co-editors, other CAHSS faculty contributors include Christine Jackson, Ph.D., Kate Waites, Ph.D., professors in DLML, and David McNaron, Ph.D., professor emeritus on DHPS.

For more information and to pre-order the book, please go to https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683931676/Utopia-and-Dystopia-in-the-Age-of-Trump-Images-from-Literature-and-Visual-Arts

Halmos Faculty and Graduate Student Present at Everglades Conference

This April, Halmos biology faculty member Jose Lopez, Ph.D. and his biological sciences master’s student Phillip (Eric) Fortman presented preliminary research on the microbial analyses of Biscayne Bay at the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration conference (GEER).

Held in Coral Springs, Florida. Mr. Fortman’s talk, entitled “Potential Influence of Land-based Runoff on the Microbiome of Northern and Central Biscayne Bay”, described the bacterioplankton community of Biscayne Bay, focusing on the mouths of canals. One liter, surface water grab samples were taken monthly for one year.

GEER focuses on science advancing Everglades resilience and sustainability. In it’s third year, GEER continues to address the most pressing and complex science issues now and into the future of restoration. This future includes uncertain climate patterns, threats from invasive species, altered hydrology, development pressure, and degraded water quality.

Halmos 2018 Alumna Lead Author of Peer Reviewed Research Paper

This April, the journal of Physiology and Behavior published the article, “Manipulating Neck Temperature Alters Contagious Yawning in Humans”. The lead author is class of 2018 undergraduate biology major Valentina Ramirez. Her mentor was Halmos College faculty member Omar Eldakar, Ph.D.

The study investigated the thermoregulatory theory of yawning, which is essentially that yawns serve to cool the brain. Valentina and her collaborators tested this hypothesis by altering neck temperature above the carotid arteries with therapeutic packs which in turn influenced brain temperature and therefore the expression of yawning. The researchers found that yawning behavior followed predicted patterns with increased yawning when the brain was warmed, and decreased when the brain was cooled. Thermal imaging confirmed the application of therapeutic packs influenced the temperature of the superomedial orbital area, a region previously used as a noninvasive measure of brain temperature. These findings provide further support for a thermoregulatory function to yawning.

Valentina is now a first-year medical student with the U.S. Navy. Congratulations to Valentina for her impressive achievement, and to Omar Eldakar, Ph.D for his mentorship.

NSU Model United Nation Team Competed at Regional Conference

From March 28-30, NSU’s Model UN team competed at the Southern Regional Model United Nations (SRMUN) conference in Charlotte.

“It’s one of the biggest regional conferences,” said Assistant Professor G. Nelson Bass, Ph.D./J.D., of the Department of History and Political Science in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

The eight members of the NSU team included Celina Mahabir, Genesis Alvarez, Varsha Gopaulchan, Kayre Alcantara Martinez, Emily Gilman, Melanie Nguyen, Janay Joseph, and Jasmine Knight. Each team was assigned to represent a country in the UN General Assembly, with the NSU team dividing in two to represent the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic. The teams are assigned issues and must submit position papers on those issues in advance of the conference. The topics for the General Assembly Plenary included the “Challenges of Eliminating Forced Labor” and “Improving Access to Quality Healthcare for Children.”

Bass said a team’s success was judged by the quality of their position papers, as well as making speeches and passing resolutions on the issues while staying “in character” for their assigned country, which can be difficult depending on the topic.

“Some countries use a lot of forced labor, so it’s not approaching it from what’s the right thing to do, but what would this country do,” he said.

The students researched government speeches to understand the language of Russian diplomacy. The NSU team also had a large role to play since Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and has veto power over resolutions. Multiple resolutions were passed by the end of the conference, and students were scored on their performance and received awards. The NSU team received three awards total, including a distinguished delegation award for Russia, and individual awards for most outstanding delegate and most improved delegate.

Halmos College Inducts 90 New Members Into National Biological Honors Society

2019 New Inductees of the TriBeta National Biological Honor Society, Rho Rho Chapter

This April, Halmos College’s Department of Biological Sciences hosted the 17th annual induction of students into the NSU Chapter of the National Biological Honor Society (Beta Beta Beta or TriBeta). NSU’s chapter, known as Rho Rho, conducted the ceremony in the Don Taft University Center. Alumni of NSU and TriBeta, faculty, administration, family, and friends witnessed 90 students join the society.

The event was conducted by the 2018-2019 executive board members including Leah Aminov President, Sujad Younis Vice President, Swati Patel Secretary, Shreya Patel Treasurer and Bethany Gallucci Historian. The event was introduced by Halmos faculty member and TriBeta advisor Katie Crump, Ph.D.

After keynote speaker Kiran C. Patel College of Medicine faculty member Bindu Mayi, Ph.D. talked about her journey as a researcher, educator, and author: new inductees were joined by TriBeta’s officers and current members in reciting the membership pledge. These inductees joined the Halmos biology alumni Romany Harkas, NSU MD (M-1 student), Kristi Njaracelil NSU DO student (M-1), and Avidor Gerstenfeld, NSU DO entering class of 2019.

Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is an honor society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922, more than 200,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime membership, and more than 626 chapters have been established throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information: https://www.tribeta.org/

 

 

 

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Host Mock Murder Trial

Undergraduate students in the Introduction to Criminal Justice class at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice participated in a Mock Murder Trial, on Tuesday, April 23 at the Shepard Broad College of Law. The course is taught by Assistant Professor Grace Telesco, Ph.D.

The mock trial was the culmination of hard work, research, investigation, and preparation that spanned the entire semester. The class was given a mock murder case to analyze, and ultimately try, in a courtroom setting with an actual Judge (Ret. Judge Victoria Brennan). The undergraduate students, many of whom are Criminal Justice majors or minors, took the stand as witnesses and defendants, with fellow student prosecutors and defense attorneys hammering them with questions and sound arguments. Undergraduate students from other criminal justice courses served as jurors, as well as members of  NSU’s Lifelong Learning Institute.

This collaborative and interactive educational modality proved to be an invaluable learning experience for all in attendance. Many students commented in the de-brief that working on the Mock Trial Program throughout the semester has inspired them to change their majors or minors to Criminal Justice and Law.

To learn more about Grace Telesco, Ph.D., and the School of Criminal Justice, please visit: https://education.nova.edu/faculty/telesco-grace.html

 

Halmos College Faculty and Students Attend Life Sciences Conference

On Saturday, April 6, over 20 undergraduates from NSU attended the 2019 Life Sciences of South Florida STEM Undergraduate Symposium. Hosted at Florida Atlantic University, these students from Halmos College and the College of Psychology attended and presented their work in either poster or oral format.

Halmos College faculty members Beatrix Aukszi, Ph.D., Chris Blanar, Ph.D., Paul Baldauf, Ph.D., and Robert Smith, Ph.D. attended the symposium. College of Psychology faculty members were also in attendance.

The STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium is a wonderful opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research and network with other undergraduate researchers from across 12 colleges and universities. This event provides STEM students with a forum to build connections with graduate schools and gain exposure to STEM industries in the South Florida region.

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