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It’s the Broadway production that has taken the nation by storm. And now, a number of cast members stormed a Broward County beach to learn about sea turtles, participated in a beach clean-up and more!
On Monday, January 14, several cast members from Hamilton: An American Musical, currently at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, visited Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at the historic Carpenter House on Hollywood Beach. They joined with MEEC staff and others to conduct a beach clean-up and then learned about sea turtles and the work the MEEC is doing in the South Florida community.
“This was an incredible opportunity,” said Derek Burkholder, Ph.D., the director of the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program and the Marine Environmental Education Center at the Carpenter House. “Our goal is to help educate as many people as we can about the plight of sea turtles and other marine creatures, and having members of the cast of Hamilton join us was a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Hopefully they’ll take what they learned at the MEEC and share it with others as they tour the country.”
The cast members will be joined by members of NSU’s GreenSharks Sustainability Club, Citizens Climate Lobby and The Extra Catch.
The MEEC was fostered from a partnership between Broward County Parks and Recreation and Nova Southeastern University. The facility is located on the historic grounds of the Carpenter House at Hollywood North Beach Park in Hollywood, Florida. It is open to the public Tuesday – Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
2019 Clinical Exploration Program
This January, the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography inducted the newest students to join the Clinical Exploration Program (CEP). CEP offers students the opportunity to shadow medical professionals on the job in many of NSU’s medical and health clinics. Program participants gain a broad perspective that shows how various medical fields work together and a practical, up-close review of several medical career options.
Led by CEP Program Director and associate professor Deanne Roopnarine, D.P.M., Department of Biological Sciences Chair Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D., and associate professor Mark Jaffe, D.P.M., students were presented their blue coats of membership. Robert Oller, D.O., Chief Medical Advisor for the Division of Clinical Operations gave an inspirational talk about the symbolism of the white coat, and the first step into the medical professions after Halmos College dean Richard Dodge, Ph.D. welcomed the students.
Founded in 2006, CEP is free to join and voluntary.
In January 2019, Springer – International Publisher Science, Technology, Medicine released “Advances in Artificial Systems for Medicine and Education II”, co-edited by Halmos assistant dean and professor Matthew He, Ph.D.
This book includes the proceedings of the Second International Conference of Artificial Intelligence, Medical Engineering, and Education (AIMEE2018), held in Moscow, Russia, on 6–8 October 2018. The papers presented in the book discuss topics in mathematics and biomathematics; medical approaches; and technological and educational approaches. Given the rapid development of artificial intelligence systems, the book highlights the need for more intensive training for a growing number of specialists, particularly in medical engineering, to increase the effectiveness of medical diagnosis/treatment and artificial intelligence systems that can beneficially be applied in the future.
NSU University School congratulates the Upper School students who have been selected to participate in the inaugural NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Fellowship. These Upper School students have excelled in advanced English classes, demonstrated an interest and passion in social sciences, and participated in an application and interview process.
NSU University School Law Fellows have already participated in their first activities which included receiving the first case they will be evaluating, meeting their law student mentors, meeting the Dean of the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, and receiving an overview of the state and federal court systems. We look forward to watching these Law Fellows as they continue to learn during this exciting and hands-on educational adventure this semester.
Faculty, graduate students and administrative staff who developed and ran this workshop. From the viewers left to right: Nikette Neal, M.D.; Scott Kjelson, Pharm.D., CPh.; Katy Popplewell; Diego A. Camacho, D.M.D., M.S.D.; Katie Crump, Ph.D.; Mark Jaffe, D.P.M; Elizabeth Gray, M.D.; Luzan Phillpotts, D.O.; Haley Ehrlich; Devin Haney.
On Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 students representing several pre-professional student organizations on campus took part in the Inaugural Pre-Health Professionalism Workshop. This event was a collaboration between faculty of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography and the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. This inter-professional affair also included faculty from the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, the NSU College of Pharmacy, and the NSU Offices of Academic Advising and Career Development.
Halmos faculty member Katie Crump, Ph.D. started the event with a welcome speech outlining the importance of professionalism in the health care field. Following this, the students rotated through four inter-professional stations: 1. Career Advising, 2. Professional Student Panel, 3. Professional Panel, and 4. Vital Signs Training.
During the rotations, students held interactive discussions about undergraduate professionalism with Academic Advising and Career Development, learned about professionalism from both graduate health science students and practicing health science professionals, and finally had a “hands-on” workshop on vital signs run by graduate medical students under the supervision of Halmos faculty member Mark Jaffe, D.P.M.
A final keynote presentation by Nikette Neal, M.D. of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine encouraged students to apply what they have learned and be an example to their peers.
Rick Case, Rita Case, Deborah Chanan and Dr. George Hanbury, President of NSU.
NSU SharkFest was held on Friday, January 11, 2019 and it was a huge success! The NSU family enjoyed barbecue, food stations, music, and employees with anniversaries were recognized with pins and plaques.
The winner of the Rick Case car lease for one year was Deborah Chanan from the NSU University School. Congratulations to Deborah and all of the NSU employees who were recognized!!!
Click the link to view the 2018 Employee Anniversary Scroll
Fins Up!
On Thursday, January 17, Ilya Spitkovsky, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, New York University Abu Dhabi, presented a talk entitled, “On some generalizations of the numerical range and their properties”.
The seminar was about For a bounded linear operator A (or, in the finite dimensional setting, an n-by-n matrix A) its classical numerical range is defined as the mage of the unit sphere under the mapping f(x)=(Ax,x). The normalized numerical range results when in this definition (Ax,x) is replaced by (Ax,x)/||Ax||. They also discussed some general properties of this set, and in particular provide its complete description in the cases when A is normal or n=2.
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography department of mathematics hosts the mathematics colloquium series in the Parker Building, Room 301.
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Optometry is proud to announce that 18 of its current students completed the requirements to become Student Fellows in the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). This number is outstanding and represents an extensive commitment by these students.
The students who achieved this are:
Molly Buchanan (’20)
Amit Chohan (’20)
HaeMi Choi (’21)
Samantha Krueger (‘20)
Tychnia Madison (‘20)
Hayden Matz (‘20)
Veronica Mirabent (‘20)
Julianna Mola (‘20)
Thuy Nguyen (‘20)
Alyssa Panagos (‘20)
Rajsee Pandya (‘20)
Rigen Pamin Saltivan (‘20)
Shadaanan Singh (‘20)
Trenisha Smith (‘20)
Natasha Taleff (‘20)
Steffani Tiomno (’19)
Crystal Victor (‘20)
Megan Webb (‘20)
The students received a Student Fellow lapel pin, a certificate, and their Candidacy for Fellowship application dues will be waived during their year of graduation. They will also enjoy free registration to the next Academy meeting.
NSU University School nominees (from left to right) and the categories they will be competing in are: Aysha Zackria – English • Ben Myerow – Athletics • Nicolas Barron – Music • Lucas Han – Social Science • Tyler Katz – Speech • Jon Oshinsky – General Scholarship • Sydney Bonchick – Art • Isha Goel – Science
NSU University School is proud to congratulate the seniors who have been selected as nominees for the Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards, one of the most highly regarded student awards programs in the nation. These outstanding students are being recognized for their commitment to academics and for generously applying their specialized knowledge and talents to give back to their schools and communities. All nominees will be interviewed by a panel of judges who will select one Silver Knight and three Honorable Mentions in various categories. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony in the spring.
