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FCE Distinguished Alums Open a School for At Risk Youth in Las Vegas

20160120-anderson1-600Drs. Duane and Tamara Anderson, graduates of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE) opened the Anderson Academy of Mathematics and Science four years ago in Las Vegas. The school, the only licensed low income non-religious black owned school in Nevada, was established to help at risk elementary and middle school students succeed with their education. It relies on the support of private donations, while offering minimal tuition rates. The Anderson Academy of Mathematics and Science focuses on building student self-respect, self-reliance and empowerment through an innovative curriculum.

The husband and wife team started their education career in Detroit over 20 years ago. In addition to Detroit and Las Vegas, they have held educational positions in Charlotte, NC, Florida and Los Angeles, California.

Both earned their Masters (2003) and Doctorate (2006) degrees with the Fischler College of Education and were honored as FCE’s Distinguished Alumni by the NSU Alumni Association in 2008.

For more information on the Anderson Academy of Mathematics and Science please visit: https://www.andersonacademyms.com/

 

High School Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds Participate in ‘Make an Impact with the Law and Medicine Day Program’ at Nova Southeastern University

The program is also designed to empower students to recognize health disparities and to think of ways of addressing legal and medical hurdles through interdisciplinary collaboration. The high school students came from four South Florida high schools: Somerset North Lauderdale, Somerset Miramar, Mater High Hialeah Gardens, and Pinecrest Glades.

The Dec. 11 event included sessions facilitated by leaders and faculty members from Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine and Shepard Broad College of Law administrators, professors, staff and students.  Students participated in a negotiations lab, a condensed problem-based learning (PBL) case designed to analyze and diagnose a hypothetical patient’s condition; interdisciplinary health disparities brainstorming sessions, and speed networking with medical and law school student leaders and faculty.

NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development Early Learning Programs Open House

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Come join us on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 10:00 a.m. to learn more about our university-based, nationally recognized, NAEYC – accredited programs.

  • Family Center Infant & Toddler Program (Ages 6 Weeks–24 Months)
  • Family Center Preschool and Prekindergarten (Ages 2–5 Years)
  • Parenting Place™ Parent/Child Classes (Ages 6 Weeks–5 Years)

Jim & Jan Moran Family Center Village 7600 SW 36th Street, Davie, Florida 33328-1902  RSVP at msc.nova.edu or call (954) 262-6918.

$50 Application Fee Waived During Open House

New Year’s Resolution: Join the Circle of Friends!

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Thanks to the membership dues and contributions from our members, the Circle of Friends truly makes a difference — by changing the way students study, helping youngsters learn to read, and building a love for reading! Over the years, the funds allocated by the Circle of Friends have resulted in so many positive changes to YOUR Library.  Just look around… The Circle of Friends Collaborative Study Room, the Chihuly Glass Garden, enhancements to the Gallery, Teen Room, Children’s Library and more!

 This past year alone, the Friends helped:

  • Sponsor StoryFest: an early literacy event, which has had an average annual attendance of over 5,000. Last year alone the Library gave away over 2,100 books and added more than 600 new library cards. The Circle of Friends has already promised their continued support for 2019!
  • Support programs like Surviving Skokie, which brought the issuewas shown in conjunction with a panel discussion and The 10 Days of Connection Initiative
  • Provide funding for the Writing Workshop Series, expanded STEM programming, purchased Early Literacy stations, new tables, padded chairs and more!

News Flash! Now, you can join or renew your membership with the Circle of Friends for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library at the very low rate of $25 a year for NSU faculty, staff and students! Enjoy free cocktail receptions and priority seating at events and more. Most importantly, you will know your membership goes a long way in providing vital support of the NSU and Broward County community as well as the NSU Annual Fund!

Click here to start the new year off right by becoming a member of the Circle of Friends!  For more information, contact the Circle of Friends office at 954-262-4593 or email libdev@nova.edu

NSU Researchers Uncover Genetic Marker, Predictor of Early Relapse in Pediatric ALL

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FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers recently discovered that by testing the level of NER (nucleotide excision repair) gene expression, pediatric oncologists can determine the likelihood of early relapse (less than three years) in their acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. This is a critical finding because NER gene expression levels can now help guide doctors in their rationale for appropriate treatment targeted to each patient’s disease.

ALL is the most common childhood cancer. Treatment has improved dramatically due to evolving methods of determining risk factors and genetic analysis. Five-year survival rates have increased substantially from 57% in 1975 – ’77 to 92% in 2006 – ’12. Yet, the current genotoxic chemotherapy regimens are still extremely debilitating.

“Our research found a correlation between high NER expression levels and early relapse of ALL among relapsing patients,” said Jean Latimer, Ph.D., director of the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor Cancer Research and associate professor and cancer research scientist, College of Pharmacy. “Being able to identify patients with the highest risk of early recurrence who are not detectable using present clinical measures and then treating them with a more targeted therapy is crucial to overcoming the cancer.”

This is critical, according to the research recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, BMC Medical Genomics, because while ALL is much more treatable than in the past, the survival rate after relapse is poor.

“By being able to accurately predict if a child’s cancer is likely to recur early or not, we may also spare many children who have low NER levels from the most toxic chemo regimens,” said Latimer.

The AutoNation research team also included Stephen Grant, Ph.D., project director and associate professor, Public Health, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; Homood As Sobeai, Ph.D., assistant professor, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, and Omar Ibrahim, post-doctoral fellow.

Their complete findings can be found in an article titled, “Nucleotide excision repair is a predictor of early relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia” in BMC Medical Genomics.  This work was supported by funding from AutoNation and the Children’s Leukemia Research Association.

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About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Top 200 National Research Universities and located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. A private, not-for-profit institution, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa Bay, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to the community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is 1 of only 50 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private, not-for-profit institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. Please visit www.nova.edu for more information about NSU.

The Qualitative Report Tenth Annual Conference “Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research”

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Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
January 16 – 18, 2019

Anyone who has ever taught someone how to do qualitative research knows the challenges and joys in helping somebody to not only understand and appreciate these approaches to rigorous inquiry, but also to perform and critique the skills necessary to produce works of quality and distinction. The lessons we learn when we endeavor to teach are reflective gifts we need to share so others striving to instruct and to study qualitative research can benefit from our practice-based wisdom. As students of qualitative research, we too gain valuable insights when we take a class, perform an exercise, and receive feedback. Be it the lessons we all learn conducting our first significant qualitative inquiry, comprehending a qualitative methodology we have never encountered, or discovering something new in our final day in the field, these first-hand experiences deserve to be heard and their teachings savored.

As qualitative researchers, we also learn something new every time we conceptualize a study, conduct an inquiry, and report our findings. As reviewers and authors, we likewise learn together as we co-construct articles in a reflective, didactic dance of writing, reviewing, revising, and re-writing. In this vein, we are all students of the craft, engaging in a life-long exploration of qualitative research knowledge and skills. At the tenth annual conference of The Qualitative Report (TQR), we invite you to share your lessons learned from practicing, teaching, and writing qualitative research.

In January 2019, we want you to help create a three-day learning community in South Florida by sharing your didactic stories: How do you teach qualitative research? What exercises work well in helping students master these skills? What learning technologies do you use? How should qualitative research degrees, certificate, curricula, and courses be organized to maximize effective learning?  What innovations did you create to help you complete your first qualitative project? We want to hear these reflexive tales in your proposed papers, panels, and workshops so we all can learn lessons learned of qualitative research.

Please join us next January at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA for #TQR2019! As always, please let us know your questions and comments by sending us your emails to tqr@nova.edu, posting to our Facebook page, or by tweeting us!

The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant Application are Due

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The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) applications are due on January 25, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. For access to the application portal and guidelines, please visit the PFRDG website

  • The Research Development Track – The Research Development Track continues to provide seed money up to $15,000. These projects are expected to lead to external funding. Eligibility open to all full-time faculty/research scientists, regardless of discipline.
  • The Research Scholar Track – Started in FY 2018, the Research Scholar Track is designed to encourage applicants in the areas of Humanities and Social Sciences (including Education, Business and Law). Applicants can apply for up to $3,000 towards publications in scholarly journals, book chapters, books, copyrights and trademarks.

The Quality of Life (QOL) applications are also due on January 25, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. with an electronic copy to npascucci@nova.edu. For more information and application guidelines, please visit nova.edu/qol; for questions, please contact Barbara Packer-Muti, target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” or Nick Pascucci, X25393, The main categories for the Quality of Life Awards are:

  • Autism – Addresses issues related to children, youth and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/or service provision to this population
  • Children and Families– Addresses issues related to the goals and priorities of the Children’s Services Council, in addition to other top priority issues affecting children families in Broward County
  • Criminal Justice – Addresses issues related to the Broward Sheriff’s Office identified needs and priorities. The Broward Sheriff’s office has identified the following areas of interest: Guns/Violence, Gangs, Hate Crimes, Police Stress
  • Elderly Services – Addresses issues related to the elderly population
  • Foster Care – Addresses issues related to Foster Care and ChildNet’s identified needs
  • Adult General – Addresses a wide range of issues impacting adults in Broward County and beyond

PFRDG & QOL applicant trainings will be held in the;

Alvin Sherman Library

  • October 25, 2018 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
  • December 5, 2018 (1:00 – 2:30 PM)

HPD Assembly II room 202.

  • November 13, 2018 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)

NSU Research Spotlight: NSU Joins with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to Help Restore Coral Reefs

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For more than five decades, scientists at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography have dedicated themselves to researching and better understanding coral reefs around the world. Similarly, Norwegian Cruise NCLH Corporate Vertical2Line Holdings, a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, is committed to protecting and conserving the world’s oceans. It was only a matter of time until these two organizations joined forces.

The result: a program where NSU research scientists will create coral reef nurseries and help with restoration efforts in the Bahamas at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian’s private island.

“This is a great opportunity on many levels,” said Richard Dodge, Ph.D., the dean of NSU’s Halmos College and a leader in coral reef research. “This broadens the area in which our scientists can conduct their research, and it benefits Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings as we will be able to help restore the ecological richness of coral reefs around Great Stirrup Cay.”

Dodge said that coral reefs are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth – a good analogy is that they are the rainforests of the sea. Healthy corals build the intricate and beautiful reef structures we’ve all seen and that support a wide diversity of life and provide huge economic services. Unfortunately, coral reefs worldwide are under siege and are struggling.

You can read the full press release Here.

NSU Research Spotlight: Halmos College Galapagos Hammerhead Shark Research Featured in National Geographic

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This October, the iconic magazine National Geographic published an article on Galapagos scalloped hammerhead sharks. These globally endangered sharks, with their wide-eyed appearance are some of the most iconic species found around these small Ecuadoran islands. One of the many questions about this species is where do they go to give birth? Halmos College professor and director of the NSU Save Our Seas Shark Research Center Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D. worked with the National Geographic explorer team to track these sharks.

“That tracking data shows at least three of the sharks leaving for the mainland,” says Shivji. The researchers say they knew the sharks are migrating to the mainland, but  additional analysis  is needed  to determine if they’re doing so specifically to give birth.

“That’s where the DNA comes in”, says Shivji. For next steps, the team will conduct  maternity tests between adult female sharks in the Galapagos and hammerhead pups found in nurseries around the Galapagos and coastal mainland regions. Sharks help keep marine prey species in check, thus creating a more balanced ecosystem. Studies often cited by conservation groups also show how much they can benefit coastal economies. From activities like tourism and diving, a shark in Palau may be worth more than $1 million throughout its lifetime; sharks in the Bahamas generated $114 million in 2014; and sharks generated $221 million for Florida’s economy in 2016.

For more information: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/new-find-could-save-galapagos-hammerhead-sharks/

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