NSU National Pi Day Celebration Goes Viral
The Washington Post and CBS affiliate KKTV 11 News in Colorado Springs, Co., referred to NSU’s national Pi Day celebrations in their recent news coverage.
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Halmos Offers Course on Religion, Politics and Conflict
The Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center invites you to participate in “Understanding the Dynamics between Religion, Politics and Conflict.” This free four-session online course will be offered on Saturdays from March 30 to April 27. It will be offered in English from noon to 2 p.m. and in Creole from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The course is being offered by the International Center for Leadership and Conflict Studies, a Florida-based non-profit that promotes global leadership development and peaceful conflict resolution.
The lead trainer is Ernst Pierre Vincent, Ph.D., a doctoral graduate of DCRS. Vincent is a global conflict expert, focusing on identity, religious and political conflict, race relations, statelessness, slavery and neo-colonialism. His research with Dominicans of Haitian descent and religious leaders explores challenges faced by stateless individuals. As founder of the center, he investigates the church’s role in racial reconciliation and social justice in the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.
This course is sponsored by Latin America and The Caribbean Working Group in DCRS, which aims to raise awareness of issues in the region, fostering partnerships among NSU’s community and diverse Latin American nations.
See the flyer for registration information.
Posted 03/17/24
Sun-Sentinel Features Exhibit at NSU Art Museum
The “Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle” exhibit at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale was recently featured in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The exhibit is the first monographic museum show for Ting, a Chinese-American artist regarded as one of the most radical and independent figures of his time.
Posted 03/04/24
Orlando Sentinel Interviews NSU Professor on Alabama Ruling
Jarvis
The Orlando Sentinel sought the legal expertise of NSU Law Professor Bob Jarvis following the latest ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are children.
The legal question of when personhood is established could have far-reaching implications for abortion access and in vitro fertilization, he says.
Posted 03/03/24
NSU Professor Interviewed on Advances in Medicine
ABC’s WPBF News 25 in West Palm Beach recently interviewed Dr. Vladimir Beljanski, an associate professor of medicine at NSU, on advances in medicine and new approaches being used to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Posted 03/03/24
Sun-Sentinel Story Features Nova Singers
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel highlighted the 48th concert season of the Nova Singers, NSU’s community chorus made up of 140 members — from undergraduate students to older residents.
Posted 03/03/24
NBC Interviews NSU Doctors with Expertise in Orofacial Pain
NSU Drs. Harold Menchel and Divya Kohli, professors in the College of Dental Medicine, were interviewed by NBC 6 reporter Trina Robinson about their work on alleviating and eliminating facial pain.
Posted 02/23/24
Today Show Visits NSU for 3D Glimpse into the Future
NBC reporter Sam Brock in the Levan Center’s 3D Volumetric Capture Studio
John Wensveen, NSU’s chief innovation officer at the Alan B. Levan/Broward Center of Innovation, was interviewed by reporter Sam Brock of NBC’s Today Show for his recently aired story on Apple’s new product, Vision Pro. Brock came to the center and toured its leading-edge 3D Volumetric Capture Studio, where a person’s physical movements, mannerisms and voice can be captured in 3D and used in various settings.
Posted 02/06/24
Mako TV Kicks Off First Show of the Semester
On the latest episode of Mako TV, you will hear from students on the current dining hall options and the latest on the women’s basketball team, information on campus life, prevention tips against whooping cough and the endowment for the Mark Duncan legacy scholarship here at NSU.
Call for InterLACE 2024 Abstracts is Now Open
InterLACE is a free, virtual, university-wide, research showcase event for NSU faculty, clinicians, students and research staff from all NSU campuses to showcase their interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborative research efforts. The 2nd Annual Research Showcase event will be Friday, April 12, tentatively scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The deadline to submit an abstract is Thursday, Feb. 15.
Submit an abstract here: https://forms.office.com/r/f1Z7c9g71r
Collaborations featured at this event must include substantive involvement of members from different disciplines and/or professions at multiple stages of the research process. The event will feature poster and slide presentations and be attended by members of the NSU research community.
For questions, please contact Jordan Merritt, Ph.D., at jm3137@nova.edu
Posted 02/04/24