Category: Communities

Humanities Hosts Crossroads Student Humanities Conference

On Saturday, March 26, 2022, the NSU Center for the Humanities hosted the 4th annual Crossroads Student Humanities Conference.  Housed in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences the Center for the Humanities showcases undergraduate and graduate student research in the humanities through this conference.  This year’s Crossroads theme, “Rebirth, Renewal, Reboot,” explored how the humanities helps navigate trauma, tragedy, and loss.  Paper topics ranged from the cultural renewal of Germany after World War II to Civil War poetry reflecting mass death trauma.  Research was presented by students from NSU, University of Miami, University of Central Florida, and University of Florida. The conference also offered panels on humanities-based skillsets in the workplace and digital humanities strategies for textual analysis.

The conference’s opening plenary speaker was Janet Roseman, Ph.D., from NSU’s Kirin C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; Roseman’s talk, which derived from her recent book, “If Joan of Arc Had Cancer,” focused on applications of historical inspiration for female patient therapy.  The event’s keynote speaker, made possible by the Stolzenberg-Doan fund in the Department of Humanities and Politics, was internationally acclaimed author, scholar, and activist Azar Nafisi, who shared a powerful message regarding the role of literature in times of social and political repression.   See a video of Nafisi’s talk and a photo gallery of the event.

The NSU Center for the Humanities champions core academic disciplines in the humanities, such as history, literature and languages, philosophy, religion, politics, and film, particularly the way in which these disciplines may be applied to engage and promote positive action involving local and global human issues and concerns.  The Center aims to demonstrate the relevance of the humanities as a complement to the core STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) and the social sciences, with a view toward encouraging students and scholars in those disciplines to explore these connections.

Posted 04/10/22

Honors College Hosts Annual Murder Mystery Dinner

Filled with intrigue and plot twists at every turn, the Farquhar Honors College hosted its annual murder mystery dinner on Thursday, Feb. 10. In the same spirit as golden age detective novels, the murder mystery dinner allowed Honors students and faculty to put on their detective hats to unravel the elusive mystery set before them in an interactive, role-playing murder mystery plot.

The Honors Advocates, a select group of Honors students dedicated to supporting the college and its programs and events, planned and facilitated the event as performing cast members in full costume. Following the theme of high school sweethearts hosting a high school reunion at an Italian bistro, a full-course Italian dinner was served to attendees as they worked in groups to figure out the motive and identity of the murderer among them.

The night was filled with laughter as students and faculty alike were able to enjoy the resumption of such in-person events and engage with a mystery that was shocking to everyone, including the murderer herself. Prizes were awarded to those who successfully cracked the case.

“I enjoyed the entire event,” said Marie Wells, academic program coordinator in the Farquhar Honors College. “I enjoyed how the audience members cooperated with each other and interacted with the performance cast members to solve the murder mystery. [It was] engaging and hilarious!”

“The murder mystery event was a lot of fun and allowed me to engage with Honors students, and the Honors faculty as a bonus, like never before!” said freshman chemistry major Pranav Madadi. “My favorite part of the event was the final envelope and figuring out who did it and all the details. Also, winning 1st place made the event even better! I have been able to connect with more Honors students and feel like I am part of a community where I can be more engaged on campus and be a better shark.”

Posted 03/25/22

Second Annual Fins Festival Will Be Held April 1

The Undergraduate Student Government Association is inviting you to the second annual, student ran/ student-led, Campus Wide Carnival called Fins Festival. Fins Festival is on Friday, April 1, 2022, from 4-10 p.m. at the Temporary Residential Parking Lot (across from NSU Aquatic Competition Pool).

This event is a celebration for everyone at NSU and we invite you to come enjoy free food, games and rides! Admission to the event is FREE of charge.

Please remember to bring your SharkCard and share this event information with fellow classmates, students, staff and friends.

For more information, please contact usga@nova.edu and follow @nsuundergradsga on Instagram.

Posted 03/25/22

Join Conversation With Best-Selling Author Korelitz

Join us online or in person for a conversation with Jean Hanff Korelitz, the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Plot, You Should Have Known (adapted for HBO as “The Undoing” by David E. Kelley and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant). “Pen to Purpose; Cultivating Writing as a Brand of Professionalism” with Jean Hanff Korelitz will be Tuesday, March 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t written–let alone published–anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn’t need Jake’s help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then . . . he hears The Plot.

Register at lib.nova.edu/purpose

Sponsored by the Circle of Friends for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library.

Posted 03/13/22

Symposium Explores Legal Reponses to COVID-related Trauma

On Friday, March 11, at 9 a.m., NSU will hold a symposium address the legal and systemic responses to psychological trauma associated with COVID-19.

Since January 2020, COVID-19 has ravaged the United States’ population physically, economically, and psychologically.  Caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19”), the pandemic simultaneously decimated the population, shuttered businesses, and traumatized those experiencing its effects.  In early 2021, just as the country believed that it had survived the worst of the pandemic, the Delta variant appeared, causing a surge of cases worse than the first.

Consequently, increased prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders already has and will continue to present the legal system with challenges of previously unknown proportions.  As mental health professionals substantiate and address the negative impacts of uncertainty, fear, isolation, and economic hardship, legal issues are multiplying. This symposium will explore a range of those legal issues and is intended to foster study and discussion of mental health and ways the legal system can improve it.

For more information on speakers and event program, click here.

Posted 03/03/22

Halmos Hosts Talk on Alpha-Stable Integro-Differential Equations

Xiaofan Li, Ph.D.

The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics will host guest speaker Xiaofan Li, Ph.D., as part of their Mathematics Colloquium Series.  Li will be discussing a numerical algorithm to simulate the nonlocal Fokker-Planck equations using the Toeplitz matrix structure of the time-space discretization. The algorithm utilizes first exit time, escape probability and transitional probability densities to quantify dynamical behaviors of stochastic differential equations with non-Gaussian, alpha-stable type Lévy motions.

Li received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from UCLA. He was a postdoc at UCSD and The Ohio State University. Li joined the Department of Applied Mathematics at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1999, serving as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor. He has served as the Director of Graduate Studies since 2005, was Associate Dean of the Graduate College from 2011-2013, was an Associate Dean in College of Science from 2013-2019 and has served as an Associate Dean in College of Computing since 2019. His research interests include moving boundary value problems in fluid mechanics and materials science, numerical methods for nonlocal equations, nonlinear standing waves in acoustics and transport equations in ion channels

“Numerical Schemes for Integro-Differential Equations Related to Alpha-Stable Processes,” will take place on Thursday, March 10th from 12:30 – 1:20 p.m. on Zoom.  The entire NSU community, including students at all levels of mathematics, is invited and encouraged to attend.

Posted 02/27/22

NSU Art + Design Presents 2022 Art + Design Senior Exhibition

The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and NSU Art + Design present the 2022 Art + Design Senior Exhibition showcasing seven senior artists from the B.A. in Art + Design program: Annabel Brewster, Vivian Duran, Daniel Karp, Shannon Kunkel, Tori Kuzmicki, Lenaia Powell and Maya Costanza.

Details on the exhibition, titled “Zero Hour:”

  • Dates: Wednesday, Feb. 23 – Friday, March 11
  • Location: Gallery 217, 2nd floor of the University Center
  • Admission: Free
  • Open to the local community

For more information, contact Kandy Lopez-Moreno at klopez1@nova.edu

Posted 02/24/22

Cultivating Writing as a Brand of Professionalism

Join us on Wednesday, February 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. online via Zoom, or in-person at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s Cotilla Gallery on the 2nd Floor for the second discussion in the Pen to Purpose series. This series is the result of a collaboration between the NSU Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and the Alvin Sherman Library, and sponsored by the Circle of Friends. You will not want to miss this compelling conversation with David Weill, M.D.  Author of the book “Exhale,” Weill is the former director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and the Lung Transplant Program at Stanford.

“Exhale” is an inside look at the world of high-stakes medicine, complete with the decisions that are confronted, the mistakes that are made, and the story of a transplant doctor’s slow recognition that he needed to step away from the front lines. This book explores the cost of holding on too tight, of losing one’s way, and of the power of another kind of decision—to leave behind everything for a fresh start.

Weill’s account of his 10 years spent directing the lung transplant program at Stanford illustrates not only the miracle of transplantation, but also how it is a very human endeavor performed by people with strengths and weaknesses, powerful attributes, and profound flaws.

Weill will be in conversation with Professor Efrat Friedman, who teaches undergraduate creative writing at NSU. Professor Friedman created the Pen to Purpose series in order to impress upon her students the value of strong writing skills in any profession. Register now for the event.

NSU Library’s Circle of Friends is the community support arm for Alvin Sherman Library. The funds raised are used to enhance the library’s services, materials, and programs. With more Friends, we can make an even greater impact, so why not consider becoming a member? For more information about Circle of Friends, please call 954-262-4593, email libdev@nova.edu or visit http://sherman.library.nova.edu/cof.

To become a member or renew your membership.

Your safety is important to us. Face coverings are required if you attend the event in person.

Posted 02/13/22

NSU Theatre Presents ‘And the World Goes ‘Round’

The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and NSU Theatre present “And the World Goes ‘Round,” a musical parade event featuring the music of Kander and Ebb including hits like “Mr. Cellophane,” “Maybe this Time,” “Cabaret” and “New York, New York.”

  • Dates/Times: Feb. 11-12 at 7:30 p.m. | Feb. 13 at  2 p.m.
  • Location: Performance Theatre (first floor of the University Center)
  • Free event
  • Tickets are first come, first served.

For more information, contact Bill Adams at wadams@nova.edu

Learn more about upcoming arts events, workshops and masterclasses by clicking here.

Posted 02/07/22

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