Tag: Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

Halmos Faculty Member Selected as Issue Editor for Journal

Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D.

Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was invited to serve as the editor for the latest issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, considered the flagship scholarly journal of biomedical ethics. As the issue editor, he was invited to write the introductory essay, resulting in his new peer-reviewed publication, “Reasoning about Death in Biomedical Decision-Making.”

Weissman’s introduction ties the issue’s essays together around the theme of how different modes of reasoning, for example moral or empirical, often lead to vastly different conclusions on the nature of death and the appropriate orientation toward matters such as euthanasia or procuring organs from brain-dead patients. He situates these modern ethical controversies in discourse over the nature of death that trace back to the earliest strands of philosophy, focusing especially on relevant and contrasting thought from Plato and Epicurus.

Weissman’s research interests include ethics of technology, information / data ethics, applied ethics, bioethics, and social and political philosophy.

Read the full issue.

Posted 08/28/22

Halmos to Host Sustainable Development Goals Launch Sept. 23

The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) is pleased to host the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Launch on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is open to all NSU students.

The SDG Launch is an educational program with skills development training designed in collaboration with the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES) on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to teach how students can take action to support community initiatives for sustainable development.

Registration is free and is required. Seats are limited. Register today!

If you have any questions, contact Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in HCAS at bastidas@nova.edu

Posted 08/26/22

Doctoral Candidate Publishes Article in Disaster Medicine Publication

Courtney L. Connor, M.S., J.D.

Courtney L. Connor, M.S., J.D., a doctoral candidate in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), has published an article in the Journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Her article is entitled, What’s the Plan? Exploring the Bounds of a Health-Care Standard of Preparedness for Florida Hospitals: A Policy Analysis.

Connor is the Safety Specialist for Baptist Medical Center Beaches in Jacksonville Beach. In this current position, she obtained two additional certifications: Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP) and Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP). Previously, she was with the law firm, Wicker Smith. In addition to her studies at NSU, Connor has a J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law, an M.S. in Emergency Management from Eastern Kentucky University, and a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Bay Path University.

Access her article.

Posted 08/14/22

NSU Center for the Humanities gets $5,000 grant

The NSU Center for the Humanities recently received $5,000 “Greater Good in Academia” grant from the Florida Humanities Council.  Florida Humanities receives and disperses funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Greater Good in Academia grant supports Florida universities and colleges that are developing community programming aimed at broadening the public’s awareness of the humanities.

The grant will help fund the Center’s annual Hispanic Heritage month series from September 15 to October 6; additional funding support comes from the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. The series aims to foster cultural connections and appreciation of the diverse Hispanic communities of south Florida, and this year’s theme is “Generaciones:  Cycles of Life,” focusing on how the joys and sorrows of life’s transitions generate new growth.  Weekly events will include Hispanic genealogy, local intergenerational businesses, Day of the Dead, and a keynote event featuring presidential inaugural poet and memoirist, Richard Blanco.  For more information about the series, please contact Dr. Marlisa Santos, Director of the Center for the Humanities, at santosm@nova.edu.

Poste 08/05/22

Halmos Faculty Member Lectures on Struggles in South Africa

Terry Savage, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was invited by internationally acclaimed poet author, Ellen Hinsey, currently a visiting professor at the University of Göttingen, to deliver a lecture on Nonviolence, Armed Struggle and Transformation in South Africa. The lecture formed part of a course Hinsey is teaching on the Literature of Nonviolence.

Terry Savage, Ph.D.

Savage recently joined the department.

Savage worked in South Africa’s vibrant non-profit sector for the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, setting up projects in the Congo, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Zimbabwe, running a fellowship for the International Center for Transitional Justice (92 fellows, 24 societies in transition, four years), and publishing avidly on reconciliation and transition in Africa. He has served with the United Nations as Chief of Human Rights Reporting in Burundi and as Reparations Policy Adviser in Nepal, where he used ellicitive methods to produce a national reparations policy that incorporated victims’ needs and priorities in their own words.

He has taught extensively at Stellenbosch University since 2003 and has been consulted widely. Recent clients have been the Berghof Foundation, working with the challenges posed to mediation efforts by conflicting versions of history; Avocats Sans Frontières in Mali, brokering channels between victims’ groups and Mali’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission; and the German civil peace service in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, building dignifying interviewing methods for consulting women & girls returning from abduction and sexualized enslavement under Da’esh / Islamic State.

Complementing his work with Nova Southeastern, Dr Savage enjoys a continuing research affiliation with the University of Leuven and is on the UN’s Governance and Peacebuilding Experts Roster for Africa, the board of the Swiss Restorative Justice Forum and the editorial team for the Africa volume of a project to establish an international encyclopedia on Restorative Justice.

Posted 07/31/22

Halmos Faculty Member Chairs Marine Mammal Conference, Aug. 1-5

Amy Hirons, Ph.D.

Amy Hirons, Ph.D., a professor at Nova Southeastern University, is the chair for the upcoming Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The conference will be held Aug. 1-5 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach.

More than 1,800 participants from 75 countries will be attending the society’s first hybrid conference, which will be in person and streaming virtual. Scientific knowledge will be shared related to marine mammal conservation and environmental change.

Hirons is an oceanographer and professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, which is one of the sponsors for the conference. Halmos College collaborators for the event include Dimitrios Giarikos, Chemistry; and David Kerstetter, Marine and Environmental Sciences.

Among the speakers will be world renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle.

Posted 07/27/22

WCC Consultants Facilitate Tutor Collaboration Day Session

Screen shot of Zoom session facilitators including Stephanie Shneydman, Emma Masur, Rachel Larson, Julia Kelley, and Michael Lynn

Stephanie Shneydman, NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) undergraduate consultant, along with Emma Masur, Rachel Larson, Julia Kelley, and Michael Lynn, WCC Graduate Assistant Coordinators, facilitated a session at the Southeastern Writing Center (SWCA)’s Tutor Collaboration Day (TCD), on November 12, 2021. The session focused on using social media to engage students and creating elevated social media content. Shneydman is an Exercise and Sports Science major and Pre-Health minor in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. Masur, Larson, Kelley, and Lynn are all Halmos College of Arts and Sciences graduate students in the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) Master’s Program.

During the session, Shneydman et al. described how the NSU WCC social media team developed a social media strategy that included animated graphics, videos, reels, and story takeovers. They provided lessons and advice for other writing center social media teams. SWCA’s TCD provides a space for peer writing consultants to share relevant interests and ideas that celebrate their unique experiences, diversity, and learning.

Larson stated, “I appreciate any opportunity I get to speak in front of people about the work I do. It’s good practice but it’s great to be able to share these types of experiences with my fellow team members.”

Click here to learn more about SWCA’s 2021 Tutor Collaboration Day event.

To learn more about the NSU Writing and Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

Posted 07/17/22

Miami Boat Show Was More Mindful of Manatees in 2022

In 2022, the Miami International Boat Show used manatee observers for the first time in its history. Under the direction of Halmos Professor and Researcher Amy C. Hirons, Ph.D., the observer team included 46 undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni from the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences.

Miami-Dade County issued the permit for the show with the stipulation that manatee safety was placed first. Observers were placed along the seawall and piers of the marina as well as every vessel in operation, including the five Water Taxis operating among boat show locations.

When a manatee was sighted, observers recorded location, time, movement, and physical traits of the animal. Boat captains, crews, and the public were made aware of the presence of the manatees. Observers educated the public and boating community about the biology and ecology of the marine mammal, state, and federal regulations, and how people can best assist in manatee conservation.

During the event, up to 18 manatees were sighted, many adult-sized and two mom-calf pairs were sighted.

Posted 07/17/22

Halmos Students Present Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration poster presentation: from left, Luzcarime Saco Vertiz, Santanu De, Monica Aguiar

At NSU’s Undergraduate Student Symposium in April 2022, Halmos students from the Department of Biological Sciences, co-mentored by Arthur Sikora, Ph.D., (Department of Chemistry and Physics) and Santanu De, Ph.D., (Department of Biological Sciences), jointly presented a poster on an interdisciplinary research collaboration.  The title of the presentation was “Substantiation and Validation of the Benefits of CUREs in STEM using a Combination of Self-Reported Gains and Alignment with Learning Objectives”.

Presentation of the poster was done by Monica Aguiar and Luzcarime Saco Vertiz.  Student co-authors of the collaboration power included Mina Ghali, Rachel Keating, Ane Mashiach, Rajin Persaud, Kayla Rubalsky, Akshata Sastry, Irene Stepensky, and Trisha Sudhakar.

Posted 07/17/22

Halmos Researchers Receive Three Scientific Grants

Halmos Professors Amy C. Hirons, Ph.D., and Dimitrios Giarikos, Ph.D., have recently been the recipients of three scientific grants for their combined research efforts.  Projects that received funding include: “Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals: Vault of Pollutant Records in the Hawaiian Islands”, “Persistent Organic Pollutant in Peruvian Fur Seals: A Toxic Link or Safety Valve?”, and “Assessing Relationships Between Cytokines and Persistent Organic Pollutants as a Proxy of Peruvian Pinniped Health.“

“Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals: Vault of Pollutant Records in the Hawaiian Islands” was funded for $5,000 by the Chicago Zoological Society Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund 2021.  The project is planned to examine elemental contaminant concentrations in Hawaiian monk seals and their potential marine prey (fish and invertebrates) in the Hawaiian archipelago. By analyzing over three decades of samples from both the Northwest Hawaiian Islands and the Main Hawaiian Islands, the project will assess elemental spatial contribution and concentration changes through time with increasing human development in the Main Hawaiian Islands where potential increase in contaminant concentrations is greater due to anthropogenic sources.

“Persistent Organic Pollutant in Peruvian Fur Seals: A Toxic Link or Safety Valve?”, was also funded for $5,000 by the Chicago Zoological Society Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund 2021.  The project aims to determine maternal transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the vulnerable Peruvian fur seal population in Punta San Juan, Peru. Environmental contamination, from Peru’s growing mining and agricultural activities, may be preventing recovery of this species.  Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry will be used to analyze vibrissae (whiskers) serum/plasma and milk samples collected during the breeding season from dam/pup pairs.  Results will determine if females offload POPs via reproductive processes and may be applied to ecosystem-based management plans and local government regulations.

“Assessing Relationships Between Cytokines and Persistent Organic Pollutants as a Proxy of Peruvian Pinniped Health” was funded for $7,480 by the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) Wild Animal Health Fund 2022.  The proposed project aims to determine concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE), polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in biological tissues of South American sea lions and Peruvian fur seals in Punta San Juan, Peru as well as establish the relationship between contaminant loads and cytokine profiles.  As a result of the study, the immunotoxicology impacts of persistent organic pollutants in these two vulnerable species will be determined, contributing to existing management plans and policies for pinnipeds at the Punta San Juan Reserve.

Posted 07/17/22

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