Continuing with last year’s speaker series, NSU’s Military Affairs and the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) will host a virtual speaker series on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. over Zoom. In collaboration with a variety of NSU affiliated departments, such as the Center for Academic and Professional Success (CAPS) and NSU’s Health Professions Division (HPD), this speaker […]
Author: Christina Mclaughlin
NSU Sports: The road back from COVID-19
On Dec. 10, the Sunshine State Conference Presidents Council decided to cancel conference competitions and championships for soccer and volleyball in the fall and swimming in the winter of the 2020-2021 academic year. The council declared that cross country, originally held in the fall, could conduct a conference championship season during the spring 2021 […]
It’s time we get our facts straight — bias and all
Growing up, I read the “real facts” on the cap of my Snapple. I loved learning how bees have five eyelids, and I didn’t care where these facts came from. I just liked sharing knowledge. Clearly, nothing has changed. However, there has been one change in our world in the “real facts” we learn every […]
NSU partners with Miami Army Med to host Telehealth Case Competition
Starting Jan. 21, in partnership with the U.S. Army, the NSU Center for Academic & Professional Success (CAPS), NSU Veterans Resource Center (VRC), Halmos College of Arts & Sciences and the Dr. Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, NSU will host a virtual Telehealth case competition for undergraduate students this semester. Telehealth is the […]
NSU Athletics break records in the classroom despite COVID-19
In the fall, as NSU students adjusted to the BlendFlex model due to COVID-19, NSU Athletics earned a record-setting 3.41 department-wide Grade Point Average (GPA) across all 16 athletic programs. This GPA record is not the only mark NSU Athletics made in the classroom. Since NSU Athletics’ first year of NCAA competition in 2002, […]
Letter from the editors – January 5th, 2020
Hey Sharks, Welcome to 2021. We made it. We got through the record-breaking and momentous year that was 2020 — and, to put it frankly, living through unprecedented times is hard. There’s plenty to stress about during a pandemic, a presidential election, a record-breaking hurricane season, social and political movements and so much more. […]
The Breakroom offers some normalcy to NSU students
Since October, NSU’s RecPlex has offered students the opportunity to attend The Breakroom, a program that takes place Monday through Friday at the RecPlex basketball courts, where students can play games and watch live sports while socializing safely following CDC guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to Christopher Anguita, assistant director of […]
Letter from the EIC’s – November 17, 2020
Can you believe that it’s the end of the semester already? This semester has been different, to say the least — whether it was taking classes online for the first time, adjusting to new rules and regulations or any of the other factors that come with navigating college life… during a pandemic. Despite these challenges, […]
NSU leads research hub in symbiotic genome project
This year, a NSU research team was invited to serve as one of four collaboration hubs involved in the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project, funded jointly by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Wellcome Sanger Institute in England. This collaboration hub, led by Jose V. Lopez, a professor in the department of biological […]
NSU Alert test highlights future goals and improves functionality
On Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m., NSU Public Safety tested the NSU Alert Emergency Notification System (ENS) throughout all university campuses. This test is conducted at least once a year to ensure that all ENS equipment is functioning properly and to improve the alert system. The test was a collaboration between Public Safety, the […]