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NSU Designated a National
Center of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance
and Cybersecurity
Nova Southeastern University
has been designated
as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information
Assurance/Cyber Defense (CAE IA/CD) by the National Secu-
rity Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The designation will cover academic years 2014 through 2021.
NSU is Florida’s first four-year institution to receive the CAE
IA/CD designation.
The NSU-led research consortium, titled Deep-Pelagic Nek-
ton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND), will focus
on the pelagic (open ocean) realm, from the surface to depths
of over one mile, which is by far the largest ecosystem compo-
nent of the Gulf of Mexico. The consortium will examine the
biological communities of the deep Gulf with respect to space
and time, using a variety of techniques, and relate these find-
ings to disturbances both natural and human-made in order
to understand the short- and long-term consequences of such
events on the health of the Gulf.
$8.5 Million Grant...Judy and Dr. Barry
Silverman Honor...Cybersecurity Kudos...
NSU Oceanographic Researchers
Receive Nearly $8.5 Million
for Oil-Spill Research
NSU’s Oceanographic Center
is home to some of
the world’s top marine biology and ocean ecosystem research-
ers and experts. Now, those research efforts are being given a
boost thanks to a financial award from the Gulf of Mexico Re-
search Initiative. NSU is one of just 12 organizations selected
to receive a portion of the $140 million allocated for continued
research in the area of oil spills and how we respond to them.
Research Vice President
Appointed Judge for Patents for
Humanity Award Program
Gary S. Margules, Sc.D.
,
NSU vice president for research
and technology transfer, was se-
lected by the U.S. Commerce
Department’s Patent and Trade-
mark Office as a judge for the
prestigious Patents for Humanity
program. The program advances
President Barack Obama’s global
development agenda by reward-
ing companies that bring lifesav-
ing technologies to underserved
people of the world while showing how patents are an integral
part of tackling the world’s challenges.
