NSU Horizons Spring 2014

11 HORIZONS cruising with the sharks Escape to the Caribbean with your fellow Sharks on a four-day alumni and friends cruise setting sail February 5, 2015, aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Sea departing from Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades. The NSU Alumni Association, in collaboration with the Shepard Broad Law Center and the Colleges of Optometry and Dental Medicine, are planning interdisciplinary, continuing-education presentations. Reserve your cabin at www.planningcruises.com/rw/view/3119. n The group’s major fund-raiser is the annual Tiara Ball, one of the oldest fund-raising galas in Broward County, held each November. The group schedules several smaller fund-raisers during the year, including both a spring and a fall luncheon. The group also keeps current with occasional events. This past year, members gathered at the Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research at the Oceanographic Center to hear Jean Latimer, Ph.D., an associate professor in NSU’s College of Pharmacy, discuss her research in breast cancer. NSU’s growth will bring new opportunities to the Royal Dames. The Center for Collaborative Research (CCR), a mul- tidisciplinary research center that will be completed in 2016, will house the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research. (See story page 3.) “This is a very rewarding time to be a member of the Royal Dames of Cancer Research,” said Ritchie Aslaksen. “The new CCR will fill us with an even greater sense of pride for the ongoing fund-raising efforts that benefit the institute.” “Through our support of cancer research,’’ added Lewis, “the Royal Dames organization is a part of NSU’s future.” For more information on the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Insti- tute for Cancer Research, visit www.rgicr.nova.edu . n Appu Rathinavelu, executive director of NSU’s Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research, says the Royal Dames members “have been wonderful in their support for the drug discovery efforts that are happening [at the institute].” around NSU College of Dental Medicine dean, professor honored Linda Niessen, D.M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., dean of NSU’s College of Dental Medicine, has been elected a council delegate representing the Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences Section of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Sci- ence (AAAS). In this role, Niessen will serve a three-year term. AAAS is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world and publishes the journal, Science . Niessen and Michael A. Siegel, D.D.S., M.S., FDS RCSEd., profes- sor, were featured in Dentistry Today magazine as “Leaders in Dental Continuing Education.” This is the tenth time Niessen has received this honor and the sixth time in a row that Siegel has received this recognition. Siegel is chair of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences (oral medicine) at the College of Dental Medicine and professor of internal medicine at the College of Osteopathic Medicine. n