NSU in the News March and Early April

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This summary report is a snapshot of NSU media placements from March through early April 2021. The purpose of this recap is to keep you up-to-date on issues and media reports that involve the university and/or specific departments or centers. Click on the  name of the media outlet to read their story – stories that appeared out of the South Florida media market are in red (some links may have expired after this page was created.)

For this time period:

• Potential Reach (print and broadcast audiences) of stories related to NSU were circulated to approximately 115 million viewers;
  • For Unique Visitors Per Month (online audiences globally), the potential viewership was approximately 1.9 billion;
• The estimated advertising value equivalency (AVE) of  these stories is $4 million.

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University Wide

• The American Heart Association’s Broward Heart-Walk Drive Through Pep Rally at NSU
  • Haute Living (3/4/21)
• Socially Distanced Broward Heart Walk Kicks Off at NSU in Memory of Rick Case
  • WSVN (3/6/20)
• Florida Legislature: Annual ‘eyeball wars’ over who can treat patients heat up again in Senate
  • Daytona Beach News Journal (3/11/21)
• Florida’s Higher Ed Bill Ads Tuition Breaks, Lawsuit Protections
  • CBS 4 (4/7/21), Orlando Weekly (4/7/21), Florida Trend (4/8/21)

Vaccine Announcement

On Thursday, April 1, NSU announced plans to return to in-person classes for Fall 2021. To facilitate the successful transition to the pre-pandemic style of learning, NSU also announced that students, faculty and staff would need to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 by August 1 (with exemptions for medical and deeply held religious beliefs). The following is the coverage of the announcement:

National & International Media

University Business (4/2/21) US News & World Report (4/2/21) Herald Mail Media (4/2/21) PBS (4/2/21) New York Post (4/2/21) Bloomberg (4/3/21) MSN (4/4/21) Daily Mail (4/4/21) Insight Into Diversity (4/5/21) Politico (4/5/21) Boston Globe (4/6/21) Inside Higher Ed (4/5/21) Chronicle of Higher Education (4/6/21) IBL News (4/6/21) New York Times (4/6/21) Chicago Tribune (4/6/21) New York Times (4/7/21) USA Today (4/7/21) Forbes (4/7/21) New York Daily News (4/7/21) Financial Review (4/7/21) Yahoo! (4/7/21) Detroit Free Press (4/7/21) CNBC (4/7/21)

CNN (4/7/21) Inside Higher Ed (4/8/21) CBS News (4/8/21) Washington Times (4/8/21) MSN (4/8/21) Chicago Tribune (4/8/21) University Business (4/8/21) CNN (4/8/21) Japan Times (4/9/21) The Daily Iowan – University of Iowa (4/9/21) New York Post (4/9/21) CNN (4/9/21) International Business Times (4/10/21) USA Today (4/10/21) The Diamondback – University of Maryland (4/10/21) The Heights – Boston (4/11/21) One News Australia (4/12/21) Inside Higher Ed (4/12/21) ZEE News – India (4/12/21) Hindustan Times – India (4/12/21) KTAR – Boston (4/12/21) Wichita Eagle – Kansas (4/12/21)

Local Media

CBS4 Miami (Ch. 4) (4/2/21) NBC6 Miami (Ch. 6) (4/2/21) NBC6 Miami (Ch. 6)(updated story)  (4/2/21) WSVN Miami (Ch. 7) (4/2/21) WPLG Miami (Ch. 10)  (4/2/21) WPTV – NBC5 W. Palm Beach  (4/2/21) FOX29 – Palm Beach (4/2/21) CW34 – Palm Beach (4/2/21) ABC25 – Palm Beach(4/2/21) Sun-Sentinel (4/2/21)

Miami Herald (4/2/21) 99.3 FM – iHeart Radio (4/2/21) Y100 FM – iHeart Radio (4/2/21) WIOD – 610 AM (4/2/21) WLFA News Radio (4/2/21) Boca Raton Tribune (4/6/21) Sun Sentinel (4/8/21) CBS4 Miami (4/9/21) Palm Beach Post (4/9/21) Miami Herald (4/12/21)

  Out of Market Media

FOX13 – Tampa Bay (4/2/21) FOX35 – Orlando (4/2/21) ABC7 – Fort Myers (4/2/21) NBC2 – Orlando (4/2/21) NewsJax4 – Ch. 4 Jacksonville (4/2/21) CBS6 – Orlando (4/2/21) WUSF – Tampa Bay (4/2/21) WUSF – Tampa Bay (updated story) (4/2/21) Tampa Bay Times (4/2/21) Florida News Digest (4/2/21) WKRC Cincinnati (4/4/21) Real Clear Education (4/5/21) The Durango Herald (4/6/21)

WKMG News 6 Orlando (4/6/21) Epoch Times (4/6/21) Insider (4/6/21) Frequent Business Traveler (4/6/21) The Hill (4/6/21) Deccan Herald (4/7/21) Amed Post (4/7/21) The Pajaronian (4/7/21) Zero Hedge (4/7/21) Omaha World Herald (4/8/21) Florida News Times (4/8/21) The Albany Herald (4/9/21) Tampa Bay Times (4/9/21)

Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation

• Before South Florida Can Be Called a Tech Hub it Has Some Growing To Do, Op-Ed by John Wensveen, Ph.D.
  • Sun Sentinel (3/2/21), Government Technology (3/3/21)
• Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center Supported by South Florida Businesses
  • South Florida Business & Wealth (3/9/21)
• South Florida Must Think Regionally for Tech Heights, OpEd by John Wensveen, Ph.D.
  • Palm Beach Post (3/10/21)
• ‘There’s Unlimited Opportunity’: South Florida University’s Space Entrepreneurship Program Ready for Takeoff, featuring John Wensveen, Ph.D.
  • South Florida Business Journal (3/22/21)
• Can South Florida Leap Into The Space Industry? Here’s a New Idea to Help Lure Business, featuring John Wensveen, Ph.D.
  • Sun Sentinel (4/2/21), The Current (4/6/21)
• Money & Tech Round Up: New Crowd Funding Rule Could Be A Game Changer for Start Ups and More, featuring John Wensveen, Ph.D.
  • South Florida Business Journal (4/5/21)

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

The following stories feature Deborah Ann Mulligan, M.D., FAAP, FACEP

• The Flu Flew
  • WIOD (3/2/21)
• Brain Food
  • WIOD (3/9/21)
• Some Up, Some Down
  • WIOD (3/23/21)
• Vax Facts 
  • WIOD (4/5/21)

 

• Vaccines a big help but COVID-19 is still a threat, experts say, featuring Bindu Mayi, Ph.D.  M.Sc.
  • WPLG – Ch. 10 Miami (3/9/21)
• Florida Finds Dozens More COVID-19 Variant Cases, featuring Bindu Mayi, Ph.D., M.Sc.
  • WPLG (3/31/21)
• Florida Passes 3,200 COVID-19 Variant Cases, Far More Than Any Other State, featuring Bindu Mayi, Ph.D., M.Sc.
  • WPLG – Ch. 10 Miami (4/6/21)
• Nutrition 21 Says Science Backing of New Beauty-From-Within Ingredient Will Help it Capitalize on Growing Market, featuring Douglas Kalman, Ph.D., RDN, FACN, FISSN
  • Nutra (3/1/21)
• Predictors of Emotional Wellbeing in Osteopathic Medical Students in a COVID-19 World
  • Doc Wire News (3/11/21)
• Is Chili Good for You?, featuring Su-Nui Escobar, DCN, RDN, LDN, FAND
  • Consumer Reports (3/12/21), Yahoo! Finance (3/12/21)
• Florida Graduate Schools Ranked in U.S. News & World Report
  • Sun Sentinel (3/31/21)
• Community Dental Health Coordinator Program Celebrates 15 Years of Bringing More People into the Oral Health System, featuring Claudia A. Serna, Ph.D., DDS, MPH, MCHES, CPH
  • ADA News (4/9/21)

College of Pharmacy

• Perspectives of Pharmacists, Educators on the Front Lines of Covid-19 Immunizations, featuring Stacey Maravent, Pharm. D.
  • Pharmacy Times (3/1/21)
• Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary-Care Based Accountable Care Organizations
  • The American Journal of Accountable Care (4/7/21)

Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing

• Nursing Students Volunteer at Three Broward Health COVID-19 Vaccination Sites and Gain Invaluable Experience
  • South Florida Hospital News (3/29/21)

College of Optometry

• AdaptDx Pro’s On-Board AI Technician Now Speaks in Multiple Languages, featuring Julie Rodman, OD, MS, FAAO
  • Eye Wire News (3/31/21)

Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

• Researchers Aim to Restore Threatened Coral Reefs
  • Gulf Times (3/9/21), Qatar Tribune (3/9/21)
• Coral Restoration Foundation and NSU Join Forces to Save Coral
  • Keys Weekly (3/1/21)
• Sea Change
  • South Florida Business & Wealth (3/15/21)
• Guy Harvey Hosts Ocean Foundation Fundraiser
  • Cayman Compass (3/18/21)
• Algae Growing on Coral Could Paint Falsely Rosy Picture of Reef Health
  • Eurasia Review (3/18/21), Science Magazine (3/18/21), Phys Org (3/18/21)
• Great Shark Race Raises Funds and Awareness to Help Protect Mako and Whale Sharks, featuring Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D.
  • TC Palm (3/24/21)
• Study Finds Air Dryers Can Spread More Germs Than Paper Towels, featuring Robert Smith, Ph.D.
  • Healthline (4/3/21)
• The Wild Life Rescue Warriors Who Rule Fort Lauderdale
  • AFAR (4/7/21)

 

The following stories featuring Charles Zelden, Ph.D.

• Lots Of Local Political Futures Up In The Air
  • CBS4 – Miami (3/1/21); Yahoo! News (3/1/21); BollyInside (3/1/21)
• Sun Dial: Florida Law Makers Push Voting Changes
  • WLRN (3/15/21)
• Florida Labor Unions Say Proposal Will Lead to ‘Disaster’ for State Worker Pensions
  • Tallahassee Democrat (4/2/21)
• Congressman Alcee Hastings, After a Career of Triumphs, Calamity, and Comeback, Dies at 84
  • Miami Herald (4/6/21), Florida Courier (4/6/21), Daytona Times (4/6/21), CW 34 (4/6/21), WPEC (4/8/21)
• U.S. Rep Alcee Hastings, Longest Serving Member of Congress From Florida, Dies at 84
  • Chicago Tribune (4/6/21)

 

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

• Smith Joins SCSU Board, featuring alumni Macie Smith Ed.D.
  • The Times & Democrat (3/4/21)
• Bethel Park’s New Superintendent Set to Start March 15, featuring alumni James Walsh
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette (3/10/21)
• University of Mount Olive to Inaugurate Sixth President on March 25
  • WNCT (3/17/21)

College of Psychology

• Millions of Americans Currently Have Their Health Misclassified on the Basis of BMI, featuring Paula Brochu, Ph.D.
  • Yahoo! Style (3/8/21), Good House Keeping (3/8/21)
• Some People Keep Telling Christina Malone She Looks Unhealthy. She’s An Elite Athlete, featuring Paula Brochu, Ph.D.
  • Willamette Week (3/21/21)
• As Schools Reopen, Prioritizing Student Mental Health Can Prevent ‘Twin-Demic’, featuring Scott Poland, Ed.D.
  • K-12 Dive (3/25/21)
• For First Responders, Stress From Public Opinion is Just as Severe as Covid-19 Demands
  • The Hill (3/17/21)
• 16 Things to Know About Attachment Theory, featuring Denise Fournier, Ph.D.
  • MSN (3/31/21)

• Dan Doyle Jr.: An Entrepreneur’s Journey
  • Industry Analysts, Inc. (3/22/21)
• Course Design for Competitive Advantage, featuring Dean Andrew Rosman
  • AACSB Insights (4/6/21)

College of Computing and Engineering

• Bridging the World of Today and Tomorrow Through Computer Science
  • Study International (3/24/21)

Shepard Broad College of Law

The following stories feature Robert Jarvis, LL.M, JD

• Boyd Gaming Casino Dealer Mostly Wins in Kansas Court on Tips
  • Casino.Org (3/9/21)
• A year ago, infected cruise passengers foretold our future. Now, the courts are deciding who’s to blame
  • Sun-Sentinel (3/14/21), Stars and Stripes (3/15/21), Orlando Sentinel (3/15/21)
• Wynn Las Vegas Turns To Protective Vests for Security, As US Hotels Shift Police Use
  • Casino.Org (3/13/21)
• The Cruise Industry Reacts to Florida’s Lawsuit Against the CDC
  • Travel Pulse (4/8/21), Orlando Sentinel (4/8/21) Raw Story (4/9/21), Cruise Law News (4/9/21)
• DeSantis Sues CDC to Get Cruises Restarted
  • Miami Herald (4/8/21)

 

• Environmental Settlement Tool’s Reboot Leaves Target on Its Back, featuring Joel Mintz, JD, JSD, LLM
  • Bloomberg Law (3/2/21)
• The EPA Reduced Enforcement During COVID-19, Researchers Are Assessing the Damage, featuring Joel Mintz, JD, JSD, LLM
  • Peoples World (3/22/21)
• Kodak Black Given Permission to Travel for Charity, Establishes $100k Scholarship Fund In Medow Pollack’s Memory at NSU Law 
  • iHeart Radio (3/9/21);
• Fort Lauderdale’s Sewage Problems a Sign of Infrastructure Woes for Other Coastal Cities, featuring Richard Grosso, J.D.
  • The Miami Herald (3/4/21)
• Balancing Public Health with Economic Health, featuring Richard Grosso, J.D.
• • Soul of Miami (4/8/21)

Alvin Sherman Library

• ‘Alive Forever’: Visitors Can Virtually Speak with Holocaust Survivors at NSU Library Exhibit
  • WPLG (4/1/21),  NBC 6 (4/1/21), MSN (4/3/21)

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

• What To Do In Miami: The World of Anna Sui
  • Broward Palm Beach New Times (3/3/21)
• NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Launches Find Your Place in the Sun Campaign
  • Broadway World (3/25/21)
• Lemme Walk Across the Room: A Peek Into the NSU Art Museum’s Newest Exhibit
  • The Current (4/6/21)