COM Outlook Winter 2020

TABLE of Contents Features 04 Mission ImPossible TAMPA BAY RIBBON CUTTING 08 Tampa Bay Ingenuity NEW CAMPUS INCORPORATES NOVEL DESIGN PRINCIPLES 14 Holograms and Robotics TECHNOLOGY OVERHAUL AUGMENTS STUDENT LEARNING 18 Net the Difference BASKETBALL DREAMS MORPH INTO MEDICAL MOTIVATION 22 Career Path Clarity A PASSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 26 Curious in Cuba INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP OFFERS INTERESTING INSIGHTS 30 Caribbean Care MEDICAL OUTREACH IN JAMAICA ASSISTS THOUSANDS Departments 02 HPD COMmuniqué 03 Dean’s Message 32 COM News DUAL-CAMPUS WHITE COAT CEREMONIES 34 Student Perspectives LAUGH, CRY, LIVE FOSTERING KITTENS A FALSE DICHOTOMY 40 Research News CARING FOR A VULNERABLE POPULATION 42 Alumni Corner ALUMNI IN THE NEWS 46 Alumni Spotlight FINDING YOUR BLISS CALM AMIDST CHAOS 52 COMmunications Briefs 54 Closing Notes 08 18 26 30 ON THE COVER: Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel, M.D.s, made the impossible possible regarding the swift construction of NSU’s progressive Tampa Bay Regional Campus. Cover illustration by Richard Kobs, Graphic Designer, NSU Office of Publications and Creative Services