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Nova Southeastern University will host its 8th annual FREE health fair for children ages birth to 15 years. “A Day For Children” features health care screenings for vision, medical, speech, behavior and dental, as well as physical and occupational therapy, all of which are provided by Nova Southeastern University Health Care Centers.
Oil began spilling in the Gulf without control, and millions of barrels of oil contaminated the region.


The Nova Southeastern University part of the funding will go straight to the university's Oceanographic Center (OC).

“Given the magnitude and seriousness of the Deepwater Horizon spill, I'm very pleased that Nova Southeastern University researchers have had successful proposals funded by the BP block grant,” explains Richard E. Dodge, PhD.

The four main directions of research the OC will follow include conducting studies into how the oil spill affected marine life living in the Gulf area.

“Actions taken to abate the April 20 oil spill, such as using chemical dispersants to breakdown the oil, may have effectively submerged or dispersed the oil into Gulf of Mexico waters,” says OC associate research professor Jose Lopez.

“Therefore, filter feeding sponges can possibly behave as good barometers to detect the oil's impact on marine environments over time,” adds the expert, who specializes in analyzing sponges and microbe communities.