As end of year giving nears, consider donating to fellow employees in need. Continue reading
Faculty & Staff
Flexible parking permitted during winter break
December 11, 2017
These permit zone exceptions will be in effect Dec. 18-Jan. 12. Continue reading
NAU faculty and staff invited to celebrate the season at the President’s Holiday Reception
December 7, 2017
Faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the season at the annual President’s Holiday Reception Dec. 13. Continue reading
NAU’s 1899 Bar and Grill holding Festival of Trees to raise money for victims of natural disasters
November 29, 2017
NAU and Flagstaff community members can bid on five trees, each of which has its own theme. Local "tree artists" decorated the trees. Continue reading
SPAC looking for NAU employees to help provide Christmas gifts for local families
November 29, 2017
Employees can sign up online for gifts they want to buy for the children, ages 11 to 17 years old. Continue reading
NAU Percussion Ensemble goes global
November 9, 2017
The Northern Arizona University School of Music will present the Percussion Ensemble in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, in Ardrey Memorial Auditorium. Continue reading
NAU Bookstore to hold one day Apple product sale for faculty and staff
November 8, 2017
On Friday, Nov. 17, the NAU Bookstore will be offering faculty and staff up to $250 dollars off of various models of Macs and iPads Continue reading
NAU’s Office of Native American Initiatives introduces executive education sessions
November 6, 2017
This training, part of the Tribal Leadership Initiatives, will be taken directly to indigenous communities to meet the specific needs of individual nations. Continue reading
NAU astronomer talks about mystery space object, what it says about planetary formation throughout Milky Way
October 30, 2017
The space rock's orbit indicates to astronomers that it came from outside the solar system and is on its way out of the solar system—the first time such an event has been recorded. Continue reading
For National Day of Writing, NAU professor talks about writing her ‘big, crazy, complicated book’
October 20, 2017
Journalism faculty Annette McGivney started researching a brutal murder a decade ago. The more she learned, the more she and the book changed. Continue reading
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President’s Distinguished Speaker Series continues with education innovator Michael Horn, an expert on disruptive innovation, online learning, blended learning and competency-based learning, will speak about transforming the education system to be more student-centered.
Celebrating a decade of impact: How one family changed the lives of 29,504 NAU students Eric Hughes, a Franke Scholar, didn't think his college experience would include traveling abroad for the first time, earning a prestigious internship and meeting Warren Buffett—but it did, thanks to Bill and Carolyn Franke and the business college that dawns their name.
‘A very powerful, poignant and poetic impulse:’ NAU, Flagstaff communities invited to fifth annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week (VIDEO) The weeklong series of events will educate, entertain and introduce participants to the complex history and culture of hip hop music.
ADOT announces overnight road closures on Beulah near south end of NAU campus Both north- and southbound lanes on Beulah will be closed overnight next week, though on different nights. Use I-17 as a detour.
NAU Service Professional Advisory Council hosts cleanup Recycle and trash bags and grabbers will be provided to participants. Families, children and pets on leashes are welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring gloves and water.
Jazz greats come to NAU for workshops, performances Jazz great Lucas Pino and jazz band No Net Nonet will work and perform with NAU School of Music students during their upcoming visit to NAU
Editor’s Picks
Underneath the lion: Celebrate the Lunar New Year at NAU with traditional lion dance performances NAU senior Colleen McDowell struggled with high-functioning autism and depression, then she enrolled in PES100, a Chinese Martial Arts course, and became a lion dancer. Enjoy several performances at NAU and throughout town on Feb. 16 to ring in the year of the dog.
Which microbes matter most? NAU scientists develop technique for measuring bacterial growth rates Ecoss researchers are using technologies developed at NAU to devise a metric for the growth of microbial species in their natural environments.
NAU paleoecologist discovering secrets of Northern Norway’s history in lake mud Scott Anderson is part of a team studying thousand-year-old biomarkers preserved in lake bottoms that tell the story of human activity in Lofoten.