Teachers can attend an informational seminar on Jan. 3 in Window Rock and learn more about the program, which is part of the Yale National Initiative. Continue reading
Faculty & Staff
NAU ITS announces new Adobe contract, offers faculty and staff affordable applications
December 14, 2017
The $85 license is valid for one user for up to one year for two machines—one of which could be a home or personal computer. Continue reading
Santa’s Sleigh fund helps NAU employees in need
December 13, 2017
As end of year giving nears, consider donating to fellow employees in need. Continue reading
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
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Citizen-scientist study results find ticks capable of carrying lyme disease in 83 additional U.S. counties As part of the study, people across the country sent in more than 16,000 ticks to NAU researchers who tested them for various bacterial infections. Results show ticks capable of carrying Lyme disease are more widespread than originally thought.
President Cheng joins U.S. delegation to explore bilateral collaboration in Israel She was part of the American Jewish Council's Project Interchange delegation, which spent a week exchanging ideas on innovation and learning.
NAU geologist studies ‘super-eruption’ of ancient Italian volcano Michael Ort recently received a $290K NSF grant to analyze the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption, which occurred 39,000 years ago and affected areas as far away as Moscow.
NAU team receives $2.6 million grant to train, mentor Native American students in STEM disciplines NAU RISE for Native Americans will provide two years of research training to undergraduates and master’s level students across STEM disciplines—from biology to informatics to engineering.
Former NAU postdocs author paper linking forest restoration to better water quality The forest restoration study, which Frances O'Donnell and Williams Flatley co-authored with professors Abe Springer and Peter Fulé, was published in Ecological Applications.
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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.