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NAU researchers contribute to finding of drought’s lasting impact in forests

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In forests around the world, drought leaves a legacy that endures even after the rains return.

Three Northern Arizona University researchers contributed to a study published this week in Science that showed surviving trees took an average of two to four years to recover and resume normal growth rates after droughts ended.

The finding runs counter to climate models that assume instant recovery, said George Koch, a professor in NAU’s Center for Ecosystem Science and Society. Koch focused on project design… Read more

Bionic Ankle

NSF award propels NAU team toward all-terrain prosthetic

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Researchers slogging through a tangle of sensors, motors and algorithms face a challenging path, but it’s nothing like the terrain that must be crossed by someone walking with a prosthetic ankle.

Even with the most advanced designs, no step is simple—each laborious movement is fraught with the potential for a slip or a trip.

Now the Center for Bioengineering Innovation, under the direction… Read more

Womens's outdoor track and field

NAU student-athletes earn Big Sky All-Academic honors

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Twenty-six student-athletes earned Big Sky All-Academic honors for the spring, including members of the men’s and women’s outdoor track, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s golf teams.

Eligibility includes achieving a 3.2 cumulative grade point average in the most recent term, participating in at least half of the team’s competitions and completing at least one academic term at the current Big Sky school.

Women’s outdoor track and field had the most student-athletes with nine, and 15 of the 26 total student-athletes who earned honors had… Read more

Artist's conception of a rubble-pile asteroid and a dust cloud asteroid.

Team led by NAU’s Trilling to receive NASA award for asteroid observations

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A team led by David Trilling, associate professor of astronomy at Northern Arizona University, has been selected to receive a NASA Group Achievement Award.

According to NASA, the Spitzer Near Earth Asteroid Team is being recognized “for exemplary science implementation, analysis and execution of the Spitzer 2011 MD and 2009 BD near-Earth Asteroid Observations for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission.” Trilling, NAU post-doctoral researcher Michael Mommert and colleagues from four other institutions participated in the research.

The award will be presented… Read more

James Coleman

VCU dean chosen as NAU’s provost

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James Coleman, dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been selected as the university’s next provost, President Rita Cheng announced today.

“Jim’s broad background crosses multiple disciplines and his research focus makes him an excellent fit for provost. Perhaps more important, he shares our passion for transforming the lives of our students and meeting critical workforce needs for this state,” Cheng said.

Pending approval by the Arizona Board of Regents, Coleman will serve as NAU’s highest-ranking… Read more

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NAU growing ice to support mission to Pluto

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As a worldwide audience awaits images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto on July 14, NAU scientists already are supporting astronomers’ understanding of the dwarf planet’s surface.

NAU’s Astronomy Ph.D. program to fill niche 

If you ask Stephen Tegler, chair of NAU’s Physics and Astronomy Department, he’ll tell you Flagstaff, Arizona, is one of the best places in the world to study astronomy.

NAU students benefit from the area’s clear… Read more

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