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• Assistant professor of physics and astronomy Christopher Edwards secured funding for a NASA Solar System Workings proposal. “Testing the Limits of Spectral Mixture Modeling in the Thermal Infrared: Insights from Radiative Transfer Modeling and Laboratory Spectral Analysis” will receive $469,000 and an appointed graduate student for the next three years.
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• Ethnic studies lecturer Cameron Herman co-authored “New Rules to the Game: Neoliberal Governance and Housing in Atlanta, Georgia”  and “‘No Blank Canvas’: Public Art and Gentrification in Houston’s Third Ward.” Both works examine the response of African-Americans to marginalization and neo-liberalism in urban environments, such as gentrification in Houston.
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• During the summer, STEM students Carmen Robles Baron and Keyla Falcon were selected for a fully funded eight-week international biomedical nanotechnology training program in Hermosillo, Mexico. They trained at the Núcleo de Investigación Científica y Desarrollo Tecnológico laborites, where they conducted their own research using high-tech materials and cross-cultural research. This opportunity… Read more

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• Junior Abby Akin was chosen as the Big Sky Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week and named to the Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament Team. Akin’s achievements come after a string of successful matches highlighting her scoring record, hitting average and average kills per set.
• Anthropology students Diane Slocum, Britt Davis, Sasha Romih, Renee Collins, Steve Fox, Tia Watkins,… Read more

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• Northern Arizona University is ranked No. 45 in the Best Undergraduate Non-Doctoral Engineering Program by U.S. News 2019 Best College. NAU was also included in the Best Undergraduate Business Program list. U.S. News determines rankings through peer evaluations—deans and faculty of other institutions rate accredited programs which are then weighted… Read more

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• Peter Lomong was named the Big Sky cross country athlete of the week following his win at the George Kyte invitational on Sept. 1 in Flagstaff, with a time of 22:59.3. This is the second year in a row Lomong has finished first at the event.
• Heather Foster, a criminology and criminal justice graduate… Read more