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President Cheng selected for Phoenix Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business list

Feb. 15, 2019President Rita Hartung Cheng is one of 25 women being honored by the Phoenix Business Journal for significant contributions to their professions and … Read more about President Cheng selected for Phoenix Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business list

To help meet industry demands, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences adds three new Ph.D. programs

Feb. 13, 2019The College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences hasn’t even had its first birthday yet, and it’s already making history, becoming the first college … Read more about To help meet industry demands, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences adds three new Ph.D. programs

NAU abroad: President Cheng works to grow partnerships south of the border

NAU President Rita Cheng led a delegation of university leadership to partner institution Center for Technical and Higher Education University (CETYS) in Mexicali, Mexico, earlier … Read more about NAU abroad: President Cheng works to grow partnerships south of the border

NAU community invited to open house for new IMQ center

Feb. 14, 2019Students, staff and faculty are invited to celebrate the opening of Northern Arizona University’s new Office of Inclusion: Multicultural and LGBTQIA Student … Read more about NAU community invited to open house for new IMQ center

Permafrost in the Arctic: What increasing temperatures mean for the planet (VIDEO)

Feb. 14, 2019The fact is, the planet is getting warmer, and with the temperature increase comes an array of issues.Assistant research professor Christina Schädel sat down … Read more about Permafrost in the Arctic: What increasing temperatures mean for the planet (VIDEO)

In the Spotlight: Feb. 15, 2019

Kudos to these faculty, staff and programsDo you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online … Read more about In the Spotlight: Feb. 15, 2019

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Born in tragedy: How an NAU alumnus helped save the life of one Lucky elk

It all started with a teddy bear.Then raising and keeping pets, going hunting with his dad and realizing he was the only ‘90s kid whose bedroom walls were covered in posters of … Read more about Born in tragedy: How an NAU alumnus helped save the life of one Lucky elk

The Macy legacy: How one man’s love affair with art will benefit NAU students for years to come

Doug Macy was not an artist, or a Northern Arizona University alum. Yet he was passionate about two things: collecting art and NAU—he had his son to thank for both.Aaron Macy … Read more about The Macy legacy: How one man’s love affair with art will benefit NAU students for years to come

Global partnership: NAU works with Chinese universities to expand 1+2+1 program

Nearly 200 students from Chinese universities have made their way to Flagstaff to study at Northern Arizona University this school year as part of the Sino-American 1+2+1 program. … Read more about Global partnership: NAU works with Chinese universities to expand 1+2+1 program

Department of Biological Sciences

In the Spotlight: May 25, 2018

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NAU-TV is a finalist in the SVG College Sports Media awards. NAU-TV has two nominated programs out of seven finalists in the outstanding live game production-collegiate student category.
Psychological sciences professor Michelle Miller gave an invited address at the 2^ndInternational Forum on Future World, Future Learning at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The conference… Read more

In the Spotlight: Feb. 16, 2018

February 15, 2018 by Inside NAU Leave a Comment

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Catherine Gehring, co-executive director of the Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research and professor for Northern Arizona University’s Department of Biological Sciences, was selected as the first John and Pit Lucking Family Professor. Gehring will use this professorship to advance her lab’s work on the use of beneficial soil microbes to improve the… Read more