The President's Prize winners with their certificates and prizes

NAU honors President's Prize, Gold Axe winners and Distinguished Seniors

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Research & Academics

Three ways NAU and SRP are protecting the water and electric grid in Arizona

In this long-term partnership, teams from NAU collaborated on several research projects, including ones aimed at protecting the Salt and Verde River watersheds and ensuring the power grid can handle the increasing number of electric vehicles on the road.

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Club Spotlight: Trumpet Club of NAU

Calling all trumpet lovers! NAU's new student-run Trumpet Club is sure to strike a chord, whether you're a seasoned member of the marching band or just looking for a place to jam out. Read on to learn more about how the organization's co-presidents formed the club, what they plan to accomplish next semester and how they fell in love with the brass instrument in the first place.

Campus & Community

NAU Online reaches major milestone with latest graduating class

NAU Online's partnership with Beacon Education has seen more than 1,000 students, mostly from China, graduate with master's degrees and further their careers in the four years since the partnership's inception.

Research & Academics

A fleet of electric vans at a charging station.

Three ways NAU and SRP are protecting the water and electric grid in Arizona

In this long-term partnership, teams from NAU collaborated on several research projects, including ones aimed at protecting the Salt and Verde River watersheds and ensuring the power grid can handle the increasing number of electric vehicles on the road.

ERI researchers in red take photographs in an aspen forest.

Oh, grow up! ERI study shows climate change is hindering aspen tree maturity

A new study from NAU's Ecological Research Institute reveals that aspen trees are struggling to grow beyond adolescence, a phenomenon exacerbated by climate change, wildfires, droughts, and invasive elk grazing. While this represents a significant concern for the future of Flagstaff forests, ecologists remain hopeful that forest management collaborations will protect the iconic speckled species for years to come.

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Student-led study reveals extraterrestrial explosions may blow hot and cold

In a groundbreaking astronomical study, doctoral student Shaelyn Raposa and alumna Anna Engle discovered outer space explosions may not arise from blistering heat but from the chilling forces of extreme cold. The duo used advanced laboratory equipment to simulate freezing extraterrestrial temperatures and witnessed sudden pressure spikes carrying major implications for planetary feature formation in our solar system and beyond.

Campus & Community

Students hanging out together in a dorm room with a lofted bed

JACK HACKS: 8 ways to cozy up your dorm space

Cozy season is here, and that means it's time to crank up the thermostat, curl up under a blanket, make some tea...and create a warm, welcoming refuge in your dorm. Wondering how to take your room from summer to winter in style? Here are The NAU Review's eight failsafe tips to transform your dorm into the coziest sanctuary ever!

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NAU shuttles are going green

Thanks to a grant of nearly $1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency, NAU will replace two diesel shuttle buses with electric vehicles by summer 2026, taking a significant step toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

NAU Online reaches major milestone with latest graduating class

NAU Online's partnership with Beacon Education has seen more than 1,000 students, mostly from China, graduate with master's degrees and further their careers in the four years since the partnership's inception.

Lumberjack Features

A cartoon trumpet on a yellow diamond against a black background. The trumpet is surrounded by the words "TCNAU" and the Roman numerals "MMXXIV" in white text.

Club Spotlight: Trumpet Club of NAU

Calling all trumpet lovers! NAU's new student-run Trumpet Club is sure to strike a chord, whether you're a seasoned member of the marching band or just looking for a place to jam out. Read on to learn more about how the organization's co-presidents formed the club, what they plan to accomplish next semester and how they fell in love with the brass instrument in the first place.

Jaden Blake L. Reyes posing in front of a projected rainbow

What Transgender Day of Remembrance means to me

I am Jaden Blake Lumacad Reyes (he/they), a proud queer Filipino transmasculine person who is doing his best every day to live his most authentic life. I would not be able to live this way without the trans, Black, Indigenous and people of color who fought for our rights, who fought for our existence, who fought for the rest of our community and the rights of other trans generations to come.

For World Vegan Day, make this mac'n'cheese

Ready to try a plant-based recipe for World Vegan Day? Here is a delicious recipe for Butternut Squash "Mac'n'Cheese"!