Jut Wynne

‘An unexplored world right beneath our feet:’ NAU cave ecologist on the importance of caves in discussions on conservation

Lumberjack Motorsports 2021 team photo

Campus & Community

Building the Baja: Lumberjack Motorsports dedication, teamwork seal first top five victory in school history

An NAU team of 12 mechanical engineering seniors created a baja vehicle for the 2021 Baja SAE Competition, showing off both their strategy for design and teamwork to claim a fifth place finish.

Passports from various countries

Research & Academics

NAU Education Abroad guides record number of students to Gilman Scholars despite pandemic

The Gilman Scholarship funds study abroad opportunities, which will allow student to gain proficiency in diverse languages and cultures that will contribute to their own development, national security and economic prosperity.

NAU's Native American Cultural Center

Campus & Community

After three decades of giving, Ottens Foundation’s final gift to NAU will help fund Native American health efforts

Over the course of three decades, John and Sophie Ottens donated more than $13 million to NAU, helping fund the American Indian Nursing program, the dental hygiene program, diabetes prevention and management among the Navajo Nation and summer internships for Native American students.

Research & Academics

‘4T’ training course becomes virtual clinic for diagnosing climate, Earth system model problems

Yiqi Luo and Lifen Jiang from the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society met with students from 26 countries in their Zoom course advances in land carbon cycle modeling. Doing it virtually allowed them to open the curriculum more and engage virtually.

Passports from various countries

NAU Education Abroad guides record number of students to Gilman Scholars despite pandemic

The Gilman Scholarship funds study abroad opportunities, which will allow student to gain proficiency in diverse languages and cultures that will contribute to their own development, national security and economic prosperity.

Jut Wynne

‘An unexplored world right beneath our feet:’ NAU cave ecologist on the importance of caves in discussions on conservation

Jut Wynne, director of NAU's Cave Ecology Lab, talks about cave health all the time. But during 2021, the International Year of Caves and Karst, he and other researchers are inviting the rest of us to consider all the ways these ecosystems contribute to society without us even knowing it.

Campus & Community

José Luis Cruz Rivera

Welcoming President Cruz Rivera to NAU

On Monday, José Luis Cruz Rivera started as the 17th president of Northern Arizona University. A leader in diversity and equity in higher education, he aims to advance NAU's mission of student success and access, particularly for underrepresented groups.

Lumberjack Motorsports 2021 team photo

Building the Baja: Lumberjack Motorsports dedication, teamwork seal first top five victory in school history

An NAU team of 12 mechanical engineering seniors created a baja vehicle for the 2021 Baja SAE Competition, showing off both their strategy for design and teamwork to claim a fifth place finish.

Carpool to school: NAU University Transit Services promotes Mountain Line vanpool program

The Mountain Line Vanpool program is offering three free months to encourage enrollment in the program, improve air quality and reduce the congestion on campus.

Happenings

Images of water

Virtual workshop to address chemical toxicants in water and interactions with climate change

The workshop, which CHER is hosting, aims to have critical conversations about environmental contaminants and how they affect people's health.

Andy Harvey Indigenous Youth Media Workshop

Andy Harvey Indigenous Youth Media Workshop opens applications for 2021 workshop week

The goal of the workshop is to teach necessary skills of broadcast journalism to Native American and other high school students and provide them with tools to tell their own stories.

Parking regulations change regarding NAU state vaccination site, summer months on campus

Parking regulations will return to normal every Monday and Tuesday in lot P16, but overall, UTS has moved to summer "relaxed zones" for all parking lots until the fall semester.