Graphic demonstrating 15-year warming cycle

Warming slows microbes’ growth, NAU researchers find in first-in-kind long-term experiment

Student received the COVID-19 vaccine

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In pursuit of hoppiness: NAU offers Intro to Brewing Science course

NAU Continuing Education offers an online course for those interested in the process and science that goes into brewing beer.

Logan Berner with drone

Research & Academics

Scientists partner with Indigenous communities to study effects of climate change and human development on Arctic caribou

The project, led by assistant research professor Logan Berner, will help train the next generation of Arctic scientists in wildlife ecology, environmental informatics, natural resource management and social science. Berner received a $718,000 NSF grant to fund this research.

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A fuel break can help protect against forest fires.

Can communities protect themselves by planting less flammable forests?

Fires in the West have been getting more severe and threatening more communities over the last thirty years. A team, including ecologists and economists from NAU, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how communities can use fuel treatments to keep themselves safe and preserve their relationship to the forests they love.

Ph.D. students first in NAU history to receive prestigious DOE awards

Graduate students Maria Bolar and Megan Foley are the first from NAU to receive awards from the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program and only two of 65 graduate students nationwide. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities at DOE's national laboratories, the program prepares graduate students to enter jobs of critical importance to securing the nation’s position at the forefront of discovery and innovation.

Marti Canipe

Why do muffins rise in the oven?

Marti Canipe won an NSF award to develop phenomenon-based science courses for elementary teachers. The project could have a significant impact on science instruction for teachers and students through more effective content and teaching models.

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In pursuit of hoppiness: NAU offers Intro to Brewing Science course

NAU Continuing Education offers an online course for those interested in the process and science that goes into brewing beer.

NAU’s donors are increasing access to higher education, one gift at a time

NAU donors invested in more than 20 new scholarships last year which when added to existing scholarships, yielded more than $3.5 million distributed via more than 2,200 scholarships to a diverse group of motivated and hard-working students during the current academic year. The impact of scholarships on student success is multifaceted. While state funding for higher education dwindles and many families struggle to pay their bills, scholarships create access and opportunity for students while reducing reliance on multiple jobs or the burden of student loan debt.

Health care in all languages

Seeing her non-English speaking parents struggle to navigate healthcare, Rebeca Flores-Lopez decided to pursue a career as a physician assistant. The Phoenix Biomedical Campus student hopes to use her bilingual skills and love of medicine to help the Hispanic community. In honor of Physician Assistant’s week, here is her story.

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Why biodiversity—and global collaboration—is more important than it’s ever been

An NAU team was a partner in the UN’s just-announced Biodiversity Lab 2.0, a global collaboration that collects and collates data and trends related to biodiversity, ensuring low- and middle-income countries have access to resources they could not produce on their own. This important work helps protect biodiversity across borders.

Student received the COVID-19 vaccine

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Jamie Axelrod sits in front of plant and gray backdrop

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