A student in a black-and-white knitted hat holds a brown puppy in her arms.

Dogs in the Den brings tender loving canines to NAU

A graphic showing the different bits on a Glasswing drone

Research & Academics

How a new drone system can help fight forest fires and rescue POWs

Glasswing is a drone system that can fly in forest canopies that often render conventional drones useless. Created in SICCS professor Alexander Shenkin's lab, it is now being developed for commercialization with a grant for ABOR.

A researcher on a raft in a flooded cave in the Grand Canyon.

Research & Academics

Unlocking the ‘black box’ of Grand Canyon’s water supply

One of the biggest mysteries of the Grand Canyon is how exactly water gets from the surface into the springs. We know the basics—it snows on the Kaibab Plateau, the snow melts into sinkholes and the water comes roaring out of springs below the North Rim. But what does the journey from the sinkholes through thousands of feet of rock look like? Understanding those details could have far-reaching effects for the cave-fed spring that provides water for the more than 5 million visitors to the park every year, as well as the ecosystems around it.

Naomi Lee drawing on a whiteboard while wearing a white lab coat

Faculty & Staff

Text message campaign aims to fight HPV-associated cancers in Arizona

NAU biochemist Naomi Lee is piloting a text message campaign aimed at increasing HPV vaccination rates in Arizona—especially in communities with less access to healthcare, where rates of HPV-associated cancers are higher. The campaign could help researchers and healthcare providers understand and address low vaccination rates, saving numerous lives.

Research & Academics

A rover being guided despite "bad" data

New technology aims to create resilient networks in spite of ‘noise’ from signal jamming

Developed by Bertrand Cambou’s cybersecurity lab, this tech, which includes 80 patents held by or pending to NAU, can make drone use in a combat zone more secure and reduce the effects of poor network coverage throughout the world. With funding from ABOR, the team is preparing the technology for commercialization.

A graphic showing the different bits on a Glasswing drone

How a new drone system can help fight forest fires and rescue POWs

Glasswing is a drone system that can fly in forest canopies that often render conventional drones useless. Created in SICCS professor Alexander Shenkin's lab, it is now being developed for commercialization with a grant for ABOR.

A researcher on a raft in a flooded cave in the Grand Canyon.

Unlocking the ‘black box’ of Grand Canyon’s water supply

One of the biggest mysteries of the Grand Canyon is how exactly water gets from the surface into the springs. We know the basics—it snows on the Kaibab Plateau, the snow melts into sinkholes and the water comes roaring out of springs below the North Rim. But what does the journey from the sinkholes through thousands of feet of rock look like? Understanding those details could have far-reaching effects for the cave-fed spring that provides water for the more than 5 million visitors to the park every year, as well as the ecosystems around it.

Campus & Community

A student in a black-and-white knitted hat holds a brown puppy in her arms.

Dogs in the Den brings tender loving canines to NAU

Put a "paws" on all the things stressing you out, and come visit the Health Promotion Office’s Zen Den for the return of its widely beloved Dogs in the Den events. Every other Wednesday, students can visit with puppies from the High Country Humane animal shelter, hang out with new friends and even wind down with an arts and crafts project.

Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sport Day

Hear from student-athletes about the first time they picked up a ball or club or laced on running shoes, their best moments wearing blue and gold and how their athletic careers are helping prepare them for their professional careers, in their sport or in an office.

New partnership helps ensure no Lumberjack goes hungry

After a successful pilot program last semester, the Flagstaff Family Food Center is taking over management of Louie’s Cupboard. The partnership will expand food offerings and offer improved access for students both now and in the long term.

Lumberjack Features

Lumberjacks Abroad: France

Madelein John will be walking on the stage this fall as she graduates with not one, not two, but three degrees—two from NAU and a third from the University of Bordeaux, where she experienced a year abroad through the Interdisciplinary Global Programs. Read what advice this native Arizonan has for those who want to learn a new language and where she is headed next to get her master’s degree in cancer sciences.

Three male members of Mock Trial Club pose with individual competition trophies.

Club Spotlight: Mock Trial Club

If you have an objection in your heart and nowhere to unleash it, consider the following evidence and rule in favor of joining NAU's Mock Trial Club! Participating members take on the roles of lawyers and character witnesses and work together to simulate real criminal cases. Throughout the semester, they take their skills to nationwide competitions and prove themselves in front of genuine judges.

Inside of the Museo della Shoah in Milan

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: How to prepare ourselves for the future

The Holocaust is not merely a historical subject, argues Martin-Springer Institute director Björn Krondorfer. Teaching it today comes with moral and ethical expectations.