June 13, 2019
McConnell Drive will be closed to two-way vehicle traffic starting July 8 as Arizona Department of Transportation crews begin work on the I-17 bridge.
The street, which serves as the main entrance to NAU’s south campus, will be closed for the remainder of the summer; ADOT plans to open the street to traffic the Monday before residence hall move-in. McConnell Drive on NAU campus will be open, but there will be no access to Beulah Boulevard from campus.… Read more
June 13, 2019
Two Northern Arizona University professors are continuing their legacy of research and scholarship in applied linguistics by creating a distinguished endowed professorship in the College of Arts and Letters.
Fredricka L. Stoller, an alumna and professor of English, and retired Regents’ Professor Emeritus and former Vice President for Research William Grabe have created the Stoller-Grabe Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). The new position, which will be the first distinguished endowed professorship… Read more
June 11, 2019
Alaska is home to more caribou than it is to humans. It stands to reason, then, that these large mammals will have a significant impact on their Arctic homeland.
That impact has yet to be fully quantified, in large part because the environments where caribou live are hard to access and plan around. Northern Arizona University doctoral student Katie Orndahl faced these challenges often during her three years doing research in Fairbanks, Alaska, frequently taking bush planes into the wilderness… Read more
May 21, 2019
“Today I am talking the Flux Puppy for a walk at @HarvardForest to measure stem respiration,” NAU postdoctoral researcher Tim Rademacher recently tweeted. With it, a photo of a small white chamber fastened to a tree trunk (think half Dixie cup, half electrode) and hooked at the other end to a handheld tablet sporting a clear, clean graph of CO2 in parts per million. The wire between seems charged with symbolic heft: tying paper to its replacement, or connecting old methods to… Read more
May 8, 2019
Northern Arizona University’s Employee Development Day is back this summer. The event encourages colleagues to share knowledge and learn from each other, reminding all of the importance being a lifelong learner has both in and out of work. Almost 40 new sessions will be presented by employees, for employees between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on May 22 in The W. A. Franke College of Business and Rolle Activity Center.
Sessions in the “Pathways to Excellence: Develop U” event range in topics… Read more
May 8, 2019
Several faculty members were recognized last week at the Northern Arizona University Professional Achievement Ceremony for excelling in their professional roles, promoting a positive sense of community in the workplace and actively supporting the mission of NAU.
College Teachers of the Year:
Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use … Read more about In the Spotlight: June 14, 2019
Kudos to these students Do 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 Student Spotlight: June 14, 2019
June 10, 2019 This weekend, Northern Arizona University opened the doors of its Rolle Activity Center to host a two-day event providing free dental care to hundreds of northern … Read more about NAU, AZ MOM keep Flagstaff smiling with free dental care event (VIDEO)
June 11, 2019 The College of Education at Northern Arizona University is hosting the 10th Annual American Indian/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference (AIITEC) … Read more about Registration open for NAU’s 10th annual American Indian/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference
June 10, 2019 On a planet that just hit an atmospheric carbon concentration of 415 ppm, accurately predicting where the carbon is going in the future has never been more … Read more about In search of mathematical magic: international group comes to NAU to learn how to build a better carbon cycle model
June 10, 2019 The Northern Arizona University Art Museum will be the summer home of the traveling exhibit “In This Together: Sixty Years of Daring to Create a More Perfect … Read more about NAU Art Museum summer display showcases ACLU-AZ activism, unity
May 6, 2019 Northern Arizona University will honor the graduating class of spring 2019 with ceremonies May 10-11. This semester, about 5,900 students applied to … Read more about Everything you need to know about spring 2019 commencement
April 10, 2019 Some couples claim it was love at first sight. Emily and Jon Bannon are not one of those couples. While attending Northern Arizona University, Emily worked … Read more about Mighty Max: The love story of two NAU alumni and the roller-coaster ride of having a sick son
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
