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- Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science chair David Trilling’s program looking for activity among centaurs, which are minor comet-like planets, was selected as a 62-orbit snapshot program for the 32nd cycle of Hubble Space Telescope observations. In this endeavor, Trilling is collaborating with NAU alum Colin Chandler, Lowell Observatory astronomers Will Grundy and Teddy Kareta, astronomy doctoral student Ana Morgan, postdoctoral scholar Will Oldroyd and astronomy professor Steve Tegler.
- Alicia Rutledge, assistant research professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, and incoming doctoral student Candace De Ana presented at the 8th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration in Yukon, Canada. Rutledge delivered a public talk as part of the event’s science organizing committee, and De Ana presented research using Icelandic eskers to understand similar conditions on Mars’ surface.
- Astronomy professor Joshua Emery co-authored the paper “Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope” published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The study utilizes the James Webb Space Telescope to detect volatile ice absorption bands and gas emissions on the surface of the centaur Chiron.
- Graduate student Kennedy Farrell attended the Physics of Extreme Massive Stars conference at the National Observatory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the meeting, Farrell presented spectra data for the star BAT99-3 and discussed the implications of stellar characteristics on massive star evolution.
- Fifty-one NAU student-athletes were named to the Big Sky Conference’s Spring All-Academic Team, which honors athletes who earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher while participating in at least half of their team’s competitions. Of NAU’s honorees, 39 have GPAs over 3.5 and 12 hold a perfect 4.0.
- Amanda Cornelius, associate vice president of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, was selected to join the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) Presidential Search Committee tasked with finding a replacement for former NASFAA president and CEO Justin Draeger. Cornelius was selected from a highly qualified group of board members and is the only committee member currently working at a four-year public university.
- Cline Library assistant librarian Meredith Brown presented at the 7th Annual Makerspaces for Innovation and Research in Academics (MIRA) Conference on July 9. Brown’s lecture, titled “Not Just for STEM: Integrating Making into Humanities & Social Sciences,” explores how professors in humanities fields can utilize advanced technologies like 3D modeling, podcast production software and virtual reality equipment in their lesson plans.
- NAU’s Martin-Springer Institute, led by director and regents’ professor Björn Krondorfer, will open their traveling exhibit “Through the Eyes of Youth: Life and Death in the Będzin Ghetto” in Durban, South Africa on Aug. 1. Since its initial unveiling in 2014, the exhibit has told the stories of young people in the Będzin Ghetto before, during and after the Holocaust based on student-conducted research and survivor interviews.