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- NAU alumnae Steffany Brockie and Kyra Slim presented research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta as part of the virtual Tribal Health Experiential Internship Seminar (THESIS) program. The duo’s research analyzed the relationship between uranium mining and lung cancer risk on the Navajo Nation.
- NAU earned a spot on the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s (AISES) 2024-25 Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students list. Published in the organization’s Winds of Change magazine, this list recognizes colleges with high Indigenous student population percentages, support programs and extensive degree options.
- Chad Trujillo, an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (APS), received two grants for asteroid discovery projects. The National Science Foundation funded a continuation of the Active Asteroids project, a citizen science program designed by NAU alum Colin Chandler identifying new asteroids using Dark Energy Camera data. NASA also funded a spinoff project producing images of main belt asteroids based on data archived from the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope.
- Undergraduate APS student Hunter Brooks is the lead author of the paper “Discovery of 118 New Ultracool Dwarf Candidates Using Machine Learning Techniques” published in the American Astronomical Journal. The study uses data from a new machine learning tool, called the \texttt{SMDET}, to estimate the spectral type, distance and tangential velocity of 118 astronomical objects.
- APS assistant research professor Alicia Rutledge was featured in a Radio Sweden segment to discuss her ongoing planetary analog research at the arctic Sweden glaciers. The NASA-funded study uses Swedish glacier data to understand climate evolution on Mars’ similar surfaces.