Business, Cultural, Education, Local, News, Youth NAU update for Aug. 24 by Community Contributor • August 24, 2018 • Comments Off on NAU update for Aug. 24 Friday, Aug. 24 Jacks are back! A look at the facts and stats of the incoming class, and campus move in (PHOTOS/VIDEO) NAU athletes, members of student organizations, sororities and fraternities all joined President Cheng in helping thousands of new Lumberjacks make NAU their home. There will be an app for that: NAU scientists researching intermittent streams with smartphone technology Ben Ruddell and Abe Springer are part of a collaborative that that earned a $3 million NSF grant to study the reach of drying streams and the effects on the ecology of the region. NAU geneticist on international study reporting first known case of virus transmission from female Ebola survivor Jason Ladner is an author of a new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases that reports on the first known case of Ebola virus transmission from a female Ebola survivor. NAU ecologist Yiqi Luo part of team awarded $6.4 million NSF grant to study how warming climate affects drylands Luo and his team will study how the changing climate transforms. They hope to predict how ecosystems will respond to the hotter, drier conditions recorded in drylands across the planet. • Back to class: NAU faculty, staff join 2018-19 President’s University Leadership Program • Glass-only recycling growing NAU’s sustainability efforts • Spotlight: Lauren Copeland-Glenn and Chris Lanterman • Eric D. Yordy • Larry Stevens and Chad Woodruff • NAU Study Abroad program • Christina Thomas, David Trilling, Andrew McNeill, Michael Mommert, Juan P. Tolento, Tyler Robinson, Mark Salvatore, Christopher Edwards, Étude O’Neel-Judy, Dylan Nicholls, John Castañeda and John G. Gibbs
