The NAU Review — ‘How an NAU ecologist is following in Darwin’s footsteps and a Lumberjack becomes an Olympian’ and more news
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Conservation ecologist Jut Wynne is spending a month aboard a tall ship that’s retracing much of Charles Darwin’s famous HMS Beagle voyage 200 years ago. While on board, Wynne will study insects unique to eastern Polynesia in hopes of confirming that some of these animals were brought there by ancient Polynesians via voyaging canoe.
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Resilience in face of trauma fuels future-focused gift
The son of two Holocaust survivors, Mitchell Raff has established two planned gifts totaling $1.5 million to support the Martin Springer Institute, which raises awareness of human rights through Holocaust remembrance and education.
