The NAU Review — Big news for the marching band + new ways researchers are tackling issues like homelessness and quantum computing

Sept. 3, 2024

The NAU Review. The official news source for Northern Arizona University.

Jose Luis Cruz Rivera and a student holding a drum that reads Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2025

New York state of mind

What are you doing on Thanksgiving Day 2025? The Lumberjack Marching Band just found out their plans: performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade! The band got the good news during halftime at Saturday’s football game against Lincoln University. There aren’t enough words to express how excited they are, so we got it on video.

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We are better when we work together

As the new school year begins, the vice president of inclusive excellence encouraged faculty and staff to cultivate a culture of care that will help students be successful in and out of the classroom.

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Running of the Freshmen

New Lumberjacks took to the field Saturday at NAU’s first home football game. Relive the Class of 2028’s take on this favorite Jacks tradition.

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Students running through the football field wearing NAU gear

Robert Wickham speaking in front of a projector

Tackling homelessness in Arizona

Two associate professors of psychological sciences recently received more than $1 million in grants to lead three projects aimed at not only finding housing and support for unsheltered Arizonans but also preventing future homelessness in the state.

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NSF invests $5M in NAU’s quantum physics research

Associate professor Ryan Behunin and his ¡MIRA! colleagues are leading a five-year quantum physics research project that aims to break new ground in the field, which is gaining importance in the Arizona economy, and train the next generation of STEM professionals.

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