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

Oct. 14, 2025

We deliver top headlines to the Lumberjack community every Tuesday and Thursday during the academic year. For more, visit news.nau.edu.

Jose Luis Cruz Rivera pointing to an NAU tattoo on his forearm

How to think about ink

From ritual to rebellion, tattooing has been used across cultures and centuries to mark identity, tell stories and challenge norms. An anthropology class at NAU uses social science to think through what tattoos say about us and the worlds we come from.

Student using a stethoscope on a patient in a doctor's office

Creating PAs who stay

What makes NAU’s physician assistant program stand out? A commitment to serving the Arizonans around us—from rural communities to Indigenous peoples and beyond—and fulfilling their unique needs. Learn more in this video.

An aerial, panoramic view of the construction area of the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project in Phoenix, Arizona, showing new infrastructure and vehicular traffic on freeway lanes

Using citizen science to study pollution

A research team from NAU built the mobile app Hestia Traffic to collect data about traffic congestion on Arizona roads—and now they’re tapping local high schoolers to help them gather critical information.

Artwork of Monument Valley skyline at twilight inside a podcasting microphone

Indigenous resilience on the airwaves

NAU’s Center for Community Health and Engaged Research has launched a new podcast series on Indigenous mental well-being and community strength in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three weeks & counting, Northern Arizona University Homecoming 2025, Nov. 3-8, 2025, Channel the Flannel!

NAU in the news: Kevin Gurney, professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, was featured in The New York Times' Lost Science series for his work on how emissions are causing cities to become hotter.

Sustainability Forum fall meetings are Oct. 24, Nov. 21 and Dec. 5 in the Grand Canyon Room inside University Union, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Empowering Survivors, shining a light on domestic violence, Oct. 15 from 4-5 p.m. in du Bois South Union Aspen C, speaker and local resources.

Creating PAs who stay

Using citizen science to study pollution

Indigenous resilience on the airwaves

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