The NAU Review — Cleaning up post-fire at the Grand Canyon + a transfer student’s story

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

Oct. 15, 2026

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

Two students with a wagon full of burned barbed wire in front of a burned forest and blue sky

Grand Canyon Semester students lend a helping hand on the North Rim

As the 2026-27 year kicked off, students in the unique Honors College program Grand Canyon Semester spent two full days at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon clearing barbed wire that had been burned by the Dragon Bravo Fire. Their work didn’t just benefit public lands and wildlife—it also gave them crucial hands-on experience that could serve them well in their outdoor-focused careers.

Oswaldo Gomez Zamora, Niki McCabe and Koda McCabe in graduation gear

The transfer experience: how NAU helps students adjust

Transferring to a four-year university is an exciting milestone, but the transition comes with challenges. Ahead of National Transfer Student Week, meet three alumni who transferred to NAU and learn about the programs that help them—and how they’re helping transfer students now.

The mystery of a flightless beetle’s transatlantic journey

Associate professor Grey Gustafson discovered through DNA sequencing that the ancestors of some of today’s tiger beetles existed across two continents—and the reason why. (How many Jeopardy! buffs just yelled, “What is Gondwana?”)