Business, Cultural, Education, Events, Local, News NAU update for July 6 by Community Contributor • July 6, 2018 • Comments Off on NAU update for July 6 Friday, July 6 NAU team receives $2.6 million grant to train, mentor Native American students in STEM disciplines NAU RISE for Native Americans will provide two years of research training to undergraduates and master’s level students across STEM disciplines—from biology to informatics to engineering. President Cheng joins U.S. delegation to explore bilateral collaboration in Israel She was part of the American Jewish Council’s Project Interchange delegation, which spent a week exchanging ideas on innovation and learning. NAU geologist studies ‘super-eruption’ of ancient Italian volcano Michael Ort recently received a $290K NSF grant to analyze the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption, which occurred 39,000 years ago and affected areas as far away as Moscow. Former NAU postdocs author paper linking forest restoration to better water quality The forest restoration study, which Frances O’Donnell and Williams Flatley co-authored with professors Abe Springer and Peter Fulé, was published in Ecological Applications. • NAU’s Crooked Figure Theatre Company announces summer season in Mayer, Sedona • Spotlight: Ryan Behunin and master’s student Megan Chamberlain • Christopher Edwards • RANKING: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program • RANKING: Educational Technology program • Erika Nowak • Jason BeDuhn • Student Spotlight: Alina Staffeldt and Andrea Schmidt • Natalie Dinch, Lauren Hazel, Niamh McDonagh, Sam Milewski, Sarah O’Conner, Elisa Rodriguez, Sam Seiber, Maddie Seidl, Hope Williams, Jenny Cheetham and Katie Conn • Matt Jarecki • Carly Akine, Sofia Anokhina, Sierra Bezdicek, Lexi Keene, Emma Reyes, Loren Skibba, Matt Baxter, Carter Bracken, Tyler Day, Blaise Ferro, Steven Hartshorn West, Kyle Havriliak, Lorenzo Johnson, Matthew Kisiel, Ryan Lanley, Obang Odol, Parker Joens, Ryan Wolff, Brooke Andersen, Margaret Carruth, Tylnn Carter, Pipi Eitel, Jessa Hanson, Tiana Hatler-Stefick, Jada Jackson, Jasmine Malone, Jenna McCaffrey, Helena McLeod, Sara Murray, Dana Padget, Rachel Pott, Delaney Rasmussen, Emily Roughan, Rita Sakharov, Hanneke Lodewijks and Chiara Tomasetti