Business, Cultural, Education, Events, Local, News, Youth NAU update for June 8 by Community Contributor • June 8, 2018 • Comments Off on NAU update for June 8 Friday, June 8 President Cheng highlights NAU’s efforts in reducing degree gap in remarks to Phoenix-area civic leaders The president discussed online programs, the Phoenix Biomedical Campus and partnerships with community colleges in Maricopa County. Life on Mars? NAU astronomy professor discusses NASA’s finding of organic matter on Red Planet Mark Salvatore, who studies the surface of Mars, said this exciting development indicates there was life on Mars at one point in its history. Running ‘Jack: All-American runner Tyler Day talks about running success (VIDEO) Day, a junior from Gilbert, has been part of NAU’s two national champion cross-country teams and on Wednesday participated in the NCAA track championship. NAU ecologists receive $935K USDA grant for major land restoration study Kevin Grady, Clare Aslan and Karen Haubensack will study which plants are most fit for restoring damaged lands and capable of supporting diverse pollinator communities. Community-oriented research offers dual benefits for NAU student team, nonprofit group The team, comprised of undergraduate students from a variety of majors, is part of the Community and University Public Inquiry program through Sustainable Communities. NAU scientist contributes to significant advance in silicon photonics Ryan Behunin collaborated with a team of physicists from Yale and UT in discovering an innovative way to manipulate light in silicon. Their results were published Thursday in Science. • NAU Summer Seminar Series gives Flagstaff way to spend long summer nights • NAU Alumni Association Awards accepting nominations for 2018 • NAU creating new degree programs in data science, international education • Feeling stressed? Twenty minutes of meditation could be what you need • Spotlight: Nadine Barlow • Andrew McNeill and David Trilling • Study Abroad Program in Zambia, Faith Walker and Carol Chambers • Chad Trujillo • Gabriel Montano • Paul Lenze, Jr. • Ewa Bogusz • Fransisco Villa • RANKING: Hotel and Restaurant Management program • Paul Beier, Pete Fulé, Rich Hofstetter, Yeon-Su Kim, Kristin Waring, master’s students Andika Putraditama and Dyah Puspitaloka and students Ernawati Apriani, Diny Hartiningtias, Lely Puspitasari, Thalita Christiani, Pingkan Sumampow and Shafia Zahra • Student Spotlight: Kyle Lindstrom • Madison Lenschow, Ali Alenezi, Riley Deheer, Faisel Alotaibi and Kyle Kraemer • Dylan Nicholls, Andrew DeVerse, Ra’Shae Esplin, John Castañeda, Yoseph Loyd, Raaman Nair, Robert Voinescu and astronomy professor John G. Gibbs
