The NAU Review — Mapping an ancient pueblo + celebrate Disability Pride Heritage Month!

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

🍂 Oct. 6, 2026 🍁

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

People wearing safety vests and field research clothes looking at Wukoki Pueblo and a drone flying overhead

Preserving the past for the future

From site to screen, a team from the Department of Anthropology is working to preserve history at Wukoki Pueblo, an ancient Indigenous dwelling 30 miles north of Flagstaff. Their work will not only create a detailed digital record of the site but will also create a three-dimensional model that’s accessible to people anywhere in the world.

Michelle Carpenter standing next to a sign that says Now Playing: Breck Film fest

Jacks in a Flash
with Michelle Carpenter

In “Making UNQUIET,” which premiered at the Breckenridge Film Festival, School of Communication Executive Director Michelle Bauer Carpenter explored what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder. We asked her a few quick Qs about the making of the 30-minute documentary.

Creating a better future for people with disabilities

A study by researchers at the Institute for Human Development could help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live more independently by better understanding the technology they use to make their lives easier.

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NAU Homecoming campus open house, 30+ events, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., all over campus.

Homecoming hangout at The Ponderosa, food and drinks, music, entertainment, fun for the whole family, Oct. 17 12-3:30 p.m., tickets on sale now.

Tech Summit, Oct. 19-21, register today!

Faculty panel discussion: AI and a New Social Contract, Oct. 7, 3:30-4:45 p.m., Physical Science (Building 19), Room 103.

Jacks in a Flash with Michelle Carpenter

Creating a better future for people with disabilities

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Jacks in a Flash
with Michelle Carpenter