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The NAU Review — Strokes, Alzheimer’s disease and NAU’s student service day

by Community Contributor • April 7, 2022 • Comments Off

April 7, 2022

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

Are strokes a social justice issue? A new study suggests they could be.

A new study, co-authored by Pamela Bosch, Indrakshi Roy and Amit Kumar, found that people with lower socioeconomic status and people from ethnic minority populations have a greater likelihood of severe stroke than white Americans or those of a higher socioeconomic status. But it’s not just that—those groups also are more likely to have a more severe stroke incident at the time they are admitted to the hospital.

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Week in review

In addition to sharing highlights from his week that include guest lectures and ABOR meetings, in honor of the recent National Walk to Work Day, President Cruz Rivera also shares the importance of his daily commutes on foot.

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Notes from the President: José Luis Cruz Rivera

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A bridge to stronger, more diverse Earth sciences

NAU’s Center for Ecosystem Science and Society has been named one of 15 new partner institutions of the AGU Bridge Program, which aims to support students from historically underserved groups in applying to and succeeding in graduate school in the Earth sciences.

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Master’s student wins prestigious NSF fellowship

Iris Garthwaite, who studies environmental science and policy, looks at how cottonwoods in the western U.S. are adapting to the changing landscape. This week, she was selected for the three-year Graduate Research Fellowship Program to help fund this work.

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Reflecting on NAU’s first Student Service Day

Student Brendan Trachsel, vice chair of the ASNAU Senate, shares about his weekend experience working alongside more than 100 students to help clean up NAU’s campus.

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Exploring the role of gut microbiota in Alzheimer’s disease

Emily Cope, Greg Caporaso and Egbert Schwartz received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the gut microbiome and the clues it may hold in figuring out Alzheimer’s disease. It’s building on the work Cope, the primary investigator, has done studying the role of the microbiota in chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis.

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