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Pathways to the skies: NAU and CCC launch partnership to increase URM participation in astronomy, planetary science and other STEM fields

Posted by Heather Tate on June 6, 2022

Christopher Edwards and student in MARS Rover lab

National Science Foundation grant will support internships for 20 undergraduates

Professor David Trilling, chair of Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to launch a new partnership with Coconino Community College (CCC). The initiative will create a pathway… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, STEM

New initiative encourages students from underrepresented populations to enter engineering, computer science fields

Posted by Eliza Romero on May 26, 2022

Mechanical Engineer explaining information with hands

Department of Mechanical Engineering and School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems has been awarded $1.49 million in funding to increase the graduation rate of students in engineering and computer science 

The workforce throughout northern Arizona and the Southwest will need a growing number of engineering and computer science professionals who can… Read more

Filed Under: College of Education, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of STEM, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, STEM

NAU scientist joins extended OSIRIS-REx mission to visit another asteroid

Posted by Heather Tate on April 28, 2022

Renamed OSIRIS-APEX, the extended mission will study Apophis, which will have a close encounter with Earth in 2029

Rendering of the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft
Artist’s rendering of the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft firing thrusters near the surface of the asteroid Apophis. Credit: Heather Roper, NASA graphic designer

Because of their potential to deepen our understanding of the solar system… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

Paleoclimatologists awarded private funding to continue studying effects of dust and drought on climate change in the Four Corners region

Posted by Heather Tate on April 7, 2022

Team will deploy drones and weather balloons to chase dust storms and track the flow of dust into the atmosphere

Nicholas McKay and students in fieldAtmospheric dust plays a key role in Earth’s climate system. While it can have a positive impact, such as fertilizing the soils, dust can also have a negative impact on… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability

Funded through an NIH R21 grant, NAU scientists combine PMI and Ecoss expertise to explore the role of gut microbiota in Alzheimer’s disease

Posted by Heather Tate on April 1, 2022

Multidisciplinary team will apply quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP), a technology widely used in environmental microbiome sciences

Emily Cope working in the PMI lab

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 6.2 million Americans are living with this progressive neurologic disorder, and it is the sixth-leading… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Searching for ‘ground truth’: Planetary geologist to lead next phase of Mars Science Lab Curiosity Rover project

Posted by Heather Tate on March 21, 2022

Scientists will compare thermophysical properties from rover to orbital data and analog measurements gathered on Earth to understand rock record

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover explores the Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover explores the Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Launched in 2011, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

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