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Plant ecologist awarded NSF grant for restoring the culturally important Emory oak

Posted by Eliza Romero on December 7, 2022

Five-year multidisciplinary initiative focused on tree species critical to Western Apache tribal communities

Souther students
Souther, left, working in an Emory oak grove with students Megan Quinn, Brandee Joe and Timberlee Castillo and with Anna Jackson, a citizen of the Yavapai Apache Nation, center. Credit: Sierra Bryan, KNAU

Assistant professor Sara Souther of Northern… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation, Department of Sociology, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Forestry, STEM

Southwest institutes receive $16 million in federal infrastructure funds to map and assess national wildfire mitigation efforts

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 1, 2022

Researcher Andrew Sanchez measuring the trunk of a tree

Research institutes in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico signed a $16.47-million agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to map forest treatments and measure their effectiveness in reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires.  

The money is directed from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

RaMPing up climate change research and careers with Indigenous perspectives

Posted by Eliza Romero on October 27, 2022

Person using metal net sitting on the floor in desert terrain
The Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes (CAWL) at NAU and the Environmental Science and Natural Resources program at Navajo Technical University received a nearly $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to address critical questions about climate vulnerability in the American Southwest while… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Forestry

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

Catalyzing systemic change: Team will use $1.3 million in funding to reduce racial disparities in STEM graduate programs

Posted by Heather Tate on March 7, 2022

Partnership between NAU-Flagstaff, NAU-Yuma and Diné College will address educational inequities on an institutional level

Catherine Propper and RISe student working in the labAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all M.S. degrees were awarded to Latinx students between 2015-16, and a stunningly low 1 percent to Indigenous students. The… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, College of Education, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Educational Leadership, Department of English, School of Forestry, STEM

Forest geneticist awarded $1.2 million NSF CAREER grant to study Douglas fir hybridization, genomics and adaptation to climate change

Posted by Heather Tate on January 24, 2022

Award will also fund training of graduate and undergraduate researchers in molecular lab techniques, greenhouse work and bioinformatic analyses

Amanda De La Torre working in her lab

 

The Douglas fir is one of the most economically important timber trees in the U.S. Harvested for the strength of its wood in a wide variety of uses, especially in fencing, home construction and decking, it’s considered the backbone of the western timber industry. But warming temperatures and… Read more

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

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