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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

NAU joins TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance to foster inclusion and collaboration for students with disabilities in STEM fields

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 2, 2022

Ronda Jenson sitting in front of computer on Zoom

Collective impact approach to enhance workforce development and increase graduation rates

People with disabilities are one of the most significantly underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and employment. According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2016 19.5 percent of undergraduate students reported a disability.

Students with disabilities… Read more

Filed Under: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychological Sciences

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

NSF CAREER award supports computer scientist’s ongoing quest to achieve digital equity

Posted by Eliza Romero on June 28, 2022

Three computer scientist looking at computer screen

Five-year COMET project will focus on crowdsourcing measurements of broadband coverage among rural, low-income and tribal populations

Despite a number of federally funded efforts to increase access to information and telecommunication (ICT) infrastructure across the U.S., studies show that rural communities—especially low-income households in tribal areas—are persistently excluded from access to the essential services and opportunities delivered via ICT. By not having equal… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Using the Force: Force microscopy research nets Ph.D. student a scholarship—and a job—with DOD

Posted by Eliza Romero on June 6, 2022

Scientist inspecting technology

 

Jorge Muñoz, a Ph.D. student in NAU’s Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, recently received the U.S. Department of Defense’s SMART Scholarship, which provides tuition and all education-related expenses, a stipend, research and mentoring opportunities. Muñoz also will work for the DOD after he graduates. It means, instead of worrying about finding a… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

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

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

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