Five-year multidisciplinary initiative focused on tree species critical to Western Apache tribal communities
Assistant professor Sara Souther of Northern… Read more
Plant ecologist awarded NSF grant for restoring the culturally important Emory oak
STEM
NAU joins TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance to foster inclusion and collaboration for students with disabilities in STEM fields
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
RaMPing up climate change research and careers with Indigenous perspectives
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
NSF CAREER award supports computer scientist’s ongoing quest to achieve digital equity
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
Using the Force: Force microscopy research nets Ph.D. student a scholarship—and a job—with DOD
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
Pathways to the skies: NAU and CCC launch partnership to increase URM participation in astronomy, planetary science and other STEM fields
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