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New NSF grant for restoring the culturally important Emory oak
Led by Assistant Professor Dr. Sara Souther, a new $1.5 million NSF grant will focus on research with multiple Tribal nations to restore Emory oak ecosystems across Arizona. The five-year project “DISES: Restoration of a southwestern cultural keystone species: Integrating socio‐ecological systems to predict resilience of traditional acorn harvest by western Apache communities” also involves SES Co-PIs Clare Aslan and… Read more
New grant RaMPs up climate change research and careers with Indigenous perspectives
A new $3 million NSF grant will support recent graduates seeking research opportunities and career training in Southwest climate adaptation. Primarily from Indigenous and Hispanic/Latine backgrounds, fellows will work on a research project co-developed with Tribal communities, as well as engaging in mentoring, networking, and career development activities. The grant is co-awarded to NAU… Read more
Congrats to award-winning Fall 2022 graduates!
School of Earth and Sustainability graduates continue to impress! Many congratulations to Benjamin Flory, one of three President’s Prize winners at NAU this fall, along with fellow Gold Axe awardees Ronni Chavez (Geology) and Carolyn Miller and Sophie Wood (Environmental and Sustainability Studies). Read more about these terrific students at NAU News. Congrats also to School of Earth and Sustainability Outstanding Senior Michelle Olichney!
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50 NAU delegates participate in the National Diversity in STEM (SACNAS) conference in Puerto Rico
Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and NAU President Cruz Rivera closed out this year’s SACNAS conference – an excellent opportunity for students to experience true diversity and inclusion as they consider next steps in their careers! The delegation… Read more
Congrats ES&P alum Katie Guetz on ESA’s Early Career Publication Award
Environmental Sciences and Policy alum Katie Guetz was recently awarded the Ecological Society of America’s Early Career Publication Award in the Restoration category. Katie’s paper, entitled “Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States” was published last year in Restoration Ecology, along with her MS advisor Dr. Denielle Perry of the Free-flowing Rivers Lab and two other SES faculty, Dr. Taylor Joyal and Dr. Brett Dickson. You can read it