This week’s edition of NAU News has a great feature on Mariah Letowt’s outstanding research accomplishments as an undergrad at NAU – from multiple projects on birds and mice to a Gold Axe award! Next up – Mariah is off to work with eagles in Haines, Alaska. All the best with your future research!
News
Congrats to CSS grad student Maya Shimoni for an award at the confluence of science and art!
Climate Sciences and Solutions MS student Maya Shimoni won an award for her poster at the Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society (AIMS) this spring. Maya has been working in a microscopy lab to create very high-quality images of insects that allow for improved species identification. This identification work improves the ability of scientists… Read more
Congrats to two SES students awarded NSF GRFPs!
Two of our Master’s students in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Ethan Taber and Jessica Archibald, were both recently awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships! This means 3 years of full support to carry them on… Read more
The Emory Oak Collaborative Tribal Restoration Initiative (E-OCTRI) is working to restore Emory oaks in the southwest!
Across the Southwest, multiple Tribal Nations are working with the US Forest Service to strategize ways to protect and restore Emory oaks, a critical traditional food source that is vulnerable to drought and fire. One collaborator in this effort is SES plant ecologist Dr. Sara Souther, who recently co-authored a paper on the importance of ERead more
SES PhD student leads paleoclimate study of precipitation and sea ice in Arctic Alaska
It’s all about water
NAU’s 4th Annual Student Water Symposium is now accepting abstracts for this year’s virtual event to be held April 15-16.