For the fifth year in a row, NAU Giving Day set a fundraising record. Thanks to the generosity of our extended Lumberjack community, we raised a whopping $1,221,449 from 1,035 individual donors. Your incredible support will help NAU expand access to higher education, empower students and strengthen the future of the university. Our record-shattering day of fundraising isn’t the only…

Water insecurity in Arizona is no longer a distant concern but a present and measurable reality. Years of prolonged drought, rising temperatures and increasing demand have strained rivers, aquifers and reservoirs across the state. The “Our Water: Innovations and Collaborations in Arizona” exhibition explores how collaborations and innovations can help shape a more just and resilient water future in Arizona through a combination of art…

New research from Northern Arizona University found that a global greenhouse gas emissions database produced by the Climate TRACE consortium, co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, is underestimating vehicle carbon dioxide emissions in cities by an average of 70%. Today, professor Kevin Gurney of NAU’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) published results in Environmental Research Letters analyzing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars and trucks in the recently released Climate TRACE database. He said these findings, combined with a previous study noting similar discrepancies at power…

These days, it’s cool to know a lot about a little. Researchers carve out hyper-specific niches in their respective fields. Social media influencers pick a lane—long-distance bikepacking, trends in needlepoint—and stay there. Medical students’ interest in general internal medicine has halved in the last 10 years, with more of them gravitating toward specialties like anesthesiology or orthopedic surgery. But Ellen Liebig? She’s all about the big…

A trailblazer in both innovation and leadership, Cesar Duarte will leave behind more than just academic achievement at the NAU Yuma campus; he will leave a legacy. As a member of the university’s inaugural cohort of mechanical engineering students in Yuma, he helped shape the foundation of a program that will influence generations to come. His work on exoskeleton…

Aspen Jester started her collegiate career on the pre-med track with plans to be in healthcare. She started pre-med, then shifted to pre-physician assistant. But in her junior year, she landed in a field with which she has significant personal experience—speech-language pathology. “I always knew I wanted a career that involved helping people, with a…