Monse Cahueque and Salli Dymond digging a pit to install an underground soil moisture sensor

What's the best way to measure fire risk? The answer might be underground.

An AI-generated image showing people using technology to do health coaching research.
Research & Academics

How NAU researchers are tackling questions around AI

AI: Good, bad or misleading? It’s complicated. Four new projects, funded by NAU’s TRAIL program, are looking at ways to use AI in research—as a partner, as a foe and as a tool. Read more about the projects. 
Alexandra Caprino outside of the Etruscan exhibition in San Francisco
Jacks in a Flash

Jacks in a Flash: Alexandra Caprino

Alexandra A. Carpino, a professor of comparative cultural studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters, was one of four scholars invited to present at an opening day symposium for the first international exhibition of Etruscan art in the United States since 2009. She answered a few quick Qs about her presentation at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum, the two articles she co-wrote for the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition and the history of some Etruscan women who earned a reputation for being modern and independent.
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NAU in Denmark: Learning by design

Can design change lives for the better? This summer, a group of students embarked on a journey to learn how Scandinavian design is shaping more equitable, sustainable and collaborative societies.
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Research & Academics
Monse Cahueque and Salli Dymond digging a pit to install an underground soil moisture sensor

What's the best way to measure fire risk? The answer might be underground.

This summer, NAU associate professor Salli Dymond is working with Salt River Project (SRP) and the startup company Growvera to install moisture sensors on plants and dead fuel on the forest floor and underground throughout the southeastern Tonto National Forest. Over the course of a year, she and her colleagues will monitor the sensors and analyze the data they generate. Dymond said that if the sensors provide accurate enough moisture data, they could become a gamechanger in how Arizona officials communicate about and prepare for wildfire season. 
An AI-generated image showing people using technology to do health coaching research.

How NAU researchers are tackling questions around AI

AI: Good, bad or misleading? It’s complicated. Four new projects, funded by NAU’s TRAIL program, are looking at ways to use AI in research—as a partner, as a foe and as a tool. Read more about the projects. 

 NAU students awarded the Udall scholarship and the Udall congressional internship

The foundation supports students who are committed to careers related to the environment, Tribal public policy or Native American health care with up to $7,500 for educational expenses. 

Campus & Community
Beth Staub holding a camera

From smartphone to studio

Have you ever looked at a picture and assumed it was taken with an expensive professional camera, only to discover it was captured by a smartphone? For National Camera Day on June 24, Beth Anne Staub, assistant teaching professor of photography, who recently won first place in the photography section of the Arizona Treasures art show, answered some questions about how you can make phone pictures look like professional photographs. 

Fighting fire with a strong foundation

Through pro bono athletic training work with the Flagstaff Fire Department’s Firefighter Recruit Academy, NAU faculty member Megan Mulready has already reduced injuries among local first responders. She hopes to build on that momentum by bringing her expertise to other fire and police departments across northern Arizona.
Older adults doing crafts at a table and playing drums in a circle

Now open at NAU: A day club for seniors with cognitive challenges

The Flagstaff Adult Day Club, run by Arizona nonprofit Oakwood Creative Care and housed at NAU’s Institute for Human Development, provides stimulating activities for local residents with memory loss, a respite for caregivers and a living laboratory for NAU students and faculty who want to better understand memory and aging.

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Alexandra Caprino outside of the Etruscan exhibition in San Francisco

Jacks in a Flash: Alexandra Caprino

Alexandra A. Carpino, a professor of comparative cultural studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters, was one of four scholars invited to present at an opening day symposium for the first international exhibition of Etruscan art in the United States since 2009. She answered a few quick Qs about her presentation at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum, the two articles she co-wrote for the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition and the history of some Etruscan women who earned a reputation for being modern and independent.

NAU in Denmark: Learning by design

Can design change lives for the better? This summer, a group of students embarked on a journey to learn how Scandinavian design is shaping more equitable, sustainable and collaborative societies.
Neal Galloway headshot

Jacks in a Flash: Neal Galloway

How do you show the importance of interpersonal communication with art? Inspired by the geographical distance between loved ones, as well as the challenges people experienced during the COVID pandemic, Neal Galloway, associate teaching professor in the School of Art and Design, created a series of art pieces he hopes will do just that. In collaboration with associate teaching professor Barbara Ryan Gartin, he recently exhibited his work, “Tin Can Conversations: Wish You Were Here,” at ArtX, a three-day multimedia festival in Flagstaff.

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Featured Spotlight: NAU Tennis

  • NAU’s men’s and women’s tennis squads garnered All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. On the women's side, students Elen Jantacova, Madelynn Ludwig, Natalie Rainke and Leontina Stojanovic were named Scholar-Athletes, while Ivan Perisic, Jakub Jedrzejczak, and Jakub Volesky each grabbed the title on the men's side.