Images from Santa Lucia Preserve in Monterey County, showing trees enveloped by fog and later by sun.

What AI can tell us about California redwoods and fog

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Research & Academics
Student edition

Two degrees. One streamlined path.

What if you could earn two master’s degrees without doubling the time or cost? An online dual-degree program in public administration and social work will offer students looking to make a difference in their communities a streamlined path saving them time and money.
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Campus & Community
Student edition

Purr-pose in action

What began as a project to paw-sitively improve the lives of felines at High Country Humane became an opportunity for students to put into action what they are learning in the classroom.
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Research & Academics

How to engineer a better ankle 

Doctoral student Sam Hopkins won an NIH grant to develop an ankle orthotic that will help children with cerebral palsy and similar conditions not only walk faster but go up and down stairs, get in and out of cars and navigate life more easily and confidently. 
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Research & Academics
Woman reading a notebook with a laptop next to her

Two degrees. One streamlined path.

What if you could earn two master’s degrees without doubling the time or cost? An online dual-degree program in public administration and social work will offer students looking to make a difference in their communities a streamlined path saving them time and money.
Images from Santa Lucia Preserve in Monterey County, showing trees enveloped by fog and later by sun.

What AI can tell us about California redwoods and fog

An undergraduate student at NAU is working with faculty to understand how fog movement on the California coast influences redwood trees’ growth. By creating a machine learning model that can analyze photos of fog in redwood forests, she’s helping scientists and their partners protect the beloved coast redwoods as climate change spells a less foggy future in Northern California.
Person's legs and feet wearing casual clothing and sneakers, standing on a tiled floor in a room.

How to engineer a better ankle 

Doctoral student Sam Hopkins won an NIH grant to develop an ankle orthotic that will help children with cerebral palsy and similar conditions not only walk faster but go up and down stairs, get in and out of cars and navigate life more easily and confidently. 

Campus & Community
Black kitten with white chest and paws laying on a brown pet bed.

Purr-pose in action

What began as a project to paw-sitively improve the lives of felines at High Country Humane became an opportunity for students to put into action what they are learning in the classroom.
A stack of textbooks with highlighters on top

Taking an AXE to the cost of course materials for NAU students

A new program will offer course materials to students at only $270 per semester, allowing students to budget for a set cost and ensure that materials are ready on the first day of class.
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. 

Lumberjack Features
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Jacks in a Flash – Becky Pratt-Sturges

Becky Pratt-Sturges, an associate teaching professor of museum studies and art history, has led the revitalization of the museum studies program. She talked to The NAU Review about coming to NAU as a student, the pressing issues facing museums and why the President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow award, which she recently won, means so much to her. 
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Jacks in a Flash: Grace Johnson

Recent construction management graduate Grace Johnson hoped to get a job in the skilled trades after NAU. She had no idea she’d get on TV, too. Johnson was recently featured in “Building Back America’s Trades,” a three-part docuseries produced by the Lowe’s Foundation. The series, which is available to watch on HBO Max, discovery+ and Magnolia Network, explores Johnson’s winding path to the trades and provides inspiration for those who’d like to follow in her footsteps. We asked the Lumberjack grad a few quick Qs about her journey to construction management and her experience on camera.  
NAU students at Bosque Olympio in Central Cordilleras Puerto Rico

Greetings from Puerto Rico!

At NAU, a journey beyond the continental United States is more than a class; it’s a life-changing adventure. This summer, through the Global Citizens Project Scholars program, Lumberjacks explored cultures, met new people and experienced the world through fresh perspectives, all while discovering that understanding others is the first step toward understanding their own place in the world.

FEATURED SPOTLIGHT

Featured Spotlight: Diana Coleman

  • Diana Coleman, associate teaching professor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, participated as the keynote speaker in the international conference “Camps, Belonging, and Abolition Democracy” at the 3rd Graz/Puerto Rico International Conference on Human Rights.