Rescuing the world’s coffee from a tiny pest

What's Pluto made of?

Here’s what we know about the outer solar system: It’s really cold. Travel beyond the asteroid belt, and you’re suddenly surrounded by ice-covered planets, stars, moons and many other small objects. Here’s what we don’t know about the outer solar system: how most of that ice behaves. With funding from the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), NAU Ph.D. student Ivy Knudsen is trying to change that.

Rescuing the world’s coffee from a tiny pest

The coffee berry borer is destroying about 30% of the world’s coffee crops, costing farmers more than $500 million a year and driving down the supply of everyone’s favorite caffeinated beverage. NAU Ph.D. candidate Lynn Bonomo is on a mission to find a safe, sustainable way to protect coffee farmers’ crops—and your morning jolt. 

Ten ways NAU professors are bringing AI into the classroom

From acting as a fellow student to a client who wants a product, NAU professors are finding unique ways to leverage the power of AI while also help their students become more comfortable with this emerging technology.

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.

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.

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.

Remembering on Memorial Day

Club Spotlight: Lady Sharks Women’s Rugby

There's nothing scary about swimming with these fishes. The Lady Sharks women's rugby team spends its academic year combining heart-pumping physical competition and heart-warming, often quirky, team building. Learn more about this thrilling contact sport and the women devoted to it.