{"id":37240,"date":"2015-06-12T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=37240"},"modified":"2015-06-12T10:55:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T17:55:13","slug":"in-the-spotlight-june-12-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-12-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: June 12, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>, or use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/news-tip\/\">online submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kira Russo<\/b>, communication instructor, and\u00a0<b>Zachary Smith<\/b>, Regents\u2019 professor of politics and international affairs, appeared on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azpbs.org\/arizonahorizon\/detail.php?id=2709#Sustainability:%20Book:%20\u201cWhat%20is%20Water%20Worth\u201d\">Arizona Horizon<\/a> news show on June 11. The duo discussed sustainability issues and their book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Water-Worth-Overlooked-Non-Economic\/dp\/0230340768\">What is Water Worth<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bono-and-Bill-Carter.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-37242 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bono-and-Bill-Carter-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Bono and Bill Carter\" width=\"229\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/Bono-and-Bill-Carter-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/Bono-and-Bill-Carter.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><strong>Bill Carter<\/strong>,\u00a0assistant professor of practice in the School of Communication,\u00a0met with U2 frontman Bono to discuss ongoing projects during U2\u2019s concert in Phoenix on May 22. Carter has previously collaborated with Bono to bring war zone reporting to U2 concerts via live satellite link-ups. Bono also wrote a song\u00a0for Carter\u2019s documentary film <em>Miss Sarajevo<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin D. Sommerness<\/strong>, professor of journalism, completed the Leadership Academy of the Professional Fraternity Association in Atlanta.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tom Sisk<\/strong>, Olajos-Goslow Chair of Environmental Science and Policy at NAU, and more than 100 prominent scientists from across North America,\u00a0including climate scientists, economists, geophysicists and biologists, released a <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ten-Reasons-for-a-Moratorium.pdf\">consensus statement<\/a> earlier this week entitled \u201cTen Reasons for a Moratorium\u201d that discusses\u00a0why Canada and the United States should postpone new oil sands development. The statement provides an up-to-date review of climate science, carbon economics and biodiversity conservation and is a follow-up to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/energy-consider-the-global-impacts-of-oil-pipelines-1.15434\">comment<\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Nature<\/em> last year in which\u00a0Sisk was a co-author. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilsandsmoratorium.org\/\">more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-37243 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"repurposed trashcans\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/repurposed-trashcans.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tom Yazzie<\/strong>, grounds crew chief for Housing and Residence Life, recently repurposed NAU&#8217;s stone trashcans and cigarette holders into planters for summer landscaping. The planters can be seen near Sechrist and Allen halls with more to be added over the summer.\u00a0The trashcans were replaced by Big Belly\u00a0compacting waste and recycling stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-12-2015\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu, or use our\u00a0online submission form. Kira Russo, communication instructor, and\u00a0Zachary Smith, Regents\u2019 professor of politics and international affairs, appeared on the Arizona Horizon news show on June 11. The duo discussed sustainability&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}