{"id":38465,"date":"2015-08-21T11:48:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=38465"},"modified":"2015-08-21T13:55:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T20:55:37","slug":"in-the-spotlight-aug-21-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-aug-21-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Aug. 21, 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><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Horn_Highways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-38464\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Horn_Highways.jpg\" alt=\"Arizona Highways photo\" width=\"263\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/08\/Horn_Highways.jpg 750w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/08\/Horn_Highways-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a>Amy Horn<\/strong>, photography lecturer in the School of Communication, had a photograph published in the September issue of <em>Arizona Highways<\/em> magazine. The photo was captured at Watson Lake in Prescott, Ariz. and is being used to promote the magazine\u2019s annual photo contest titled \u201cTake Your Best Shot.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nathan Nieto<\/strong>, assistant professor of microbiology at Northern Arizona University, recently contributed to a new <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0134812\">study<\/a> in <em>PLOS ONE<\/em>, which reveals ticks in the San Francisco Bay Area\u00a0carry a larger diversity of bacteria than expected and may help explain why Lyme disease symptoms vary widely among Bay Area patients. Previous findings by Nieto\u2019s lab identified <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/lyme-disease-identified-bay-area-ticks-isnt-alone\/#.VcuRs5NVikp\">Lyme disease in Bay Area ticks<\/a>.\u00a0The variety of bacterial species and strains identified in the new study may be the reason that Bay Area patients with tick-borne diseases experience a wide range of symptoms,\u00a0making exact diagnoses extremely difficult.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Octaviana V. Trujillo<\/strong>, professor of Applied Indigenous Studies, was featured in the August issue of Alaska Airlines magazine, <em>Alaska Beyond<\/em>. Trujillo was among the leaders profiled in the article titled, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradigmcg.com\/digitaleditions\/abm-0815\/files\/61.html\">Native Leaders: Icons of indigenous communities help guide 21 century progress.\u201d<\/a> Trujillo was the first chairwoman of the Pascua Yaqui tribe and the founding chair of NAU\u2019s Applied Indigenous Studies department.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rick Szal<\/strong>, lecturer of economics, has been appointed to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fulbright.org\">Fulbright Association<\/a> Board of Directors of the Arizona Chapter\u00a0where he\u00a0will serve as the Board&#8217;s treasurer. The Fulbright Association has more than 60 chapters across the United States, all led and managed by alumni members, with the goal of promoting international scholarly exchange. A\u00a0Fulbright event will be held at NAU in March.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cynthia Catizone<\/strong>, senior producer and director\u00a0for\u00a0NAU-TV, was recognized along with her student-production crew as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svgcollege.com\/news\/svg-nacda-announce-finalists-for-2015-college-sports-media-awards\/\">2015 Sports Media Awards finalist<\/a> by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. NAU-TV produces nearly 40 live sporting events each school year, which are carried on Fox Sports channels including Fox Sports Arizona. This season\u2019s first broadcast will be Labor Day weekend with a double-header <a href=\"http:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/wvball\/2015-16\/schedule\">volleyball<\/a>\u00a0match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-aug-21-2015\/\">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. Amy Horn, photography lecturer in the School of Communication, had a photograph published in the September issue of Arizona Highways magazine. The photo was captured at Watson&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-38465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38465","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=38465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}