{"id":50030,"date":"2017-12-22T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=50030"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:31:02","slug":"2017-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/2017-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU in review: Look back to the top NAU News stories of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2017 was a big year for NAU, with a second national championship for the men&#8217;s cross country team, sizable long-term grants for research in environmental science, health equity, bioengineering and more and multiple partnerships with universities throughout Arizona and the rest of the world. Take a look back at the most read stories of the year from <em>NAU News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-autism\/\">NAU researcher discovers key to fighting autism may lie not in the mind, but in the gut<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Greg Caporaso and his team performed fecal microbial transplants, which showed promising results that could lead to a new treatment option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5646829664_aedb670811_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-autism\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46207\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5646829664_aedb670811_b-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"Patient with autism spectrum disorder\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/5646829664_aedb670811_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/5646829664_aedb670811_b-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/5646829664_aedb670811_b-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/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<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-social-media\/\">NAU ranks No. 1 in nation for social media engagement for second consecutive year<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The study looked at the social media channels of 338 Division I colleges and universities between August 2016 and May 2017\u2014placing NAU&#8217;s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at the top.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We are NAU Social\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aEcXA0XrkbY?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-professor-discusses-his-disability\/\">NAU professor discusses his disability, family and what it means to be a regular dad<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Matthew Wangeman, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, defied all odds when he began teaching at NAU. On Feb. 23, the public is invited to the documentary premier about his life through the eyes of his teenage son.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-11.05.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46487\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-11.05.02-AM-300x211.png\" alt=\"Wangeman and son\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-11.05.02-AM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-11.05.02-AM-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-11.05.02-AM.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/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<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/honors-community\/\">With ABOR approval, NAU&#8217;s new Honors residence hall one step closer to completion<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The Honors College Living and Learning Community will include housing, classrooms, study space and a student success center for Honors students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Honors-rendering-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-47026\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Honors-rendering-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Honors College rendering\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/04\/Honors-rendering-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/04\/Honors-rendering-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/04\/Honors-rendering-small.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/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<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>NAU honors President&#8217;s Prize winners, Gold Axe recipients, Distinguished Scholars\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe\/\">May<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe-december-2017\/\">December<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The President&#8217;s Prize is the highest honor an undergraduate student can receive at NAU.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Unknown-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47160 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Unknown-1-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"2017 President's Prize winners\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/04\/Unknown-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/04\/Unknown-1-1.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49646 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"President's Prize winners December 2017\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/11\/Presidents-prize.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-dance-champions\/\">Dancing queens: NAU hip-hops its way to multiple national championships<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this year, the NAU dance team captured its first Division I national title\u2014taking home first in the hip-hop category, and third in jazz.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/200706736<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/heiskell-award\/\">NAU&#8217;s unique study abroad program wins international award<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>NAU was honored for its Interdisciplinary Global Program, which allows students to study and work in another country for a full year, helping them to prepare for work in the global economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IGP-egr-students-SMALL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46277\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IGP-egr-students-SMALL-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IGP students\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/IGP-egr-students-SMALL-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/IGP-egr-students-SMALL-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/01\/IGP-egr-students-SMALL.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/naumovein\/\">Welcome home, Jacks! Campus comes out for 2017 #NAUMovein<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>NAU athletes, members of student organizations, sororities and fraternities all joined President Cheng in helping thousands of new Lumberjacks make NAU their home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NAU Move In 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3A174-cNAC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/mike-marlow\/\">Mike Marlow joins NAU as Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Marlow, who is a deputy athletics director at Washington State University, rose to the top of a field of strong applicants. He will begin work in January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/58A4087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49896\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/58A4087-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Marlow\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/12\/58A4087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/12\/58A4087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2017\/12\/58A4087-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/2017-in-review\/\">2017 was a big year for NAU, with a second national championship for the men&#8217;s cross country team, sizable long-term grants for research in environmental science, health equity, bioengineering and more and multiple partnerships with universities throughout Arizona and the rest of the world. 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