{"id":65335,"date":"2022-02-07T10:05:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=65335"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:05:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:05:28","slug":"in-the-spotlight-feb-7-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-feb-7-11\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Feb. 7-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Spotlights: Feb. 7-11<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anthony Maue<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, a Ph.D. student<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, had first first-author manuscript <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">published in Icarus. \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0019103521004759?via%3Dihub\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rapid rounding of icy clasts during simulated fluvial transport in the Titan Tumbler<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d concerns results from the Titan Tumbler experiments simulating fluvial abrasion on Titan. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anna Engle<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Ph.D. student in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, was accepted to attend the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacechallenge.caltech.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caltech Space Challenge<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in March. Engle is one of 32 selected out of 900 applicants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cristina Thomas<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, has been named to the James Webb Space Telescope Users Committee.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Edward<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s, associate professor in Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, was re-selected as a Mars Science Laboratory Participating Scientist. Edwards also was awarded a continuation of the Emirates Mars Mission Training funding at NAU for at least another year following the augmentation of an existing award. He also has a Mars Student Camera Development Class underway,.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abe Springer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor in the School of Earth and Sustainability, will be on a distinguished lecture tour this year. Springer will give lectures nearly 30 times at universities, agencies and organizations in North America and in Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James Bowie<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, principal lecturer of sociology, published the article, &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90718613\/why-the-washington-commanders-rebranding-is-way-too-much-and-still-not-enough?partner=rss&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp;utm_content=rss\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why the Washington Commanders rebranding is way too much and still not enough<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8221; in Fast Company. The article discusses why the NFL team, in replacing its offensive nickname, ended up with an identity that many consider &#8220;minor league.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, executive director and professor for the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, recently published, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotel-online.com\/press_releases\/release\/the-use-of-apple-glasses-for-augmenting-guest-services-for-lodging-and-hospitality-bridging-healthcare-h2h\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Use of Apple Glasses for Augmenting Guest Services for Lodging and Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d in Hotel Online. The article examines how hotels, hospitals, Medi-Spas, etc. can leverage technology to provide advanced and focused high level service experience for the hospitality industry <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amit Kumar<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, recently received funding to study disparity in transitions of care from acute to post-acute settings in American Indians and Alaska Natives patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and without ADRD diagnoses. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-feb-7-11\/\">NAU Spotlights: Feb. 7-11\u00a0 Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0 Anthony Maue, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, had first first-author manuscript published in Icarus.&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"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-65335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65335","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\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}