{"id":67366,"date":"2022-11-07T15:42:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67366"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:42:35","slug":"in-the-spotlight-nov-7-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-nov-7-11\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Nov. 7-11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amit Kumar<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor of physical therapy and athletic training, and colleague Shweta Gore, MGH Institute of Health Professions, received a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant for their project, \u201cFunctional Biomarkers for Prediction of Hospitalization, Long-Term Care Placement, and Mortality in Older Adults with Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity\u201d. The purpose of this grant is to train minority health professional students in geriatric research and strength the institutions research environment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ira Allen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate professor of rhetoric from the Departments of English and Politics &amp; International Affairs was one of the featured speakers at this year\u2019s annual Paterno Fellows Contemporary Issues Forum at Pennsylvania State University. The forum, titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/liberal-arts\/story\/paterno-fellows-host-panel-future-democracy-nov-1\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Future of Democracy and the Humanities in an Age of Catastrophes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d explored the importance of humanities study both for the future of democracy and for making meaning of our difficult times.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two teammates from a past NAU women\u2019s basketball team were recently recognized for their accomplishments. Current doctoral candidate and GSG president <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rebecca Seeger<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Col. RET, USAF) was inducted into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/avhof.org\/2022-inbductees\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arizona Veteran\u2019s Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">in October. Fellow alumna <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peggy Kennedy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was recently inducted into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/news\/2022\/8\/10\/womens-basketball-nau-hall-of-famer-peggy-kennedy-elected-to-arizona-sports-hall-of-fame.aspx#:~:text=(August%2010%2C%202022)%20%E2%80%93,Sports%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20class.\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AZ Sports Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate professor emerita <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paula K. Greene<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and retired Honors and history professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joseph E. Shaffer III<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published a book titled, \u201cUNSUNG:\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Quiet Voices of the US Navy&#8217;s EOD Warriors and Their Families.\u201d According to Greene, this is the first book of its kind on the relatively unknown special forces community highlighting interviews with both Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal operators and members of their families.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frederick J. DeMicco,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> executive director and professor from the School of Hospitality and Restaurant Management, published a new book titled, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appleacademicpress.com\/medical-travel-brand-management-success-strategies-for-hospitality-bridging-healthcare-h2h\/9781774637272\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Medical Travel Brand Management Success Strategies for Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H).<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d This book explores the multitude of medical travel services and discusses the integration of traveling medical guests with destination providers, hospitality\/healthcare professionals, and travel service providers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regents&#8217; professor from the Department of Biological Sciences<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Michelle Mack<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was recently featured in an issue of Science. Her perspective piece, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/full\/10.1126\/science.ade9583\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arctic wildfires at a warming threshold<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d discusses bigger wildfires in the Siberian Arctic signaling release of more carbon to the atmosphere.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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-nov-7-11\/\">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 Amit Kumar, assistant professor of physical therapy and athletic training, and colleague Shweta Gore, MGH Institute of Health Professions, received a National Institute of&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"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-67366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67366","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}