{"id":67875,"date":"2023-01-10T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67875"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:13:21","slug":"in-the-spotlight-jan-9-13-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-jan-9-13-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Jan. 9-13, 2022\u00a0"},"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=\"none\">Zhan Xu<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, assistant professor in the School of Communication, published an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13698575.2022.2147903\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in the journal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Health, Risk &amp; Society<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13698575.2022.2147903\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This study<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> examined the impacts of partisan media on U.S. state-level preventive behaviors against COVID-19 and found that news exposure and news frames had a bigger impact on preventive behaviors than on partisanship and motivated reasoning.\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-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=\"none\"><strong>Jessie K. Finch<\/strong>, chair of the Department of Sociology and an associate teaching professor, recently published<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Legal-Professionals-Negotiating-the-Borders-of-Identity-Operation-Streamline\/Finch\/p\/book\/9781032223926\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Legal Professionals Negotiating the Borders of Identity: Operation Streamline and Competing Identity Management<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> This book uses a controversial criminal immigration court procedure along the M\u00e9xico-U.S. border called Operation Streamline as a rich setting to understand the identity management strategies <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">employed by lawyers and judges.<\/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-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\">Graduating offensive lineman <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PJ Poutasi <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will attend a pair of college all-star events in January. Scheduled to participate in the 2023 College Gridiron Showcase (CGS), Poutasi will have two opportunities to make an impact in front of professional scouts. The CGS will be treated like organized team activities with players showcasing their skills through practices and a controlled scrimmage.<\/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-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\">Assistant research professor of forestry <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Faith Walker <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and her team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-2615\/12\/21\/2950\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">published a paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> describing the use of DNA in guano to determine which bat species roost in hollows of old growth redwood forests on the North Coast of California.<\/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-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\">Ph.D. students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nate Stone<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chandler Roe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, together with biological sciences professors <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jason Sahl<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dave Wagner <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and colleagues at the USDA, recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/ijsem\/10.1099\/ijsem.0.005560\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">published<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a paper in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/ijsem\/10.1099\/ijsem.0.005560\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The publication is centered on a novel species of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leptospira<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">L. sanjuanensis<\/span><\/i><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\">Roe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who is also an intermediate data scientist at the Pathogen &amp; Microbiome Institute, and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jason Sah<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">l, associate professor of biological sciences, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0276916\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">published a paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> describing a novel method to focus whole genome sequencing of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Onchocerca lupi<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/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-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\">Professor of biological sciences<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Dave Wagner<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sahl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, together with multiple staff members and students from the Pathogen &amp; Microbiome Institute (PMI), recently published a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0273273\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> describing a novel approach for generating genomic data for <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Francisella<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> species in the absence of live strains.<\/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-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\">Jeff Foster<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate chair and associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, co-authored a paper in the journal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/mec.16743\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Molecular Ecology<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article discusses the effects of avian malaria on the microbiomes of Hawaiian birds.<\/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-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\">Becky Mau<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, research associate at the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss), and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foster<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> contributed to a publication in the journal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/condor\/article\/124\/4\/duac032\/6677296\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ornithological Applications<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article is focused on the foraging and habitat use of Whip-poor-wills in the Midwest.<\/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-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\">Department of Biological Sciences professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Greg Caporaso\u2019s<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chanzuckerberg.com\/eoss\/proposals\/improving-qiime-2-pathogen-identification-and-developer-community-tools\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">secured funding from Chan-Zuckerberg Initiatives Essential Open Source Software program<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This funding will work toward developing new approaches for detection of pathogens from markers.<\/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-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\">NAU Football\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eemil Herranen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kamdan Hightower <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earned 2022 Freshman All-American Honors from draft scout, Phil Steele.<\/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-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 NAU faculty members made refereed presentations at the CareerTech Vision 2022 conference of the Association of Career and Technical Education in Las Vegas in December.\u00a0<\/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 style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nicole M. Hampton<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate teaching professor of career and technical education, presented \u201cStrategies for Making Online Instruction More Engaging\u201d and \u201cUsing General\/Liberal Studies to Broaden CTE Advocacy.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Martin D. Sommerness,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> professor of journalism, presented \u201cJournalism at Maricopa Community College District and NAU: A Model Degree Partnership.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">men\u2019s and women\u2019s track and field teams<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> were voted as the unanimous favorites in the 2022-23 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Coaches\u2019 Polls.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Both teams<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> claimed victory at last year\u2019s indoor conference championships, with the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">women<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> scoring the second most points in conference history. This was the women\u2019s second consecutive championship, and fourth of the previous five. Meanwhile, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">men<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> won their 10<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> consecutive conference title.<\/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-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=\"none\">Ira Allen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, associate professor of rhetoric from the departments of English and Politics &amp; International Affairs, was interviewed for an episode of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Interesting Times <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">podcast, titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theinterestingtimes.substack.com\/p\/we-need-to-talk-about-effective-altruism#details\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We Need to Talk About Effective Altruism<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u201d<\/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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Astronomy Ph.D. student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James Windsor <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">published a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2210.10004\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> discussing a new radiative-convective terrestrial planet climate model that self-consistently handles patchy clouds through a parameterized microphysical treatment of condensation and sedimentation processes. This paper is co-authored by Department of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences chair <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">David Trilling <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">assistant professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ty Robinson.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Edwards<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nathan Smith<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences are on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2022GL099656\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> related to the Emirates Mars Mission and Emirates Mars InfraRed Spectrometer. This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2022GL099656\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> discusses the first assimilation of atmospheric temperatures from the Emirates Mars InfraRed Spectrometer.<\/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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ph<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">D<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patrick Tribbett<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and APS faculty <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Loeffler<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ac9236\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published where they present a laboratory study demonstrating a low-temperature thermal oxidation reaction within H2O + H2S + O3 solid ice mixtures that produce observable sulfur anion products at temperatures as low as 90 K.<\/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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ph<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">D<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lauren McGraw<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> co-authored a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ac8ced\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0discussing observation of the team\u2019s 3 <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u03bc<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m spectroscopic survey of Near-Earth Asteroids. APS faculty <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Josh Emery<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cristina Thomas<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are also on this paper, as is former postdoctoral scholar <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maggie McAdam<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thomas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was recently featured in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/31\/science\/asteroid-planet-killer.html\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> article <\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and on an episode of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/12\/07\/1141471390\/dart-the-impacts-of-slamming-a-spacecraft-into-an-asteroid\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NPR podcast<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Short Wave<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, about her role in NASA\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.<\/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-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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Former postdoctoral scholar <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Valerie Payr\u00e9<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2022GL099639\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published with APS faculty <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Edwards<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Salvatore<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This publication discusses observations of an evolved early crust exposed on Mars revealed through spectroscopy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/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-jan-9-13-2022\/\">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 Zhan Xu, assistant professor in the School of Communication, published an article in the journal, Health, Risk &amp; Society. This study examined the impacts&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-67875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67875","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=67875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}