{"id":69579,"date":"2023-07-11T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=69579"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:09:53","slug":"in-the-spotlight-july-10-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-10-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: July 10-14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Spotlight: July 10-14, 2023<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu 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-ccp-props=\"{&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-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"none\">Alum <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abdihamid Nur<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">former Northern Arizona University NCAA Indoor champion, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">won the 2023 men\u2019s 5000-meter race at the USATF Outdoor Championship. Recently featured in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/world-track.org\/2023\/07\/abdihamid-nur-usatf-outdoor-championships\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">World Track<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the article discusses the unfolding of Sunday\u2019s outdoor championship, where <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nur<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">commended <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU coach <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mike <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mith<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for extraordinary training skills.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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\">Christopher Edwards<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy and Pla<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">netary Sciences (DAPS), was co-author on a presentation at the Ancient Future Brines conference, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hou.usra.edu\/meetings\/ancientfuturebrines2023\/pdf\/2023.pdf\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Investigating the Age, Abundance and Origin of Chloride Salt-Bearing Deposits on Mars<\/span><\/i><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This study goes into chloride salt deposits in Mars and the importance of said investigation for valuable insight gathering into Mar&#8217;s aqueous history.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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\">Aur\u00e9lien Stcherbinine<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, DAPS postdoctoral scholar,<\/span> Edwards<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nathan M. Smith, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DAPS data scientist,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">are coauthors of a new geophysical research letter, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2023GL103629\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cDiurnal and Seasonal Mapping of Martian Ices With EMIRS.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> This article details their <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">monitoring of seasonal evolution of the ices on Mars\u2019 surface.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Daniel Kramer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, recent MS informatics graduate, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mike Gowanlock,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> associate professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">David Trilling<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, chair and professor in DAPS<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> are coauthors of\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2213133723000264?via%3Dihub\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cRemoving aliases in time-series photometry.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Their article cover their efforts in removing aliases from astronomical surveys to improve the accuracy of period-finding algorithms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DAPS Ph.D. student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">James Windsor,<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ty Robinson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, former assistant professor,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ph.D. student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amber Young<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and <\/span>Trilling<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">are coauthors of the recently published article,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/acbf2d\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cA Radiative-convective Model for Terrestrial Planets with Self-consistent Patchy Clouds.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The paper share their investigation on exoplanet observation improvement by creating planetary climate models that aid the handling of different atmospheric environments obscuring spectral features in said exoplanet observations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">NAU\u2019s <strong>Occupational Therapy program<\/strong> was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightintodiversity.com\/occupational-therapy-program-helps-foster-youth-transition-to-adulthood\/\">INSIGHT Into Diversity<\/a> after receiving a $175,000 grant to help provide Arizona foster youth with skills, training and support. The grant from the Vitalyst Health Foundation will allow NAU students to work with more than 100 youth transitioning out of foster care to receive OT services, with the goal of helping these individuals have greater success in college, careers and adult life.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Emergency manager <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Robert Church<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> was awarded the Gold Card and Letter from Arizona Qualification System (AQS). The AQS is a statewide deployment system that ensures readiness to respond with qualified personnel. <\/span>Church<span data-contrast=\"none\"> is the first Gold Card recipient who has the AQS Emergency Operation Center All-Hazards Position Task Book for EOC Director and Manager.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">DeMicco<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> executive director and professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM),\u00a0and <\/span><strong>J<\/strong><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">acklyn Louie<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an undergraduate student in HRM, analyzed the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/e6f1909b6ff7f7fbb246d4b99\/files\/57324096-2e0b-5ca1-564a-925de6e53fa4\/Small_ship_crusing_Mega_Y_s_for_Dr._DeMicco_Jaclyn_Louie_Major_Project_May_2023_.01.pdf\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rise of Luxury Hotel Yachts<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cin their latest published research article. Their research emphasizes the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection that joined the Marriott Bonvoy and Marriott International\u2019s travel program.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Heidi Toth<\/strong>, assistant director of NAU Communications, was elected to the CASE District VII cabinet, which represents colleges and universities from California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Hawaii. CASE offers training, resources, conferences and networking for advancement professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-10-14-2023\/\">In the Spotlight: July 10-14, 2023\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 Alum Abdihamid Nur, a former Northern Arizona University NCAA Indoor champion, won the 2023 men\u2019s 5000-meter race at&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"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-69579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69579","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}