{"id":69755,"date":"2023-08-15T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=69755"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:52:59","slug":"in-the-spotlight-aug-14-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-aug-14-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Aug. 14-18, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><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=\"2\" 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.org\/carol-chambers-earns-aldo-leopold-memorial-award\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Carol Chambers<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">professor of wildlife ecology, earned<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the 2023 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, for her outstanding contribution in opening her profession to broader diversity and discovering new species of bats. She will be receiving her award this November, at the TWS&#8217; Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/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=\"2\" 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\">Alicia Azpeleta<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in the School of Forestry, Ph.D. students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Erin Todd <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gaby Ayres<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pete Z. Ful\u00e9<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Regents&#8217; professor of forestry, researched local flora at Saguaro National Park and provided the fire management team data to make informed decisions toward reducing impacts of severe fires.<\/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=\"2\" 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\">Honors College Dean <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kevin Gustafson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> selected to participate in the\u00a0Becoming a Provost Academy, which is co-sponsored by The American Association of State\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Academic Leadership Institute<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This program will kick off July 21 at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUav4bliQr65DQD7HOV1THDN5Xce1-2BrXnBo-2By9KVWxV9VD4lMJ39ws3Kr9ELlPAiGb0znGIk-2FjSMmeML-2FRbHWVdA-3Djqpl_L6zuFFtuDGTKYGXwbUb1mAYBqTG3Z-2FZrP-2FahUmnKk8ixNbyllG-2BHthQxyfrp1D-2F5AcsIoA4MmzNUdlXGXYYU0igERjso7CN2A2BqM3Oo7pHsg5-2F2Q2blysTaxwwEGZqkIQ-2FAKFZzJx7M8f-2BuuPr4gLoulEQeyL6kk3ddM9bSf2SzDr9VdAwhazDa-2BU39I-2BuxVUhkyLWmdU8b6K9uspelJRsqkqwHscxvi2kL94d9e1xPPDbcrdYCvCjrM2EiDNMLfSmQBb-2F2ad4GFeUkSVjPaAwMAPCEBtnbmGpMlK5kBrw2BqHGwHjgACvUFGot0hglVauyplhh2eSVzJrCBwb8lngMRbnY3Sd4r-2F9Vttyy0fA-3D\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AASCU 2023 Academic Affairs Summer Meeting,<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">in Baltimore.<\/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=\"2\" 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\">Jiun-Yi Tsai<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in the School of Communication, was the first author on an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S221133552300133X?via%3Dihub\"><em>Preventive Medicine Reports<\/em><\/a> that looks into the social, economic and political determinants for a 132 COVID-19 risk information articles uploaded to the web. Researchers seek to highlight the importance of public health agencies&#8217; communication improvement about COVID-19 in their findings.<\/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-aug-14-18-2023\/\">\u00a0Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 \u00a0Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 \u00a0E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0 Carol Chambers, professor of wildlife ecology, earned the 2023 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, for her outstanding contribution in opening her profession to broader diversity&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-69755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69755","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=69755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}