{"id":69928,"date":"2023-09-06T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=69928"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:56:47","slug":"in-the-spotlight-sep-4-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-sep-4-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sep 4-8, 2023\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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-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=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vedran Dronjic<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, associate professor of applied linguistics, collaborating with principal<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">co-authored an article in Cognition titled, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S001002772300238X?dgcid=author\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Decomposition in early stages of learning novel morphologically derived words: The impact of linear vs. non-linear structure<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u201d It is the first of a series of\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">articles coming out of a multi-year National Science Foundation and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation funded project, talking about how adult learners of a second language break-up words into segments while they are learning.<\/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;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Christopher Edwards,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> associate professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS), in conjunction with the Jet Propulsion Lab, received a $341,000 grant from <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">NASA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools (PDAR<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">) program to\u00a0dervice near-global rock abundance on Mars from Thermal Emission Imaging Systam data. <\/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;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Diego Munoz,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> assistant professor in DAPS, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">co-authored an article in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1146\/annurev-astro-052622-022933\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Annual Review of Astronomy and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Astrophysics<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, talking about <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">dynamics of circumbinary accretion in space.<\/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;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Munoz also<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a co-PI on a recently accepted a proposal in NASA&#8217;s <\/span>\u00a0XRP program for a project<span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201dBuilding and Detecting Dust Enshrouded Planets\u201d. This 3-year program will support an NAU graduate student for two years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mark Salvatore<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, associate professor and associate chair<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> ofDAPS<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, was named a co-principal investigator on the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (MCM LTER) Project.\u00a0 The program investigates ecosystem dynamics within the Antarctic landscape to understand how the Earth is responding to climate change.\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=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">DAPS Ph.D. student <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ana Morgan <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is principal investigator for the newly selected Cycle 31 Hubble Space Telescope program, &#8220;An archival search for faint Trans-Neptunian Objects.&#8221; Morgan\u2019s team will analyze HST data for faint objects in the outer Solar System as part of the program\u2019s investigation. Professor and department chair <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">David Trilling<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> professor and chair of NAU\u2019s department of astronomy and planetary science, is a co-investigator. <\/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;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">xecutive director and professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">co-authored an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/fa329dcb94f8\/industry-insider-news-9380833?e=487109eb93\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> about community-based creative solutions to the health care enigma in corporate America. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">These innovative programs provide a blueprint for high performance and practical health benefits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">The <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">men\u2019s cross country team <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was picked first in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">USTFCCCA Preseason National Coaches Poll after winning their sixth national championship last year, while the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">women\u2019s cross country team<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> began their season ranked second in the nation after finishing fourth at the national meet last year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">The cross country teams swept the Big Sky\u2019s first weekly awards of the season following winning performances at the George Kyte Classic. Women\u2019s Athlete of the Week <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ruby Smee<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> led the women\u2019s team in her first race as a Lumberjack, finishing .1 seconds ahead of teammates <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Elise Stearns<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Aliandrea Upshaw <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">to earn her first individual victory of the season. Men\u2019s Athlete of the Week <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Drew Bosley <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">finished first for the second consecutive year, running a 4.5-mile time of 21:32.7\u2014the fastest in George Kyte history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559682&quot;:2,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Marvin Glotfelty<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, an alumnus from the School of Earth and Sustainability, received the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry from the National Ground Water Association. It is the association\u2019s most prestigious award. Glotfelty is a principal hydrogeologist and co-founder of Clear Creek Associates in Phoenix.<\/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-sep-4-8-2023\/\">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 Vedran Dronjic, associate professor of applied linguistics, collaborating with principal co-authored an article in Cognition titled, &#8220;Decomposition in early stages of learning novel morphologically&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"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-69928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69928","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}