{"id":70293,"date":"2023-10-16T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=70293"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:21:06","slug":"in-the-spotlight-oct-16-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-16-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Oct. 16-20, 2023"},"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><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><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hispanic Heritage Month and Hispanic community were recently featured in several news outlets, including the Yuma Sun, AZ Family and Telemundo Stories: \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" 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=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AZ Family | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2023\/10\/10\/study-finds-more-than-half-hispanic-college-students-considered-dropping-out\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Study finds more than half of Hispanic college students considered dropping out<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" 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=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AZ Family |<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/video\/2023\/10\/11\/nau-yuma-offering-resources-keep-hispanic-students-enrolled\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Yuma offering resources to keep Hispanic students enrolled<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" 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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AZ Family YouTube | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h4ovTWsU_MM\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Yuma offering resources to keep Hispanic students enrolled<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" 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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Phoenix Vibe | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/original.newsbreak.com\/@the-phoenix-vibe-1733296\/3187569524688-nau-yuma-provides-support-for-hispanic-students-to-ensure-their-continued-enrollment\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Yuma provides support for Hispanic students to ensure their continued enrollment<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"7\" 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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Newsbreak Yuma | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/yuma-az\/3187356850690-nau-yuma-offering-resources-to-keep-hispanic-students-enrolled\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Yuma offering resources to keep Hispanic students enrolled<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kevin Hirschi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Marcella Caprario<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, two <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ph<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">D<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> students in applied linguistics, attended the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 2023 International Research Foundation for the English Language Education (TIRF) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tirfonline.org\/announcing-tirfs-2023-ddg-awardees\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Doctoral Dissertation Grants<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (DDG) program, where they<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">won a prestigious grant for their doctoral research in language education. The grant will help fund the completion of their research and doctorates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" 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\">Regents\u2019 professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ted <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Schuur<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> led a team of six researchers from throughout the world in a 19-year study that was<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">recently published in the Royal Society titled <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rsta.2022.0209\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe Philosophical Transactions A issue on \u2018Radiocarbon in the Anthropocene\u2019\u201d. <\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> This article, which is part of a special issue on radiocarbon, suggests that as the Arctic permafrost melts, it is releasing increased amounts of carbon, thus accelerating climate change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-16-20-2023\/\">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 NAU\u2019s\u00a0Hispanic Heritage Month and Hispanic community were recently featured in several news outlets, including the Yuma Sun, AZ Family and Telemundo Stories: \u00a0\u00a0 AZ&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-70293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70293","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=70293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}