{"id":71460,"date":"2024-02-19T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=71460"},"modified":"2024-02-19T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:51:17","slug":"in-the-spotlight-feb-12-16-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-feb-12-16-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Feb. 12-16, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Spotlight: Feb. 12-16, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\">online submission form<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&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\"> College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> joined Micron\u2019s Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Network, which aims to address the semiconductor industry\u2019s need for a diverse and skilled workforce. The company\u2019s network includes historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander-serving institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James Windsor, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">graduate research assistant in the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was lead author on the paper <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2401.12204\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inner Edge Habitable Zone Limits Around Main Sequence Stars: Cloudy Estimates<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d In the paper, Windsor and his co-authors assess the viability of a new method of measuring cloud deck height and cloud sedimentation efficiency on rocky planets, which could help scientists understand the extent to which these planets are habitable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate Professor of Rhetoric Ira Allen published the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.degrowthjournal.org\/publications\/2024-02-16-to-enjoy-less-more-chastened-humanism-and-degrowth\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">To Enjoy \u2018Less\u2019 More: Chastened Humanism and Degrowth<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the peer-reviewed <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Degrowth Journal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The article addresses the quandary of how to motivate consumers to behave differently in light of climate change and biodiversity loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Laura Lee, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ph.D. student in the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> gave a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAF6k8Y1l2Q\/PVIuzzDuO_7iUHVXrLq7EQ\/edit\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">presentation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to 60 students at Freedom 7 Elementary School in Cocoa Beach, Florida, about astronomy and the Solar System as part of a Florida Museum of Natural History initiative to bring scientific experts to local schools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> assistant research professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Smekens <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will participate in two NASA-selected projects exploring the application of multi-spectral infrared imaging for the monitoring of natural hazards. The first project will use drone-mounted imaging to develop new tools to measure thermal flux, monitor burn areas and quantify gas and ash emissions during wildfires. The second will use ground-based imaging to monitor changes in the thermal flux and gas outputs at three persistently active volcanic systems in Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Ph. D. student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ryder Strauss<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and Professor David Trilling published the paper <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2402.00984\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u201c<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2402.00984\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exoplanet Analog Observations of Earth from Galileo Disk-integrated Photometry<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d Along with other colleagues, the pair used data from the Galileo spacecraft\u2019s distant encounters with Earth in 1990 and 1992 to create more than 1,500 usable measurements of the disk-integrated brightness of the planet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate professor in the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science Cristina Thomas <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">co-authored a paper published in the Planetary Science Journal titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ad12cf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dimorphos Orbit Determination from Mutual Events Photometry<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u201d In the paper, Thomas and collaborators provided an update to the pre-impact mutual orbit of NASA\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, begun in 2022, and estimated the post-impact physical and orbital parameters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Director of Research Administration <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mary Hanabury<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> recently presented at two national research ethics conferences in Washington, D.C. At the Social Behavioral Educational Research Conference, Hanabury addressed the new and complex ethical challenges the research oversight world faces in an era of advancing technology and changing expectations surrounding personal information. At the Research &amp; Medicine Annual Ethical Conference, she shared how human research protection programs can play a role in managing research activities that fall into a gray area between human subjects research and non-human subjects research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three members of NAU\u2019s track and field team won Big Sky honors last week following recent record-breaking performances. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maggi Congdon<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was named Big Sky Women\u2019s Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after breaking the university and conference record in the 800-meter at the Husky Classic. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colin Sahlman<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was named Big Sky Men\u2019s Track Athlete of the Week after breaking the university\u2019s 800-meter record at the Husky Classic. And in addition to being named Big Sky Men\u2019s Field Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row at the Don Kirby Invitational, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Garrett Bernt<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> became one of the top five college weight throw athletes in the nation after breaking his own university and conference record at the NAU Tune Up.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&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\">NAU men\u2019s track team<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> broke a university and conference record in the distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Indiana. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colin Sahlman<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Trenton Givens<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Theo Quax<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nico Young<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ran the fastest distance medley time in the nation this season and the third fastest collegiate indoor distance medley relay of all time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&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\">NAU D2 IceJacks<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> hockey team won the West Coast Hockey Conference title, beating the University of California Los Angeles in double overtime. The win earned NAU a spot in the American Collegiate Hockey Association\u2019s West Regional championship in North Logan, Utah.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" 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;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, executive director and professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, co-authored the paper \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/via.library.depaul.edu\/ichrie_rr\/vol9\/iss1\/1\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Research, Planning, and Development of a University-Based Retirement Community (UBRC): A Strategic Lodging Opportunity<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published recently in ICHRIE Research Reports.<\/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-feb-12-16-2024\/\">In the Spotlight: Feb. 12-16, 2024\u00a0 Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences joined Micron\u2019s Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Network, which aims to&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"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-71460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71460","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}