{"id":71596,"date":"2024-03-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=71596"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:00:00","slug":"in-the-spotlight-march-4-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-4-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 4-8, 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs.<\/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?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu or use our\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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;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=\"auto\">A team from The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. A. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Franke College of Business at NAU won the annual Desert Regional CFA research challenge, competing against teams from throughout the Southwest and advancing to the West Coast Regional competition in New York City; the team, coached by associate professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blake Rayfield<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and assistant teaching professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tristan Nighswander<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, included <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matt Evans<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jacob Hardin<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Noah James<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" 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;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Economic Policy Institute played a pivotal role in estimating the economic impacts of post-wildfire flooding on the Rio de Flag watershed, which includes much of the mountain slopes overlooking Flagstaff, in a recent study by Coconino County. Institute Director <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nancy Baca<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> discussed the cost of floods to the local economy, which can be difficult to estimate. She is quoted in coverage of this study in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fronterasdesk.org\/content\/1872396\/flagstaff-could-see-28-billion-damages-catastrophic-fire-san-francisco-peaks\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">KJZZ<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azdailysun.com\/news\/local\/environment\/study-suggests-loss-of-2b-and-2-000-structures-could-be-impact-of-fire-flooding\/article_e76305e8-d5dd-11ee-bb1c-9f3f872c1a8e.html#tncms-source=internal_referral\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arizona Daily Sun<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" 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;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has been recognized as one of the top 10% of universities worldwide by Study Abroad Aide. This recognition stems from the university&#8217;s inclusion in the annual Best Value Rankings for International Students, which evaluates more than 8,000 institutions across 69 countries based on academic quality and affordability.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" 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;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Doherty<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, head of research and instruction services at Cline Library, presented his paper &#8220;Librarians of Time and Space: The Librarian-Hero in Speculative Fiction&#8221; at the 2024 Southwest Popular\/American Culture Association annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The paper explores the influence of Jorge Luis Borges&#8217; &#8220;Library of Babel&#8221; in more recent works, including those by Terry Pratchett, Matt Haig and Genevieve Cogman, and contrasts it to the current demonization of librarians and libraries in the nation&#8217;s culture wars.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" 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;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Mike Smith<\/strong> was named the Big Sky Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Indoor Track &amp; Field Coach of the Year. Smith led the NAU track &amp; field teams to a sweep of the conference championships, the fourth consecutive sweep of the team titles. This marks his seventh consecutive Men\u2019s Indoor Coach of the Year Award and his fourth consecutive Women\u2019s Indoor Coach of the Year honor. Last week\u2019s conference victory marked the 26<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> championship for the men and the 16<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202ffor the women.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-4-8-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs.\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu or use our\u202fonline submission form.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0 A team from The W. A. Franke College of Business at NAU won the annual Desert Regional CFA research challenge, competing against teams from throughout&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-71596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71596","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=71596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}