{"id":71687,"date":"2024-03-18T11:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=71687"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:57:52","slug":"in-the-spotlight-march-18-22-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-18-22-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 18-22, 2024\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><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\">.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\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;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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">After a banner performance at the NCAA Indoor Track &amp; Field Field national championships last weekend, in which<b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Nico Young <\/span><\/b>took home championships in the 3K and 5K and<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0was <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">named the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men\u2019s Track Athlete of the year, he followed it up this weekend with another broken record record\u2014his 10K run with a time of 26:52.72 broke the collegiate record, hit the Olympic standard and earned NAU and Big Sky records. He is one of six American men to break the 27-minute mark in the 10K. On Monday, he was named USTFCCCA Men\u2019s National Track Athlete of the Year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Garret Bernt, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">all-American NAU track and field athlete, placed third place in the weight throw section of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NCAA Indoor Track &amp; Field National Championship<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bernt\u2019s weight throw set school, Big Sky conference and first personal record, while also earning him first-team all-American honors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU\u2019s men track &amp; field team <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ended their second NCAA indoor national championship competition strong after Young earned his first individual title and\u00a0the team <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">placed fourth overall after scoring 31 points. This is the most scored by the team in school history. Both track &amp; field teams will continue their outdoor season with their first competition taking place this week.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cristina Thomas<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">associate professor in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Department <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS), co-authored, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ad1ee5\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lucy Observations of the DART Impact Event<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published February in The Planetary Science Journal. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Lucy Long Range Reconnaissance Imager took 1,549 images of the Didymos\u2013Dimorphos binary system around the DART impact on Sept. 26, 2022, capturing ejecta responsible for different portions of the post-impact brightness increase, with variations in brightness measurements due to differences in observation angles and camera types compared to ground-based reports.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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\">Thomas<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">also<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">was quoted in a Feb. 26 article in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/26\/science\/nasa-crash-asteroid-dart-study.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> about the DART mission, which crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid and then measured the change in orbit. Thomas, who led the mission&#8217;s observations working group, provided insights into the unexpected behavior of asteroid Dimorphos following the DART mission&#8217;s impact.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thomas, DAPS professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Josh Emery<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, adjunct professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Will Grundy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Ph.D. student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lucas McClure<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and alumni <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brittany Harvison<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ryleigh Davis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> had proposals accepted for Cycle 3 of the James Webb Space Telescope. This is a competitive and carefully structured proposal system designed to allocate observation time to the most promising and impactful scientific projects.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professor of hotel and restaurant <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">management <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">co-authored a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/news\/4120764.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that delves into the significant technological shifts within the hotel industry in the past two decades. The authors emphasized the advantages of integrating core functionalities such as property, inventory and sales management into all-in-one platforms like HotelRunner, which streamline operations, reduce costs and harness the potential of integrated data.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aime\u00e9 Quinn<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, NAU-Yuma librarian, was recently selected by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as the 2024 recipient of the NewsBank\/Readex\/GODORT\/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award. This award will provide funding for Quinn\u2019s research, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Demise of Government Information in the Time of the 45th President<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which explores the closure of EPA libraries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> NAU\/NASA Space AIMER Program <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received a $5,000 grant from <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nathan <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tohtsoni<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">education coordinator from Navajo Transitional Energy Company, to purchase alpha rockets for Shonto Prep, Ganado Middle School and the Girls Scouts.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ed Anderson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, DAPS laboratory\/research facility administration manager, was named a finalist for Flagstaff-area STEM awards for the Community Partner of the Year category. The STEMMYs awards are given to students, teachers, and organizations who are STEM leaders in the Flagstaff community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zoey Lasch, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Honors College student, was selected as an alternate for the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Undergraduate students<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anaya Henderson, Korryn Penner, Hannah Thomas, Karli VanderMeersch, Nicholas Mauermann, Annamarie Rago, Emily Scerbo, Samuel Van Nuys, Ian Phillippe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Steven Faria <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were selected for the Washington Center internship. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Washington Center internship<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">offers undergraduate students a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">unique blend of hands-on experience, professional growth, and academic enrichment in Washington D.C., where all 10 students will be traveling to for the summer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">\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-18-22-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u202f\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u202f\u00a0 \u202fE-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u202f\u00a0 After a banner performance at the NCAA Indoor Track &amp; Field Field national championships last weekend, in which Nico Young took home championships in&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-71687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71687","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=71687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}