{"id":72460,"date":"2024-06-10T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=72460"},"modified":"2024-06-10T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:40:40","slug":"in-the-spotlight-june-10-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-10-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: June 10-14, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 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=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, co-planned and was a keynote speaker at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/news\/4122180.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Medical Tourism and Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) Seminar<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> held at the Fondazione Campus in Lucca, Italy, on May 24. The seminar covered a variety of topics related to the future of medical tourism, including the importance of patient-centric healthcare, the role of marketing in medical tourism and innovations in healthcare models.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Astronomy and planetary science graduate student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Andy Lopez-Oquendo <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">joined associate professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark J. Loeffler <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">David E. Trilling<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, both in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS), to publish \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ad4028\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Laser Irradiation of Carbonaceous Chondrite Simulants: Space-weathering Implications for C-complex Asteroids<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Planetary Science Journal. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the paper, the team performed laser irradiation experiments to simulate the effects of space weathering on rocks similar to those found on certain asteroids.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate computer science professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Michael Gowanlock<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Trilling, recent graduate <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Daniel Kramer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, doctoral student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maria Chernyavskaya<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and former postdoctoral scholar <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Andrew McNeill <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">co-authored \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2405.20176\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Solar System Notification Alert Processing System (SNAPS): Asteroid Population Outlier Detection<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d which uses the SNAPShot1 dataset to identify outlier asteroids in the solar system.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trilling also presented at the recent \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dunlap.utoronto.ca\/hotwired7\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hotwiring the Transient Universe VII<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d conference in Toronto on May 14 and the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/science\/events\/websites\/rare-gems-2024\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rare Gems in Big Data<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d conference in Tucson on May 21, covering exoplanets and SNAPS data. Chernyavskaya also presented at the latter, discussing SNAPS data outliers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nasa-spacegrant\/american-indian-mobile-educational-resources\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU\/NASA Space Grant AIMER Program<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> coordinator <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mary Lara <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ed Anderson, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the DAPS<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">laboratory and research facility administration manager, played substantial roles in DeMiguel Elementary School\u2019s first Space Week from May 6-10, an event designed to get the elementary school\u2019s students and faculty involved in space exploration and astronomy. As the director of the on-site Walker Observatory, Lara led tours of the facility and helped students witness sun flares using the observatory\u2019s 14-inch Newtonian reflector telescope.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cwur.org\/2024.php\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> placed NAU in the top 4% of institutions worldwide. These rankings are awarded based on publicly available data collected by CWUR.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\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-june-10-14-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0\u00a0 Fred DeMicco, professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, co-planned and was a keynote speaker at The Medical Tourism and Hospitality Bridging Healthcare&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"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-72460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72460","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\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}