{"id":73333,"date":"2024-11-04T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73333"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:04:11","slug":"in-the-spotlight-nov-4-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-nov-4-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Nov. 4-8, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\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<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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=\"{}\">\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\">The Japanese Culture Club <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global Engagement and Language Learning (GELL) Center <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collaborated on an NAU donor-funded initiative to fold 1,000 paper cranes from Oct. 21-25 in a statement for peace. At the end of the week, more than 35 individuals folded more than 1,200 paper cranes to be displayed in the Cline Library central staircase until Nov. 15, where they will then be donated to the Children\u2019s Peace Monument in Hiroshima, Japan. The project is based on the Japanese folklore that folding 1,000 cranes will grant one wish, and each participant drafted a wish for peace before finishing their crane. Chemistry student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Faith Clark <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">folded 160 cranes for the initiative. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Mechanical Engineering professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Heidi Feigenbaum <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received a $599,822 research grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the conditions of episiotomies and determine when the procedure could lead to further complications during childbirth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">School of Communication professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Kurt Lancaster <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">released his five-year documentary project, \u201cSteve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent,\u201d on Amazon Prime. The film, which follows the titular composer on his quest to create music using the desert landscape, has screened at more than 30 film festivals and earned 10 awards, including NAU\u2019s 2023 Research and Creative Activity Award for Most Significant Artistic or Creative Work.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU alum <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Xavier Rangel <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earned the 2024 Robert R. Eunson Alumni Achievement Award in Journalism for his work as an NBC News producer. During his two-day campus visit, Rangel visited journalism classes and conducted one-on-one meetings with students looking for advice about the broadcast journalism industry. He also shared how his time working for NAZ Today inspired and prepared him for his work on \u201cToday.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Health Sciences professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jay Sutliffe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Nanette Lopez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chloe Sutliffe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the culinary lab coordinator for the Health Sciences-Nutrition and Foods program, co-authored a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2475299124024314\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">study<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> published in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition. The research argues that women who adhere to a diet emphasizing vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds can significantly reduce the physical markers of biological aging and chronic inflammation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-nov-4-8-2024\/\">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 The Japanese Culture Club and the Global Engagement and Language Learning (GELL) Center collaborated on an NAU donor-funded initiative to fold 1,000 paper cranes from&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-73333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73333","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=73333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}