{"id":76030,"date":"2025-10-13T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=76030"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:59:21","slug":"in-the-spotlight-oct-13-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-13-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Oct. 13-17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/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\">.<\/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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Arizona branch of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) named <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anna Fern-Buneo<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an assistant clinical professor in NAU\u2019s Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, its 2025 Physical Therapist of the Year. Every year, APTA recognizes physical therapists and physical therapy assistants who have demonstrated excellence in areas like education, legislation, membership, practice and public relations.\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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Subhakar Mutyala<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a part-time faculty member in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, earned a fellow designation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology. The designation honors society members with substantial volunteer hours who have contributed to the \ufb01eld of radiation oncology in areas like research, education, patient care and leadership.<\/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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Andrew Richardson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a regents&#8217; professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), earned a 2025 fellow designation from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). AGU recognizes individuals for their accomplishments in research, education, communication and outreach in regard to Earth and space sciences. Richardson was one of nine fellows nominated in this year\u2019s biogeosciences section, which encompasses research into the interactions between biological, geological, hydrologic and atmospheric systems on Earth.<\/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\">SICCS professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Kevin Gurney<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> had his first-hand account featured in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/08\/climate\/kevin-gurney-emissions-science.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d The article highlights Gurney\u2019s work studying greenhouse gas emissions and explores how he and his coworkers have been impacted by the Trump administration canceling or discontinuing their grants.<\/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-oct-13-17-2025\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. The Arizona branch of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) named Anna Fern-Buneo, an assistant clinical professor in NAU\u2019s Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic&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-76030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030","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=76030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}