{"id":77480,"date":"2026-03-30T14:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=77480"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:28:17","slug":"in-the-spotlight-march-30-april-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-30-april-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 30-April 3, 2026"},"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\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or use\u00a0our\u00a0<\/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\">Department of Biological Sciences Regents\u2019 professor\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ted Schuur<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a co-author on a policy forum paper titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aef0459\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A global methane observation system to track climate feedbacks for verifiable climate impact<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in Science. The publication\u00a0attempts\u00a0to close the climate change mitigation policy gaps that come from ignoring natural sources of methane.<\/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\">NAU<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ranked No. 36 on The Princeton Review\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings?rankings=top-50-game-design-ugrad\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Game Design for 2026<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0list for its immersive media and games bachelor\u2019s program, also placing No. 2 on the review\u2019s undergraduate Southwest list. The Princeton Review chooses schools based on a survey of more than 150 university administrators for schools offering game design programs.<\/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\">The Animation Career Review also ranked\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s animation program No. 3 on its 2026\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationcareerreview.com\/articles\/top-5-animation-programs-arizona-2026-college-rankings\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Top 5 Animation Programs in Arizona<\/span><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">list. The review ranks animation programs based on data compiled from surveys, employment networks and past rankings published in the past decade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-march-30-april-3-2026\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu, or use\u00a0our\u00a0online submission form. Department of Biological Sciences Regents\u2019 professor\u00a0Ted Schuur\u00a0is a co-author on a policy forum paper titled \u201cA global methane observation system to track climate feedbacks for verifiable climate impact,\u201d&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-77480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77480","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=77480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}