{"id":78263,"date":"2026-07-01T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=78263"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:44:24","slug":"in-the-spotlight-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0the Spotlight:\u00a0July 2026<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty,\u202fstaff\u202fand programs.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u202for use\u202four\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anthropology professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Rima Brusi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s award-winning memoir\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/artepublicopress.com\/product\/phantoms\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fantasmas<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0will be published in English<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on\u00a0Nov.\u00a030.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The English translation by Jessica Powell includes two new chapters written by\u00a0Brusi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">George Kusche<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, NAU 2023 MS Statistics graduate, won the Comrades Ultramarathon in South Africa, setting a\u00a0new record\u00a0time of 5:15:56 \u2013 besting the old record by\u00a0nearly 9\u00a0minutes. Kusche was a member of the NAU National Championship cross-country team in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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=\"auto\">Several people affiliated with NAU\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will present their research at the Public Affairs Office of the Ecological Society of America\u2019s annual meeting,\u00a0July 26-31 in Salt Lake\u00a0City.\u00a0They\u00a0include:\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clare Aslan<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0executive director of the School of Earth and Sustainability;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kelsey Banister<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0research assistant at the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Jeremy Forsythe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, research associate\u00a0in\u00a0the Center for Ecosystems Science and Society;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jane Marks,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">professor\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Department of Biological Sciences;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kiona Ogle<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor\u00a0in\u00a0the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Daniel Schlaepfer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, senior research scientist\u00a0in\u00a0the Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ted Schuur<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0Regent\u2019s\u00a0professor\u00a0in\u00a0the Department of Biological Sciences;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thomas Whitham<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor emeritus;\u00a0and students\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mairead Brogan, Eva Deegan, Alicia Formanack,\u00a0Keven Griffen, Evan Landis, Nicholas\u00a0Link, Laura\u00a0Nicholson,\u00a0Allyson Quigley,\u00a0Marlee\u00a0York\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Oscar Zimmerman<\/span><\/b><span 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