NAU News — Ecological Restoration Institute at NAU announces Andrew Sánchez Meador as new executive director

	NAU paleoclimatologists author major new study showing global warming has upended 6,500 years of cooling A new study led by four researchers in the School of Earth and Sustainability showed that in the past 150 years, global warming has more than undone the global cooling that occurred over the past six millennia.
	Runner Tyler Day caps off storied NAU career with Academic All-American of the Year honors Day, who graduated in May with a degree in journalism, also earned Division I National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year honors and received All-American distinction in both the 3K and 5K. Teammate Geordie Beamish, basketball player Brooks DeBisschop and volleyball player Abby Stomp also were named Academic All-Americans.
	NAU grad student earns NSF fellowship to aid her research on effects of pathogenic fungus on native Hawaiian birds Kelly Jaenecke, a master’s student in the Department of Biological Sciences, is in Hawai’i this summer continuing her research, which includes using DNA insects, spiders and other arthropods—prey of the Hawai’i ‘elepaio—to compare the bird species and habitats over time.
	Students get hands-on experience at NAU Art Museum thanks to Macy Collection Christmas came early this year in the form of 132 artifacts as part of a donation to the university from a long-time friend. Art students have been busy cataloging the pieces in preparation of displaying them in small exhibits around campus.
	NAU grad returns to teach in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship After a study abroad in Switzerland as part of her undergraduate work, NAU alumna Sierra Pritchard will put her degree to use teaching English in Europe. She plans to leave mid-January, pending the global travel situation around COVID-19.
	Ecological Restoration Institute at NAU announces Andrew Sánchez Meador as new executive director Sánchez Meador, currently a professor in the School of Forestry, is a trusted expert among ecologists, scientists and land managers for his high-impact research in forestry and ecological restoration and innovative approach to science delivery and communication.