The NAU Review — Celebrating AAPI month, increasing cybersecurity preparedness and graduate research in three minutes

April 5, 2022

The NAU Review. The official news source for Northern Arizona University.

Filipino Culture Night performance from NAU's FASA club

NAU celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Month

This April, join the NAU community in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. IMQ and other organizations will host a variety of events to celebrate and recognize these cultures on campus. With the increase in violence toward Asian and Pacific Islander people, it is especially important to honor and celebrate these countries and cultures.

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How not to let truth be a casualty of war

“In violent conflagrations, one of the first things to disappear is unfiltered truth.” Björn Krondorfer, a scholar of the Holocaust and genocide, discusses how Russia is using disinformation in the war in Ukraine and how the rest of the world must come together to combat it.

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Building climate resilience on Tribal lands

NAU’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals received a three-year grant to support the Tribes and Climate Change Program. The funding will develop two projects to build climate resilience and capacity within Indigenous communities.

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NAU joins VICEROY

A consortium aiming to broaden the number of cyber-related courses available to university students will help meet critical workforce needs in the Department of Defense and private industry.

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Fitting it in three minutes: NAU grad students share their research in 3MRP competition

Are we all addicts? Anna Weymann’s research suggests the answer is yes. The physical therapy student is studying how movement-based rehabilitation could help people struggling with substance use disorders. She shared her research last week at NAU’s 3-Minute Research Presentation, along with 10 other graduate students; their work ranged from climate change questions to best practices in education to how to use social media to increase diversity in enrollment. Weymann took first place in the annual competition.

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