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The NAU Review — Planetary space exploration, honoring Gold Axe winners and other graduating seniors and the politics around the World Cup

by Community Contributor • November 17, 2022 • Comments Off

Nov. 17, 2022

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

WynneResearch- Two researchers dressed in white jumpsuits in cleanroom within a cave. three other people in cave- two assisting the two in the clean room from the outside and one in the background writing.

Space exploration goes underground

For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. Cave ecologist Jut Wynne has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life forms—and unique living conditions—that exist in Earth’s many caves. But what does that suggest about caves on other planetary bodies? In two connected studies, Wynne, along with dozens of co-authors including engineers, astrophysicists, astrobiologists and astronauts, lay out the research that needs to be done to get us closer to answering the age-old question about life beyond Earth.

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Things Not Seen

Campus and community art project Things Not Seen: Art and Healing through Narratives of Hope, Grief, Loss, and Struggles for Self-Acceptance, addresses suicide awareness/mental health and the ways the arts and humanities use their voices to interpret the topic. The Clara M. Lovett Art Museum presents an exhibition and closing event at 6 p.m. on Nov. 18.

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Aerial shot of a stadim - purple light glowing on top of stadium

The not-so-beautiful story behind the Beautiful Game

What is sportswashing? How did Qatar get the World Cup? Is it OK to watch the tournament? Lifelong fan and professor Paul Lenze, Jr. discusses the politics of international soccer, and how connected it is with globalization, in light of the tournament opening on Sunday.

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The three President's Prize Winners lined up President Cruz Rivera on right

President’s Prize, Gold Axe, Distinguished Senior winners honored at ceremony

President José Luis Cruz Rivera presented the President’s Prize, Gold Axe Awards and the Distinguished Senior Award to students at an awards ceremony this week. Representing numerous colleges and campuses, 30 students were honored for their hard work and accomplishments during their academic tenure. Additionally, nine students were honored as Distinguished Seniors and nine other students were honored as Standard Bearers of their colleges.

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Week in review

It’s been a week of celebrations for veterans, Native Americans and graduating seniors as well as meetings with collaborators for A++ and various advisory boards for the president, who ends the week at an Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson.

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Notes from the President -- José Luis Cruz Rivera

Say it with me – NO

School, friends, work, family, children, pets and volunteering are meaning-making aspects of life. That means life is filled with commitments, and every “yes” to additional commitments can make that list endless. The UCAN office tells us why so many are unable to say “no,” why it needs to be said sometimes and how to go about it.

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