The NAU Review — President Cruz Rivera’s vision for the year, new research questions an old conclusion and a look at anti-Roma discrimination

by Community Contributor • August 21, 2024 • Comments Off

Aug. 21, 2024

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

President Cruz Rivera stands at a podium during the University Convocation.

Welcoming an era of innovation

In NAU’s third annual convocation, President Cruz Rivera talked about the university’s 125-year legacy of helping students find a better life, shared his goals for the coming year and cracked a few jokes. He also discussed the need for a strong financial foundation and the steps NAU will take this fiscal year to ensure the university can continue fulfilling its mission well into the future.

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Roy Duprez and a group of rafters on the Colorado River.

Humans of NAU
with Roy DuPrez

Learn why this alum founded Back2Basics, a rehab program that uses outdoor activities to help clients reconnect with nature and foster positivity and how he spends his rare days off.

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A lush meadow filled with green grass and a blooming tree next to an arid, waterless area and dead tree.

How big a deal was a historic drought 4 million years ago?

A lot less than we previously thought, it turns out. Students, alumni and faculty from the School of Earth and Sustainability leveraged the power of big data to take another look at the 4.2 ka event—a historic megadrought thought to have Earth-altering effects. What they found in the data pointed to a different conclusion, not only about that event but about how the climate may change in the future.

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You say, ‘po-TAY-toe,’ I say ‘yes please!’

What’s better than garlic mashed potatoes? A garlic mashed potato taco, that’s what. For National Potato Day, here’s a recipe the whole family will enjoy.

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Henry Petterson standing in front of the U.S. Holocaust Museum

Tracing a history of discrimination from Europe to Montana

Driven by a desire to learn more about his ancestry, NAU sophomore Henry Petterson spent part of the summer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum researching the history of anti-Roma law. He found that legal discrimination against his “gypsy” ancestors predated the Nazi regime by many decades.

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