The NAU Review — NAU’s 100th Homecoming is around the corner! Plus, breakthroughs in hearing loss science and student-led speech disorder intervention

Oct. 8, 2024

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Collage of images from past NAU Homecoming events, including a mother and two kids posing on a lawn, NAU football players running on a field and a woman holding flaming batons at a bonfire.

Get ready for NAU’s 100th Homecoming!

This year’s Homecoming festivities are set for Oct. 14-19, and that means it’s time to dust off your blue and yellow flannel and get ready for a week of nonstop fun! We’re marking this important anniversary with some of the Lumberjack community’s favorite traditions, including the Homecoming parade, the ASNAU carnival, a delicious chili cook-off and a special pre-game tailgate. Browse all these events and more, plan out your week and get pumped to celebrate a century of NAU school spirit!

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O'neil Guthrie wearing a lab coat and gesturing to a vial held by a student standing next to him

Mouse-ic to our ears

Loud noise damages and even kills auditory cells. But what if it didn’t? Professor O’neil Guthrie’s research on a special mechanism in mouse DNA could lead to breakthroughs in prevention and treatment for hearing loss in humans.

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Filling local gaps in care

For children who live in rural areas and don’t speak English at home, speech disorders can go undiagnosed. To address the problem, communication sciences professor Fe Murray and her grad students travel throughout the region to provide free multilingual speech evaluations.

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Three students and a professor sitting in a car holding coffee and matcha drinks

NAU employee wearing a Giving Day T-shirt and holding up a sign that says "Thank you"

Celebrating record support

NAU raised more than $46.3 million in the last fiscal year, capping off a historic three-year period that raised 2.5 times more funds than in 2019-2021. The record support from generous donors is helping fuel NAU’s commitment to broadening participation in postsecondary education.

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Jose Luis Cruz Rivera signing a document next to Pamela Villalobos, president and CEO of Castro Carazo University.

A shared understanding

Last week, NAU formalized a longtime collaboration with Castro Carazo University in Costa Rica by signing a memorandum of understanding. The budding partnership will build on the two institutions’ shared strengths around ecology and forestry, growing workforces in both countries.

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