The NAU Review — NAU wins: a hydropower competition, a research grant for studying desert birds and a fourth-straight track and field championship!

May 22, 2024

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Photo of hydropower competition winners.

NAU wins national hydropower competition

An interdisciplinary team of senior engineering students entered the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower Collegiate Competition to fulfill their capstone requirements—and won. The team, made up of three electrical engineering students and three mechanical engineering students, took first place in all three of the competition’s challenges—siting, design and community connections—earning first overall for the competition.

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New K-12 AI guidance is out

NAU’s Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy shared a free, downloadable document with guidance for teaching and learning with generative AI, developed in collaboration with teachers, parents and experts throughout the state and nation.

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Brandon Piestewa with his mother when he was young.

Memorial Day: remembering legacies and sacrifices

For Brandon Piestewa, whose mother was taken prisoner and later killed during the Iraq War, Memorial Day has a different importance. It’s a time to remember and pass on the legacies of soldiers and their sacrifices.

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Victorial Wiley holding binoculars in front of Old Main at NAU.

Research that could help save a rare desert bird

Victoria Wiley, a second-year doctoral student in population biology, received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to investigate whether the desert purple martin, a rare Southwestern bird, is its own species. Her work could help secure federal protected status for the cactus-loving birds.

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Women’s track and field earns another championship

The NAU women’s track and field team brought home its fourth straight Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship win! The team, which competed in Montana earlier this month, earned 204.5 points—the third highest in conference history.

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Apply for community-campus partnership funds by June 1

The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative is accepting applications for its Community-Campus Partnership Support Program, which funds community gatherings, presentations and other partner relations activities related to health equity.

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