The NAU Review — NAU wins awards for innovative study abroad, using space-based tools to fight fires and how childhood motivated one MPH student

April 18, 2024

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A woman in an NAU sweatshirt plays a game with several students at an Ecuadorian school.

Breaking down barriers for study abroad

Preparing students to be part of the global economy is an important part of NAU’s mission, but it can be an expensive endeavor. A multidisciplinary program at NAU was designed to make sure finances didn’t stand in students’ way. The Global Citizens Project Scholars program, a collaboration between CIE, the Honors College and the Economic Policy Institute, offers a unique, affordable international experience to Honors, Indigenous and first-generation students. It was recognized this week by the Institute for International Education for widening access to this life-changing educational opportunity.

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ISO: $11M for space-based wildfire detection project

Team Snuffed, led by David Trilling, NAU’s chair of astronomy and planetary science, proposed using a network of small, low orbit satellites to provide early detection and tracking of wildfires in the western United States and Canada.

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Humans of NAU
with Brooke Graymountain Davis

Davis grew up on the Navajo Nation, where access to piped drinking water was scarce until a few years ago. Her childhood experiences motivated her to confront health disparities in Native American communities in the Southwest and beyond.

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