The NAU Review — Podium finishes, period poverty and passion funding

March 22, 2022

NAU finishes on NCAA indoor podium for first time in school history

Three NAU athletes—Abdihamid Nur, Nico Young and Drew Bosley—scored enough points to earn NAU a fourth-place spot in the championship. With his first-place victory, Nur became the first national double event champion in NAU’s history.

Reducing racial disparities in STEM

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all master’s degrees are awarded to Latinx students, and only 1 percent to Indigenous students. The situation for Ph.D. students is even more dire. To address these inequities on an institutional level, a multidisciplinary team of researchers will partner with Diné College and NAU-Yuma to launch two related projects, supported by nearly $1.3 million in funding. Their ultimate goal is to recruit, train and place students from historically excluded groups into STEM careers.