The NAU Review — Preparing a new generation of storytellers

Nov. 19, 2024

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

the three President's Prize winners share their certificates and prizes.

Recognizing the Class of 2024

Three students in the Class of 2024 were awarded the President’s Prize, NAU’s highest honor for undergraduates, and more than 30 students were recognized as Gold Axe winners or Distinguished Seniors at a ceremony Tuesday night. The awards, which recognize excellence in the classroom, in research and in life, are one of the highlights of the year for senior leadership.

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students getting on an NAU shuttle reflected in a glass building facade

NAU shuttles are going green

Thanks to a grant of nearly $1 million from the EPA, NAU will replace two diesel shuttle buses with electric vehicles by summer 2026, taking a significant step toward carbon neutrality by 2030.

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Why aspens are in trouble

A new study from the Ecological Research Institute reveals that aspen trees are struggling to grow beyond adolescence, a phenomenon exacerbated by climate change, wildfire, drought and elk grazing.

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Orange-glad researchers walking in an aspen forest

A high school student and professor looking at a video camera and talking

Preparing a new generation of storytellers

Every year, an Indigenous Youth Media Workshop at NAU gives high schoolers a chance to master multimedia broadcast journalism skills and hone their storytelling prowess. The free, immersive media production boot camp equips future Indigenous journalists with the skills they’ll need to raise awareness of the topics and issues that matter most to their communities. Watch this year’s cohort of teens work with NAU faculty to produce a high-quality newscast in just 11 days.

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Several students in blue graduation gowns and yellow stoles posing with faculty members at NAU Commencement

Celebrating 1,000+ grads

Four years after its inception, NAU Online’s partnership with Beacon Education has seen more than 1,000 students, mostly from China, graduate with master’s degrees that help them further their careers.

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six images of the planet Titan created using infrared technology

A chilling discovery

An NAU doctoral student and alumna discovered outer space explosions may not arise from blistering heat but from the chilling forces of extreme cold. What could it mean for future planet formation?

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