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NAU Open House
Saturday, July 30; 8 am to 3:30 pm
Incoming freshmen will get an in-depth look at NAU's outstanding programs and beautiful campus.
For these and other events visit events.nau.edu.
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NAU sanitizing areas affected by virus:
reports of symptoms decrease
On July 21, NAU reported an outbreak of what appeared to be norovirus among 59 teens and four camp staff in a wrestling camp housed in Gabaldon Hall. Subsequent lab results indicated the norovirus. Since July 24, the number of incidents being reported dropped significantly, largely due to the diligent efforts to contain the outbreak. The number of suspected cases peaked at about 115.
Other than camp cancellations, all other university operations are proceeding as normal.
For a comprehensive Q and A, READ MORE...
HR slates brown-bag sessions for Open Enrollment
In preparation for the annual benefits Open Enrollment period (Aug. 29 through Sept 16), Human Resources Department is offering a series of brown-bag information sessions.
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ITEP helping Alaskan native tribes resolve solid waste problems
There is a stark contrast between the pristine and panoramic vistas that grace Alaskan travel brochures and the reality found at the more than 200 isolated and rural native villages dotting the region's countryside.
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Benjamin J. Carlson, student, dies at 24
Benjamin Jon "B.J." Carlson, 24, died Sunday, July 24. He was born Nov. 9, 1980, in Tucson to Jon and Sally Carlson. He was studying mechanical engineering at Northern Arizona University and was employed by Disability Support Services.
Super, sure, but not more than human
Is Lance Armstrong that unusual [because of his blood lactic acid levels]? It depends on whom you compare him with...Science does not know enough about the complex interplay of physiology and performance, and there are factors that no one knows how to measure...Richard Coast, an exercise physiologist and cyclist at Northern Arizona University, agreed. "When you look at elite athletes, cyclists or marathoners, you have to have the physiology to get to that point," he said. "But then, if you looked at the top half-dozen, you really couldn't tell the difference."
— The New York Times (New York, NY), 7/24/2005
[this clip also appeared at StarNewsOnline.com in Wilmington, NC, Florida's Herald Tribune and Gainesville Sun]
Getting a LEGOS up with girls and engineering
Forget calculators and endless boring lectures. Engineering can also be about LEGOS, model airplanes and mousetraps, as girls attending the first engineering camp at Northern Arizona University for girls learned the past week. "Women are sorely underrepresented and gains that are being made are low," Multicultural Engineering Program Director Fonda Swimmer said. The camp was hugely successful for the first time being offered, Swimmer said. They had enough applicants for a second section and are considering it for next summer, she said.
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 7/22/2005
For more NAU in the News this week, click here.
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