Regents meet at NAU this week
The Arizona Board of Regents is expected to approve the 2008-09 state operating budget requests of the three universities when it meets Thursday and Friday at NAU.

Annual crime report available
The NAU Police Department has released the annual Crime Awareness/Campus Security Report.

ARD offices hosting open house
The vice president for research, along with Grant and Contract Services and Sponsored Project Services, are hosting an open house on Oct. 4.

Gold Axe applications due Oct. 10
The award is presented each semester to seniors who have made outstanding contributions to the university in academic performance, service and extracurricular activities.

Dine in elegance at The Inn at NAU
The Inn at NAU has recommenced its Friday night
table 'd hote dinners for fall semester.

Cosmic blast may have killed off megafauna
Boston Globe, 9/25/2007

Blast from space may have wiped out early human culture, study suggests
International Herald Tribune, 9/25/2007

NASA finds martian cave skylights
Astronomy, 9/24/2007

Arizona colleges expand online classes
AACRAO Transcript, 9/20/2007

Program offers hands-on research for Native undergrads
An awards program for NAU's Native students is helping freshmen team with research mentors.

Squirrels gather interest for
new children's book
When it came time for Sylvester Allred to pick a theme for his new children's book, he got some help from memories he once shared with his own children.

NAU hosts 31st annual economic outlook conference
The chief economist and senior managing director for JP Morgan Private Client Services will be the featured speaker at the Oct. 31 conference.

Enroll now for Olympic University's leadership conference
The Leading from Within conference focuses on developing business and personal leadership skills in a setting where elite athletes live and train 365 days a year.

SAE awards keep rolling in
for NAU senior
Lauren McIntire is racing down the home stretch of her undergrad career, racking up a multitude of awards from the Society of Automotive Engineers.

SPOTLIGHT: Kudos to NAU faculty, staff and students for these recent accomplishments:

• Cathy Small, anthropology professor
• Patty J. Horn, professor College of Education and director of the Teacher Induction program at NAU
• Sam Minkler, associate professor of photography
• NAU's Office of Alumni Relations
• A host of NAU geoscientists, including Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Megan L. Green, Jordon Bright, Thomas D. Hoisch, Lisa A. Skinner, Mark F. Manone, and M.D. Jackson