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Media highlights for the week of Oct. 22-28, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
Gas prices slip as Tucsonans drive less
Gasoline prices are falling as Americans respond to record fuel costs by cutting back on their driving, and there is some evidence that continuing conservation - what the oil economists call "demand destruction" - may actually occur. A statewide survey conducted Oct. 13-16 by the Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University found that 60 percent of Arizonans had cut back on their driving in the previous 30 days, and 20 percent of those surveyed had either "purchased or investigated purchasing" a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) 10/27/2005
That's Italian!
The Flagstaff Italian American Club invites folks to learn more about its new location, new educational programs, and revamped scholarship program. The next meeting will be next Wednesday and highlights NAU President John Haeger as guest speaker. Haeger will discuss NAU-related issues and how these impact local residents. The club will participate in the Flagstaff International Festival to be held at the NAU du Bois Center on Nov. 19.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 10/27/2005
Napolitano Maintains Positive Numbers in Arizona
Janet Napolitano keeps a high level of public backing in the Grand Canyon State, according to a poll by the Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University. 70 per cent of respondents in Arizona approve of the way the governor is handling her job.
Angus Reid Global Scan (Vancouver, BC) 10/27/2005
2006 Calendar Showcases Navajo Language
Northern Arizona University professor Evangeline Parsons Yazzie has been instrumental in producing the bilingual Navajo/English 2006 calendar. Knowing the importance of preserving the language of her elders, Dr. Parsons Yazzie translated all months, days of the week, holidays, and moon cycles in Navajo and English. Additionally, important Navajo dates, such as Treaty Day, are indicated.
PR Newswire (online) 10/26/2005
Baby mammoths suckled for years
Raising a mammoth wasn't an easy task and required huge quantities of mother's milk, according to a study of the nursing habits of a young woolly mammoth that died thousands of years ago. Emeritus Professor Larry Agenbroad, a leading mammoth expert at Northern Arizona University, says the study "documents life and death of extinct proboscideans in a totally new, accurate methodology, allowing even more accurate comparisons with living elephants".
ABC Science Online (Australia) 10/26/2005
Michigan State is site of new bioterrorism center
Michigan State University is the site of a new center to develop a global strategy for responding to bioterrorism threats and outbreaks of infectious disease. The center will bring together scientists at Michigan State and Drexel, as well as the University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona and the University of California at Berkley.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) 10/26/2005
NAU and U of A part of center to address bioterror
Two Arizona universities are signing on with a new center to develop a plan to respond to bioterrorism threats. Scientists from Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona will take part in the five-year ten million dollar project.
ABC15 News, KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ) 10/26/2005
TMC, PCC address nursing shortage
Tucson Medical Center is spending $1.2 million this year on scholarships, tuition and other costs connected with training 80 future nurses through Pima Community College and Northern Arizona University nursing programs. NAU will expand its long-distance learning program, which uses computers and closed-circuit TVs to teach students from around the state. Flagstaff-based NAU is expected to enroll 10 students in the new program in August.
KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ) 10/26/2005
Magpies land
The Magpies have landed. Touching down at LA International on Friday morning, the squad has now taken up residence at the Northern Arizona University High Altitude Training Centre in Flagstaff. NAU houses an Olympic weightlifting gym, swimming pool, running track, several training fields and sport specific stadiums, and has lived up to the expectations of the coaching staff, no more than Collingwood Coach Michael Malthouse, who was very positive about the fortnight ahead.
AFL (Australia) 10/25/2005
Michigan State is site of new bioterrorism center
Michigan State University is the site of a new center to develop a global strategy for responding to bioterrorism threats and outbreaks of infectious disease. The center will bring together scientists from several universities, including Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona.
KPHO-TV5 News (Phoenix, AZ) 10/25/2005
NAU scientists part of team to address bioterrorism
University of Arizona scientists are part of a team to develop a global strategy to save lives. They're trying to figure out the course of action should an infectious disease break out worldwide...or possibly a bioterrorist attack. Northern Arizona University scientists are also part of the team. They'll all brainstorm at a new $10 million facility located on the campus of Michigan State University. The center is funded through Homeland Security and the Environmental Protection Agency for the next five years.
News 13 at 12 PM - KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ) 10/25/2005
'Respectful, memorable, outgoing and inspirational' chemistry professor named NAU Homecoming Dedicatee
Northern Arizona University's Homecoming has been dedicated to Wayne Hildebrandt, associate professor of chemistry and biology, a man described as respectful, memorable, outgoing and inspirational by students who nominated him. "I am very honored," Hildebrandt said. "There have been a lot of special people on this campus, and I knew many of those who have been past dedicatees. I'm keeping excellent company here."
Verde Independent (Verde Valley, AZ) 10/25/2005
Woolly Mammoth's Childhood Revealed
Raising a mammoth wasn't an easy task and required huge quantities of mother's milk, according to a study of the nursing habits of a young woolly mammoth that died thousands of years ago. According to Larry Agenbroad, a leading mammoth expert at Northern Arizona University, the study "documents life and death of extinct proboscideans in a totally new, accurate methodology, allowing even more accurate comparisons with living elephants...Fisher and his team have extended our knowledge of mammoth-mastodon life histories, time of death and now nursing, to levels we previously could have never dreamed of," Agenbroad told Discovery News.
Discovery Channel (National TV) 10/25/2005
Students, campus leaders call for only moderate tuition increases
Students and campus leaders are calling for moderate increases when the Arizona Board of Regents sets next year's tuition levels at the state's three public universities. The school presidents have recommended slowing the rate of tuition increases, which were 39 percent two years ago and 13 percent last year, and setting different tuition levels at the different universities. Northern Arizona University President John Haeger is recommending a 7.8 percent, or $318, increase for resident undergraduate students and a 10.7 percent, or $458, raise for resident graduate students. "We're very conscious that this cohort of students has faced two large tuition increases over the past two years," Haeger said. "The fact of the matter is state funding has gone down so tuition has to be adjusted or accessibility and affordability simply can't be attained."
KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ) 10/24/2005
NAU homecoming dedicatee announced
Sometimes chemistry in the classroom grows into chemistry between students. Just ask Wayne Hildebrandt, an associate professor of chemistry and biology and now he is the dedicatee for Northern Arizona University's homecoming. "I am very honored," he stated in a press release. "There have been a lot of special people on this campus and I knew many of those who have been past dedicatees. I'm keeping excellent company here."
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 10/22/2005
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