PhD students first in NAU history to receive prestigious DOE awards
Graduate students Maria Bolar (¡MIRA!) and Megan Foley are the first from Northern Arizona University to receive awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. Only 65 graduate students from across the country were recognized this year. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities […]
NAU center ¡MIRA! attracts diverse students
NAU’s Center for Materials Interfaces in Research & Applications (¡MIRA!) offers a new approach to science careers. Read full article here.
New collaborative program aims to prepare Native American students for careers in scientific computing
¡MIRA! researcher Naomi Lee highlighted as Co-I on new QIME 2 project, a program that aims to meets an overarching goal of the collaboration: to build awareness of career opportunities in scientific computing—a field in which Native Americans have been historically underrepresented—and provide pathways for students into these careers. Read the article here.
What Hispanic Heritage Month Means to Me
Check out this amazing NAU post with Q&A's from faculty, staff, and students about what Hispanic Heritage Month means to them! Make sure to read from our very own faculty, Gabe Montaño, and grad student, Alondra Cedillo!
Dr. Timothy Becker research published by Surgical Neurology International
Background: PPODA-QT is a novel liquid embolic under development for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. We sought to test the rabbit-elastase aneurysm model to evaluate the tissue response following PPODA-QT embolization. Read the article here.
