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Bill Nye, The Science Guy to speak at Northern Arizona...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:36:47 -0700

Bill Nye, The Science Guy to speak at Northern Arizona University on April 17 as part of the 2013 Interplanetary Defense Conference.

Commencement is officially one month away. Are you ready to...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:27:32 -0700

Commencement is officially one month away. Are you ready to finish strong?

"The country is changing: The demographics of the country are changing and the attitudes in the..."

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:23:45 -0700

““The country is changing: The demographics of the country are changing and the attitudes in the country are changing, and those same dynamics are at play here in Arizona.””

- GOP taking stock after defeats
The Arizona Republic

Fred Solop, professor of politics and international affairs

"Whoever can figure out the formula [to get Latino votes] will dominate politics."

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:20:00 -0700

““Whoever can figure out the formula [to get Latino votes] will dominate politics.””

- Is the Latino electorate finally beginning to make its mark?
High Country News

Fred Solop, professor of politics and international affairs

"The first debate changed the course of the election, and it really saved a failing Romney candidacy..."

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:05:00 -0700

““The first debate changed the course of the election, and it really saved a failing Romney candidacy at that point. It brought momentum to the Romney campaign. But this debate is not going to be changing the course of the election.””

- Foreign policy takes presidential debate center stage
The Arizona Republic

Fred Solop, professor of politics and international affairs

"One of main issues is that the U.S. Constitution has a religion clause, so with polygamy there is a..."

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:33:00 -0700

““One of main issues is that the U.S. Constitution has a religion clause, so with polygamy there is a gray area around social practices and whether they should be protected. …In terms of religious diversity, the debate is how do you interpret your own sacred tolerance in society today with what government enforces and does that take precedent over religious liberties? It’s a tricky line to draw.””

- Yuma prison park examines polygamist inmates
Tucson Sentinal

Jason BeDuhn, professor of religious studies

"The souvenir helps us remember the extraordinary when we have to go back to our ordinary lives...."

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:27:00 -0700

““The souvenir helps us remember the extraordinary when we have to go back to our ordinary lives. …And, at that moment, it most clearly represents what the tourist is trying to capture and remember in the fleeting touristic experience.””

- Toad tie? Tacky souvenirs that are better left unbought
TravelKit on NBCNews

Kristen Swanson, tourism/merchandising professor, School of Communication

"It’s a very small offering to Latinos. [Obama] spent the first three years of his administration..."

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:16:00 -0700

“It’s a very small offering to Latinos. [Obama] spent the first three years of his administration implementing the largest deportation program since Eisenhower … one-and-a-half million Latinos have already been deported under his administration policy. This is perhaps a distraction; it’s a sign of hope that perhaps in the future President Obama can change and make some immigration reform.”

- Young, undocumented immigrants apply for legal status
MSNBC News Nation

Stephen Nuno, professor of politics and international affairs

"It’s not only the plants being killed but so much organic material is being burned up that the..."

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:08:00 -0700

““It’s not only the plants being killed but so much organic material is being burned up that the soils are really left bare. When all of the protective gathering is gone, a raindrop is like a little missile landing on the bare soil, or soil covered only with ash. It loosens it and frees it from the surface.””

- Native American town in New Mexico struggling to recover from wildfire
The Guardian

Pete Fulé, professor of fire ecology

"Natural communities are adapted to routine fires. But the catastrophic fires that used to be..."

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:20:00 -0700

““Natural communities are adapted to routine fires. But the catastrophic fires that used to be uncommon are now occurring regularly. Instead of burning bark and needles, the fires are killing large, well-established trees.””

- Wildfires damaging ecology in the West
The Boston Globe

Scott Anderson, professor of environmental sciences

"After a fire, what’s set into place is a series of events, especially on steep slopes, of..."

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:58:00 -0700

““After a fire, what’s set into place is a series of events, especially on steep slopes, of massive erosion where the soils can literally be stripped from the land, leaving a barren wasteland … What we’ve been seeing, really not just this year but since 2000, is an increasing crescendo of heavier fires that are burning hotter than anything we’ve seen in historic times.””

- Fires create barren wasteland in Colorado
NBC Nightly News

Wally Covington, executive director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University

"We wanted dense forests a hundred years ago, but now that’s starting to cause problems. A dry..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:08:22 -0700

“We wanted dense forests a hundred years ago, but now that’s starting to cause problems. A dry season, coupled with dense, dry forests create the perfect conditions for wildfires to start and to spread quickly.””

- Super fires in America: The creation of bad choices and natural forces
The Inquisitor

Pete Fulé, professor of fire ecology

"Young mammals, even young humans, tend to move away from home…[Cougars] once occupied the..."

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:01:00 -0700

“Young mammals, even young humans, tend to move away from home…[Cougars] once occupied the midwestern U.S. There’s still some appropriate habitat, and this is how they’ll find it.””

- Cougars returning to Midwest, study finds
Huffington Post

Paul Beier, professor of conservation biology in NAU’s School of Forestry

"It’s about manhood and failing to live up to prescriptions of modern-day masculinity…You..."

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:59:00 -0700

““It’s about manhood and failing to live up to prescriptions of modern-day masculinity…You can see it coming. You can log it. You can count it.””

- Signs almost always precede deadly domestic violence cases
USA Today

Neil Websdale, professor of criminology and criminal justice

"If you want to destroy these ecosystems, this is a pretty good recipe."

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:37:07 -0700

““If you want to destroy these ecosystems, this is a pretty good recipe.””

- Why Arizona gets scorched by severe wildfires
Live Science

Wally Covington, executive director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University

"The separation of events was pretty smart in terms of law enforcement, but it’s interesting because..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:56:00 -0700

““The separation of events was pretty smart in terms of law enforcement, but it’s interesting because it shows that they were worried enough about the atmosphere on the ground to change the entire event. They saw things building up to what could have been a perfect storm.””

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G-8 move puts protest plans in flux
The Washington Times

Luis Fernandez, professor of criminology and criminal justice

"The life of a plant is about balancing water, nutrients, carbon dioxide and light. If a tree has..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:52:00 -0700

“The life of a plant is about balancing water, nutrients, carbon dioxide and light. If a tree has plenty of all the others, life becomes a race to the light.”

- Climate explains why West Coast trees are much taller than those in the East
The Washington Post

George Koch, professor of biological sciences

"These ecosystem feedbacks are critical—you can’t figure this out with plants grown in a..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:07:00 -0700

“These ecosystem feedbacks are critical—you can’t figure this out with plants grown in a greenhouse.”

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Climate change boosts then quickly stunts plants, decade-long study shows
EarthSky.org

Bruce Hungate, professor of biological sciences

"It was like throwing a lighted match into a gasoline-filled room."

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:05:00 -0700

“It was like throwing a lighted match into a gasoline-filled room.””

- In Haiti, global failures on a cholera epidemic
The New York Times

Paul Keim, Regents’ Professor and a microbial geneticist whose laboratory determined that the Haitian and Nepalese cholera strains were virtually identical

"These are community-based teams of professionals from multiple agencies to review domestic..."

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:26:00 -0700

“These are community-based teams of professionals from multiple agencies to review domestic fatalities with a view to preventing them. Multiple agencies and systems together can uncover what went wrong… It’s not ‘blaming and shaming.’ … It’s to find out why this woman was isolated and did not seek services. … It’s to find out why police department X did not do A, B and C.””

- New approach to studying domestic fatalities
Kane County Chronicle

Neil Websdale, professor of criminology and criminal justice