NAU Space Grant Success Stories
NAU Space Grant Affiliate, Mary Lara, Honored with Viola Award for Excellence in Education
Friday, July 14, 2023
Space Grant Alum, Dr. Seafha Ramos, Becomes Northern Arizona University's First Professor of Indigenous Forestry
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Research Highlight! Claire Gibson, NAU Space Grant Intern, works with OSIRIS-REx Data
Thursday, June 2, 2022
The NAU Space Jacks team takes 1st place overall at the First Nations Launch Competition!
Saturday, April 23, 2022
The NAU Space Jacks team also took 1st place in oral presentations and 3rd place in written reports. These awards include a grand prize of $3,000 and an invitation and travel stipend for a VIP tour at the Kennedy Space Center this summer.
Honoring Nadine Barlow, NAU Space Grant Associate Director
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
On August 17, 2020, Nadine Barlow passed away. Nadine was appointed the NAU Space Grant Associate Director in 2008 and was a dedicated mentor to many students. She will be deeply missed by the AZSGC family.
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NAU Physics majors attend Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Six female students from NAU attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
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Meteor Crater offers open-air classroom and lab for NAU students and researchers
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
AZ Space Grant Associate Director, Nadine Barlow, discusses the Meteor Crater located 30 miles ea
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NAU/NASA Space Grant Staff and Students Participate in Navajo Bridge Star Party!
Friday, October 19, 2018
October 2018 marks the 2nd year that NAU staff and students have brought telescopes to the Navajo Bridge Star Party, to star gaze with the public
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Check out current research on unmanned aerial vehicles to assist in food transportation, by 2017 NAU AZ/NASA Space Grant Intern, Collin Krawczyk!
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Collin Krawczyk is currently interning at NASA Ames Research Center, designing an unmanned aerial vehicle to assist in transporting food to food banks.
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Congratulations to Alexandra Huff, 2015/2016 NAU NASA Space Grant Intern and Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Alex, a geology major, worked with Dr. Justin Hagerty of the USGS, located in Flagstaff, during her internship at NAU. She worked on “Placing new constraints on the unexpectedly complex formation of Meteor Crater”, and subsequently was hired by USGS to work as a researcher post graduation.
She will go to Greece to conduct ground-breaking scientific research during her year abroad after receiving international grants from the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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Congratulations to Etude Oneel-Judy, 2015-2016 NAU NASA Space Grant Intern, winner of NAU Golden AXE Award!
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Etude graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physics from NAU in May of 2018, and was one of 45 wi
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Congratulations Olivia Thomas – 2016-2017 NAU NASA Space Grant Intern!
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Olivia was selected as the Distinguished Senior for the Department of Physics & Astronomy and
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Christine Cunningham, 2011-2012 NAU Space Grant Intern at Gemini Observatory
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
As a 2011 to 2012 NAU Space Grant Undergraduate Research Intern, Christine Cunningham investigate
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Kyle Winfree, NAU Space Grant Intern 2002/2003
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
I participated in the NAU/NASA Space Grant program in 2002/2003 with Dr.
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Nadine Barlow appointed Chair of the NAU Department of Physics & Astronomy
Friday, December 8, 2017
Nadine Barlow, NAU Space Grant Associate Director, will become Chair of the Department of Physics
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Emily Litvack, 2013 NAU Space Grant Intern
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Emily Litvack is a science writer at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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NAU Golden Axe Spring 2017 Awardees
Thursday, April 27, 2017
NAU has a couple of Space Grant students who were selected as NAU Golden Axe awardees. One is a
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Paula Johns, 2011 NAU Space Grant Intern
Friday, January 27, 2017
Paula was a N.A.S.A. Space Grant intern for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Kendra Kellogg, 2009 NAU Space Grant Intern
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Kendra Kellogg is currently in her final year of her PhD at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She was a Space Grant intern for the 2009-2010 school year working with Dr. Lisa Prato at Lowell Observatory.
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Carin Cornwall, 2006 NAU Space Grant Intern
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Arizona Space Grant was an amazing opportunity for me and laid the foundation for my research trajectory and success in my postgraduate studies. I was a Space Grant intern from 2006-2007 and I worked with my mentor, Dr. Tim Titus, at the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, researching carbon dioxide snowstorms on Mars.
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