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One students holds a glass jar filled with moss and sticks. Another student pours water into the jar.
International Honors Program builds a ‘Starship’

On day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it. The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON), which means it…

December 20, 2022
Elizabeth Larios is pictured sitting at a lab table. She is wearing goggles and is using a water dropper to pour liquid into a beaker.
PLU alum returns to Namibia to research infections and teach marimba

Biology major Elizabeth Larios ’21 was awarded a Fullbright scholarship for her work in Namibia. When she was in fourth grade, Larios wanted to be a neurosurgeon. That’s when her class took a field trip to a science museum and Larios saw an exhibit about…

November 17, 2022
Five individuals stand together in front of a tree.
PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time

A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The…

November 11, 2022