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management chops on the American West, serving as a National Park Service paleontologist and museum curator at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, and later as a regional paleontologist with the Bureau of Land Management headquartered in Utah. Along the way, he earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences from Northern Illinois University. In 2012, Foss relocated to Washington, D.C., to assume his current role, one he likens to an orchestra conductor. “I don’t get to play an instrument anymore

US Dept. of Energy Summer 2022 Virtual Internship Fair Posted by: nicolacs / October 28, 2021 October 28, 2021 The Summer 2022 Virtual Internship Fair – sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists – is now open for registration. This exciting event features internship opportunities for undergraduates, recent college graduates, and university faculty interested in authentic research opportunities at DOE national

program provides students with a true interdisciplinary research experience in an environment where physicists, chemists, biologists, and all engineers collaboratively solve problems and create new scientific understanding. Application Deadline: February 15 Program Dates: May 25, 2020 – July 31, 2020 Find more information here: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/reu/index.php Read Previous Columbia University REU Program Read Next REU Program with the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of

February 22, 2012 A scene on the Li River in Guilin China. (Photograph by Tiffany Endicott in 2005) A rather soggy ride convinces professor to take a look at water By Barbara Clements Terje Tvedt didn’t expect to become immersed in the issue of water, but the professor who teaches at the University of Bergen and Oslo, had his epiphany about 30 years ago, and hasn’t looked back. This week, Tvedt – pronounced “te-vet” – will be attended the Wang Center Symposium: Our Thirsty Planet and talk about

going to take advantage of you if you offer them college tuition.” Sacht says in the film: “Our response is we know they’ll take advantage of us, that’s the point, because God lives in us and so we really want them to take advantage of us.” After the screening of the 30-minute film, three panelists from the Puget Sound will speak to how the issues presented in the film directly affect our surrounding communities. The panelists include Sacht, CEO and founder of Wipe Every Tear; Carlyn Sampson

. I’ve never shown students my cat before, so there’s this kind of moment where you can bond.”Simpson-Younger had an eventful time away from in-person learning. A book that she co-edited, Forming Sleep: Representing Consciousness in the English Renaissance, was published by Penn State University Press in June, 2020. It touches upon literary representations of sleep from 1580 to 1670, and discusses how sleep defines the human condition. Simpson-Younger and her co-editor, Margaret Simon, came up with

presenter on the conference program, believes TPG to be timely and necessary. “With the current rise of Asian hate, this long-established conference and the way it is designed offers our AAPI community an infrastructure and opportunity to gather for authentic dialogue, healing, and advocacy.”  TPG is presenting an impressive line-up of featured speakers who include: Carmen Best, MSNBC analyst and retired Seattle Police Department chief; Sakara Remmu, founder and lead strategist for the Washington Black

CIC appoints Lynn Hunnicutt new Assistant Director of NetVUE Posted by: hassonja / February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018 The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Lynn Hunnicutt, Professor of Economics at Pacific Lutheran University, as the assistant director of their Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). NetVUE is a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation

Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Ronald also serves as founding director of the UC Davis Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy and will be speaking on genetically modified organisms while at PLU. Supported by a generous endowment from George L. and Helen B. Long, the Rachel Carson Science, Technology & Society lecture is designed to bring leading experts in the fields of science and technology to campus to address the PLU community

LUTES ANSWER: How can innovation help meet the challenges of the moment? Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 How can innovation help meet the challenges of the moment?  “Embracing innovation ensures we have a pipeline of ideas focused on improving our future as we manage the current complexities in our lives today. We must be eager to engage students, communities and colleagues in discussions about new ways of thinking and solving problems. Innovation, combined with an agile