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  • By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University…

    from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, as well as a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow, one of the University’s highest distinctions for doctoral students.  She holds an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, a secondary MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in Political Economy and Classics from the University of California, Berkeley. Liu has been a postdoctoral research associate in the

  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…

    Innovation Studies curriculum, the lecture is designed to encourage the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces that have shaped contemporary culture and society. For more information, contact Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson (halvormj@plu.edu). Read Previous Celebrate Computer Education Week Read Next Benson Summer 2020 Research Fellowship Team LATEST POSTS Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released November 21

  • By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors…

    many PLU students, Michael’s interests led him in diverse directions as he sorted out his academic path, but common themes were writing, research, and studying diverse groups on the margins of “traditional” history. Diambri’s efforts led him to many fascinating places, including presentations at regional undergraduate history conferences and lots of curious libraries and coffee shops. In Fall 2018, he starts an M.A. program in History at the University of Vermont. Michael Diambri receives Gilder

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 24, 2016)- In the U.S. and around the world, rivers represent primary sources for the water we need to live. But PLU digital media major Rachel Lovrovich ’18 did not become aware that many major water sources are in serious trouble until…

    people that have caused these problems. We need to start taking responsibility for our actions.” “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers” marks the 13th documentary film produced by MediaLab, the applied research and media production and services organization, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The film, which debuts at downtown Tacoma’s Theatre on the Square at 4 p.m. Nov. 12, reports that more than half of 250,000 rivers in the U.S. are too polluted for swimming, fishing or

  • When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…

    work, and then returned annually throughout undergraduate and graduate school for college-related studies and more volunteering. He even met his future wife there, in 2004.  Today, Levy is a specialist in contemporary Honduras and an assistant professor in Pacific Lutheran University’s anthropology department. His research has focused on Honduran governance after the 2009 military coup and the outmigration patterns that followed. Recently, Levy provided pro bono expert witness testimony on behalf

  • By Michael Halvorson.  On October 17, 2017, PLU alum Brad Tilden (1983) engaged with students, faculty, and alumni in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines. The special event was organized as the 13th annual Dale E. Benson lecture in…

    that have shaped culture and society. Through its new Innovation Studies minor, the program also hopes to encourage problem solving, creative thought, and ethical leadership in its graduates. For additional information about the annual Benson lecture and the Business and Economic History program, visit its website. Read Previous Alaska CEO Brad Tilden to Give Benson Lecture Read Next Benson Student Research Fellows to Present at PLU LATEST POSTS Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture

  • Summer Research 101 Info Session on Monday Posted by: yakelina / November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, now is the time to be thinking about what you’re going to be doing this summer! If you are interested in paid, full-time summer undergraduate research programs/internships in the sciences and engineering, please come find out the nuts and bolts of what they’re like, where to find opportunities, and how to apply. Current PLU students who have

  • Summer undergraduate research internships at Fred Hutch Posted by: yakelina / November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a 9-week summer internship that is designed to provide research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status. Visit the SURP website for more comprehensive information. An online application for the 2016 SURP will be available via the SURP website in mid-November 2015.  The application

  • Summer 2016 research opportunities in Dallas, TX Posted by: yakelina / November 30, 2015 November 30, 2015 Lots of paid research opportunities available in the Dallas, TX  region this coming summer …  University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center is offering a number of paid summer undergraduate programs relating to chemistry (QP-SURF), biomedical research (SURF), cancer research (SURF-Cancer), and kidney disease research (SURISKD).    Here is a link that leads to all four:  https

  • 2017 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program Posted by: alemanem / October 20, 2016 October 20, 2016 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a 9-week summer internship that is designed to provide research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status.  Visit the SURP website for more comprehensive information on the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. An online application for the 2017 SURP will be available via the SURP website