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A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale “But Christmas is a time of joy! It’s the only time I know of when men and women open their shut-up hearts and think of the less fortunate. And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold in my pocket, I believe… November 12, 2018 HolidaysTheatre

Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career… January 31, 2018 AlexaAmazonArtificial IntelligenceBusiness and Economic HistoryEchoInnovation StudiesMarvin MinskyMichael Halvorson

Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career… January 31, 2018 AlexaAmazonArtificial IntelligenceBusiness and Economic HistoryEchoInnovation StudiesMarvin MinskyMichael Halvorson

Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career… January 31, 2018 AlexaAmazonArtificial IntelligenceBusiness and Economic HistoryEchoInnovation StudiesMarvin MinskyMichael Halvorson

Innovation Studies Minor in the News PLU’s forthcoming Innovation Studies minor was in the news this month, a new academic program that is being sponsored by the Benson Program in Business and Economic History. Acting PLU President Allan Belton describes Innovation Studies as one example of how PLU prepares students for life… July 27, 2017 Allan BeltonInnovation StudiesNursingTechnology

Innovation Studies Minor in the News PLU’s forthcoming Innovation Studies minor was in the news this month, a new academic program that is being sponsored by the Benson Program in Business and Economic History. Acting PLU President Allan Belton describes Innovation Studies as one example of how PLU prepares students for life… July 27, 2017 Allan BeltonInnovation StudiesNursingTechnology

New History Course Examines Innovation and Ethics By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific

When Two PLU Historians Sit Down to Chat One smoky August afternoon Dr Beth Kraig and I decided to beat the heat and take shelter in the cooling confines of the University of Washington, Tacoma library, to have a cheery chat about plagues. We thought this would be a fun topic to discuss,… October 8, 2018 historyplaguePLU History Department

When Two PLU Historians Sit Down to Chat One smoky August afternoon Dr Beth Kraig and I decided to beat the heat and take shelter in the cooling confines of the University of Washington, Tacoma library, to have a cheery chat about plagues. We thought this would be a fun topic to discuss,… October 8, 2018 historyplaguePLU History Department

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org… December 5, 2018 Alice SteinglassBrad SmithCode.orgComputer Science Education WeekHour of CodeMelinda GatesMichael HalvorsonMicrosoftPaul G. Allen School of Computer Science