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  • from the singlet or triplet state. The triplet excitons that are formed on picosecond timescale decay slowly, which is ideal for harnessing them in photovoltaic devices. Sweet Taste and Safety: Health and Environmental Effects of Aspartame and Sucralose Leighton R. Kingma, Senior Capstone Seminar The use of artificial and non-nutritive sweeteners has been on the rise in the past several decades. The increased intake of these sweeteners has led to many studies that seek to determine what potential

  • connection to the food you’re eating and who is producing it,” Perez said. Trinity Lutheran GardenLutes from the Center for Community Engagement & Service work in the Trinity Lutheran garden. Kevin O’Brien, PLU’s chair of environmental studies, said the key is people learning the story behind their food and asking if they’re comfortable with that story. “The easiest and most damaging habit is thinking that food comes from a grocery store,” said O’Brien, who is also an associate professor of Christian

  • . Nathaniel Lackey, ’21 Economics Greg Yasinitsky I believe every single jazz clinician invited us to reach out to them and keep in contact, send them recordings, compositions, etc… That was very cool. Joshua Green, ’22 Music Education I have learned so many things from so many different perspectives and backgrounds, and I feel like these masterclasses really challenged me to reflect more on my playing as a jazz musician. Jessa Delos Reyes, ’23 Music Education Each clinician shared their lives in music

  • . Marit A. Trelstad, PLU Chair of Lutheran Studies and Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies at PLU Bio:  Dr. Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she

  • that made PLU stand out was the school’s Lutheran foundation, as well as global and environmental focus — all of which aligned with my own values. I’d heard wonderful things about PLU from a number of people back home, but stepping onto campus was what solidified my decision. The people here all seemed so happy! I loved the smiling faces and caring nature of everyone I interacted with. My PLU experience: While my academic and career goals haven’t really changed since coming to PLU, I have grown

  • -13 to work with several students on a documentary about Islamophobia. “These students grapple with professional production standards, as well as human interactions with people who live their vocations every minute.” During the 2016-17 academic year, grant recipients are conducting research in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Rwanda, representing research in the disciplines of education, communication, religion, history, biology, economics, music, global studies

  • school because there was no need for her to attend anymore. It is not difficult to read about the challenges facing Indians today: a stagnant literacy rate, deficient infrastructure, environmental degradation, poor sanitation, malnourishment, repression of its women and a domineering caste system. It is a much more tangible reality when you are sitting and talking to one of the families where such challenges apply. I cannot fairly describe the humility I often felt talking with my neighbor’s daughter

  • will continue as a university priority for the immediate future. The transformed center will provide 88,500 square feet of classroom and research space for biology, chemistry, computer science, geosciences, physics and environmental studies. Among the projects planned for Rieke that were completed during the campaign was the Louis and Lydia Sheffels Biology Laboratory. It was made possible by the support of Carol (Sheffels ’58) Quigg, Jerry Sheffels ’54 and the entire Sheffels family. Carol Quigg

  • also work in Spanish.”Call, an affiliated faculty member with the NAIS program and Environmental Studies, has published more than 70 poem translations in U.S. literary journals and has a full-length collection of poem translations forthcoming, from the work of Mexican-Zapotec poet Irma Pineda. Expanding to another Latin-American country was a natural progression for her. “Colombia is just coming out of a long civil war and so it’s really interested in having foreign scholars come to the country as

  • permeation, photocatalyzed oxidation, and thermal degradation. Additionally, the contents of many popular metal halide perovskites contain lead and pose a considerable environmental risk in the case of industrial upscaling. This Account highlights recent strategies towards combating decomposition pathways for long-term stability, explores the feasibility of lead-free perovskites, and provides a discussion of manufacturing techniques that balance simple processing methods with high quality film production