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  • report the use of a novel assay and replica plate system for the characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that acquired drug resistance to the arginine analogue canavanine. This new technique allowed us to calculate the early mutation rates of clones in a wild type (WT) strain and a strain deficient in a DNA repair glycosylase (ogg1∆), and late mutation frequencies of clones that potentially acquired drug resistance by the Retromutagenesis pathway. Comparison of the late mutation frequencies

  • February 1, 2024. This application will remain open for incoming students to apply at any time. Please be aware of the following when applying to housing: Housing is assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis. Students who would like to ensure that they are assigned to their desired Learning Community should be sure to submit both the Housing Application and the Learning Community application as early as possible for increased chances to be assigned to their top community. Applications received after

  • life. Jessica McGifford, Class of 2012I was sold on being a WMGS major really early in my first year at PLU. By the end of the third week of that fall semester, I wanted to sign up for WMGS 201 and see what all the fuss was about. That class opened my eyes to issues I had never seen, had never considered. Why does the media over sexualize women? How come motherhood is prized above fatherhood? Coupled with my Sociology major, my degree in WMGS helps me understand how gender and sexuality influence

  • language impacts cultural and personal memory. Set in Pakistan in the early 2000s, the novel follows Alys Binat and her sisters as they navigate the marriage market, female identity, and British and Pakistani influences on their self-expression. Kamal translates “What will people say?” into Urdu: ” کہیںگے/ Log kya kahenge” (35). She applies a post-colonialist perspective to the question by asking not only how society will judge an individual’s actions, but how Pakistan will speak for itself as it works

  • housing deposit. Most graduate students prefer to live in South hall. Do this early, as housing tends to fill up, especially the apartment-style rooms. If you choose to live off-campus, there are several apartment complexes nearby. You will have to work with them to pass a credit check. Most will require that you sign a lease for at least 6 and up to 12 months. You must arrange housing BEFORE YOU ARRIVE. Most apartments will be unfurnished. Unless you have friends or family in the area, it will be

  • Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar ALL-STAR ATTAWAYS Featured / April 4, 2014 By Zach Powers ’10 Resolute Writer Did you know that: In the early 1910s, Theander Harstad and Anton Brottem followed their exemplary years on the PLU baseball team with careers in Major League Baseball? In 1940, the PLU men’s basketball team defeated the University of Washington? In 1988, Professor

  • with early recruiting, before students even step foot on campus their first semester. “That’s a labor of love,” she said. “I’m a heritage speaker and I really believe in this powerful experience exploring who you are through your language in college. It changed my life and I want students to experience that. It’s very personal.” jQuery('.story-title').on('click', function() { jQuery('#story-title')[0].play(); }); jQuery('.contenido').on('click', function() { jQuery('#contenido')[0].play

  • opportunity, and sustain the University’s mission. Currently, the endowment spending rate is equal to 5% of the fund’s average assets during the last three fiscal years. How are endowment funds invested?The PLU endowment is invested in highly diversified asset classes, providing stability in principal. This stability has allowed the university to continue to provide a 4.50 percent payout each year even during the volatile markets of the early and late 2000s. The Endowment Investment and Spending Policy

  • The Possibility of Imagining Otherwise: Deconstructing Value Through Love for the Gendered Other in Childrens' Picture BooksWhere do children learn the “right” ways of being: of inhabiting a body or expressing their gender? And why is it that upon reaching adulthood, after a lifetime of learning these “right” ways, we have an overwhelming amount of unlearning to do in order to value our own differences? Early childhood education takes place in many spaces, be it within the home, preschool, daycare

  • instead lie there, relaxing, your thoughts punctuated by unexpected visits from friends or the flight of one of the many bird species who make their homes in these trees, in this grass, breathing this air. One day, on this path, you will be walking with someone you’ve come to know and respect as both a professor and a human being during your four years here. The early spring sun that cuts through the cold will be shining, and he will tell you how much you’ve grown up. Enjoy your time here and take all