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, (black/latinx/queer) feminist thought, and aesthetics. He recently won an essay contest for a piece titled “Moral Bioenhancement as Potential Means of Oppression.” Professor Henry T. (Hank) Greely will speak on “Human Biological Enhancement: Fears, Realities, and Significance.” Greely chairs the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics’s steering committee and directs the Center for Law and the Biosciences, and the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society. Greely is also a professor of genetics at

an award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author of Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure. As a science writer at Newsday from 2000 to 2007, Nelson wrote frequently about the Human Genome Project, gene therapy, stem cell research, conservation, global warming, ecology, and the West Nile virus. As a freelance writer, Nelson has written for the New York Times, Wired, Scientific American, CNN Travel, Nature, New Scientist, The Guardian, ENSIA, and bioGraphic. Among his

Lute Powered: Amazon PLU alumni Regan Zeebuyth ’01, Jon Grande ’92 and April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 excel at the tech and commerce leader Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. More than 125 PLU alumni work for the global commerce and technology leader. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we met with three of them to

peace-building missions overseas. Andrew Larsen ’15 and Amy Delo ’15 will be representing PLU as the Peace Scholars for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Forum. While attending the three-day forum, held annually in Minnesota the last 26 years, the two will be listening to Nobel Peace Prize-winning speakers such as Leymah Gbowee, honored for her leadership in the nonviolent struggle for women’s rights and safety. Larsen is a religion and anthropology double major, with a political science minor. Larsen

have played in human societies. These three topics not only make history bigger and more interesting than it traditionally might be, but the courses offer useful insights into how humans interact with the innovations that we have come to value today (or love to hate). Many of the forces and ideas that are visible in today’s global economy come from these developments. Why I am majoring in History I am a History major at PLU because I feel that the program gives me great skills in research, writing

Human Rights, leading anti-racist systems transformation efforts at the city level. The path to the position started at PLU. After three years of college in Texas, Woods married and moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, only a semester shy of graduation. Soon, she heard great things about PLU’s care for students and career placement program. “I remember the care and concern of the professors and the administration,” Woods says. “I felt like they cared about me as a person and were invested in helping

confronted every obstacle that came up and has gone above and beyond to ensure that students are able to achieve their goals and excel academically. Mauricio Coitiño does research in Communication and Media, Public Policy and Human Rights. He is also a former representative of Uruguay for Amnesty International and an activist of Ovejas Negras, a Uruguayan collective that advocates for the defense of sexual diversity and rights of the LGBTQI community. Part of the educational work this social organization

April 22, 2014 PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 enjoy a brief vacation in Montezuma, on the southern end of the Nicoya Peninsula. (Photos courtesy of Page and Rousseau.) By Katie Baumann ’14In the heart of Central America, two Pacific Lutheran University alumni are continuing their global educations in an environmentally focused way. Follow the Travelers Read the “fantastic four” blog here. Nathan Page ’13 and

of the Olinguito carnivore as well as Caenolestes sangay, says, “The Andes are still terra incognita; several plants and animals remain to be described and studied in detail.” The co-authors of the article, including Ojala-Barbour and Pinto, have more projects coming unveiling the mammalian richness of the Sangay National Park. The cloud forests in the Andes Mountains are very sensitive environments. These forests are under extensive human pressures, particularly farming and development. For

animals will be gone before their habitat is destroyed due to illegal and excessive hunting. Part of the problem is the human view of these nonhuman animals. Instead of being seen as beings valuable in their own right, they are seen as a resource for human needs and desires. Further evidence of this is found in the use of these same creatures, in captivity, for biomedical research and entertainment. As philosophers, we are examining the current crises faced by captive and free living apes. We are