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Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2023/02/01/research-in-interdisciplinary-stem-education-rise-2/

Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) Posted by: nicolacs / February 1, 2023 February 1, 2023 Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) (https://labs.wsu.edu/rise/) is a 9-week residential summer research experience at Washington State University, targeted to undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics. Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by WSU faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal

Research Technologist I with Bloodworks Northwest https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2023/04/24/research-technologist-i-with-bloodworks-northwest/

Research Technologist I with Bloodworks Northwest Posted by: nicolacs / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 We have a wonderful opportunity for a Research Technologist I to join our research lab at Bloodworks Northwest. The incumbent will work under general supervision performing activities associated with various assigned research projects with a focus on biomarker discovery for oxidative stress, blood storage and transfusion by using mass spectrometry, protemoics, metabolomics, and analytical

Microbial Friends & Foes Summer Research Experience https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2023/11/27/microbial-friends-foes-summer-research-experience/

Microbial Friends & Foes Summer Research Experience Posted by: nicolacs / November 27, 2023 November 27, 2023 The Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease (CIHMID) will begin accepting applications for the NSF-funded Microbial Friends & Foes Research Experience for Undergraduates (MFF REU) Summer Program (https://bit.ly/MFF-CIHMID) on December 1. The application portal will close February 1, 2024. The Microbial Friends & Foes Program will take place from June 10 to August 9

IMOD Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2023/12/19/imod-summer-research-experience-for-undergraduates/

IMOD Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Posted by: nicolacs / December 19, 2023 December 19, 2023 The National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for the Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD) focuses on optoelectronic and quantum research in a multidisciplinary manner, with the goal to transform quantum optoelectronics by developing atomically-precise semiconductor materials and additive manufacturing processes. This science and technology center is based at

Munro Research Group Publications and Presentations https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/research/munro/publications-and-presentations/

Publications “Food Chemistry: An Asynchronous Course Designed with Hands-On Experiments for Undergraduate General Education” A. M. Munro Journal of Chemical Education 100, 9, 3347-3354 (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00130 “The Primarily Undergraduate Nanomaterials Cooperative: A New Model for Supporting Collaborative Research at Small Institutions on a National Scale” S. M. Hughes, et al. ACS Nanoscience Au 1, 6-14 (2021). “Synthetic Approaches for Growing Zinc Sulfide and Zinc Selenide

Kelmer Roe Research Grants and Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/liberal-studies/kelmer-roe-research-grants-and-opportunities/

Kelmer Roe Fellowship Rona Kaufman, English Department Faculty and Kyomi Kishaba ’20 present research from their Kelmer Roe project at University of Washington. The Kelmer Roe Fellowship funds a student to work with a Humanities faculty on a joint scholarly project that “bring[s] the wisdom of the Humanities disciplines to bear on enduring human questions and the contemporary problems of our time.” The Fellowship may cover the summer or work over a regular academic year, but in either case, the

Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference 2023 https://www.plu.edu/math/news/electronic-undergraduate-statistics-research-conference-2023/

Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference 2023 Posted by: nicolacs / September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 Registration and submissions for the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference are open! This virtual conference is free, and it will take place on Friday, November 3rd. The conference is open to all students and faculty to attend. You can register here. The keynote speaker is Robert Santos. There will be sessions on statistics careers and graduate school

Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) https://www.plu.edu/math/news/research-in-interdisciplinary-stem-education-rise/

Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) Posted by: nicolacs / February 1, 2023 February 1, 2023 Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) (https://labs.wsu.edu/rise/) is a 9-week residential summer research experience at Washington State University, targeted to undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics. Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by WSU faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal

NMR opens doors for undergrad research https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/03/09/nmr-opens-doors-for-undergrad-research/

spins of the nuclei in a sample, thereby allowing it to be studied. With regards to the magnet, visitors beware. Signs alert visitors to keep their credit cards, blackberries and cell phones at a safe distance. And if you have a pace maker, stay out. It will turn that off too. Getting too close to the machine means all will be erased. Eventually, the group sees not only students using the machine for student-faculty research, but local community and four-year colleges bringing samples over as well

Symposium uplifts collaborative student-faculty research https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2017/04/03/undergraduate-research-symposium/

Symposium uplifts collaborative student-faculty research Posted by: Kari Plog / April 3, 2017 Image: Mackenzie Deane and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tina Saxowsky work in a biology lab at PLU. (Photo/John Froschauer) April 3, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University is aiming to increase visibility of student-faculty research across campus with its first Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 8. Previously, an