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September 21, 2007 New device will probe the world of the atom Four professors over at Rieke are still pinching themselves. After applying for a National Science Foundation grant in January, on a hope and a prayer really, the chemistry faculty found out last year that they had been awarded a grant totaling $743,000 to purchase a powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. “We were floored when we learned we had received it,” Fryhle said. “We didn’t expect to get it the very first time (we

. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Seattle, MediaLab will premiere the documentary “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S., and Crime.” The ambitious hour-long film – MediaLab’s second in as many years – looks at how drugs and weapons affect the citizens of the two nations. “For us, this is a film about community as much as it is about the drug trade,” said Julie Olds ’09, the lead researcher on the project. “ We want to ask ‘how responsible are we?’” The project had its genesis

December 1, 2008 Students talk trash in recycling class It was all trash talk last month in Claire Todd’s natural resources class. In two rounds of classes last month, Todd, a visiting assistant geosciences professor, had her students sort through a mound of trash laid out on the table in the Rieke Science Center. Generally, the pile represented about six hours of trash that had been collected at the center that day. In this case, Nov. 17 and 19.The students’ mission: sort the trash, talk about

homes where the next meal and the next paycheck is always an uncertainty. Each morning, Pfaff, 22, gets up at 6 am and is in the classroom by 7 am. He lets his students eat in class to make sure they have breakfast and then they get to work. Pfaff teaches everything, from math, to science to English. After school, he works on papers and talks to students. He usually leaves about 4:30 pm. Then repeats this the next day, and the next. The local newspaper interviewed Pfaff just before the first day of

use public transportation). There are a lot of great benefits.” Many departments and organizations around campus were involved in planning for OTR. Faculty members were given the opportunity to provide input into possible trips that they would find interesting. Deane said that the chocolate factory tour scheduled this year was a new idea presented by a geo science professor. Other department contributions included the Volunteer Center, Campus Ministry and faculty members from all over campus

participants with extensive knowledge about sustainable food production and development. Some of the keynote speakers include Managing Director for Bread for the World Jim McDonald and David Creech, Director for Hunger Education for the ELCA. PLU professors Kevin O’Brien and Brian Naasz, from the religion and chemistry departments, will give workshops related to biodiversity and science. Another primary keynote speaker is Casson Trenor, a chef and author of the book “Sustainable Sushi: A Guide to Saving

December 1, 2010 ‘I always knew I had the skills to be a doctor. Then I discovered it was my PASSION.’ By Chris Albert As a high school senior in Salem, Ore., Andrew Reyna wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to do. He liked science. He was good at it. He asked how could he best use his gifts and talents in this world. Medical doctor came to mind. “The more I thought about it,” he said, “the more it made sense.” Reyna came to PLU because he knew of its reputation for sending students to medical

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