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, research methods, materials and data are shared digitally around the world to tackle inquiries. Why is this important? Traditional research can yield low replicability of previous studies. This suggests—in part— questionable research practices, including manipulating data to fit hypotheses and desired results, or worse yet, data fabrication. A “replicability crisis” (i.e., the inability to replicate earlier research findings), is addressed with open science practices. Benefits of open science include
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contributors (10 from PLU) working on replications of eight highly cited psychological studies, it’s a major undertaking with international implications—and a multifaceted mission. CREP (rhymes with “grape”) not only helps validate psychological research findings; it also allows undergraduate students to engage in potentially publishable research. “Most student projects, the data go nowhere,” Grahe said. “In my classes I’ve always tried to get undergrads to do projects that might be publishable, but the
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professor and director of jazz studies at PLU. He is a native of Memphis, Tenn., mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. Deacon-Joyner came to western Washington from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he held the position of associate professor of jazz studies from 1986 to 2000. He has served as clinician and adjudicator at festivals and workshops in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Idaho and Washington. He is the lead instructor for the Great
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should be is simple. It’s discourse and deliberation. Our federal government has become so polarized that they fail to talk about anything.” Princess Reese ’14 Anthropology and women’s and gender studies double major Princess Reese ’14 cast her first ballot in the primaries this year and has been eagerly awaiting the chance to vote this November. “It feels really good to have my first election,” Reese said. “I’ve been heavily following politics since like ninth grade.” Reese is active within PLU’s
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travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park ranger feels like the perfect fit. “I really love working for the Park Service because it’s an organization I can really believe in,” Plog said, “tasked with preserving places for future generations and also making sure people can enjoy them now. I love being part of that.” Plog, who is currently working at Yosemite National Park in California, double majored in communication and global studies at PLU. She also
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studies, the duo surveyed the animals from treetop platforms, and outposts on the ground, where they learned how to predict and dodge rhinos–a species that “can be very ornery,” he says. This stint lasted around six weeks. From there, the duo embarked on a series of hikes into the Nepalese mountains, each one lasting about three weeks and topping out at around 18,000 feet of elevation, a sublime conclusion to a sometimes meditative, oftentimes unsteady, and always worthwhile leave of absence
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College, MIT, and Harvard. Read Previous New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna Read Next PLU Trumpet Ensemble live on KING-FM LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed
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mailed as quickly as staff are able once decisions are made and paperwork is processed. How do I keep my Award? Unlike other College of Professional Studies Artistic Achievement Awards, you do not need to declare a Music major or minor in order to maintain your award. All Music scholarships require successful participation—each semester—in private lessons and, by audition and placement, in a scholarship ensemble in the area of your award. Artistic Achievement Awards are renewable up to three
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District.Asieh Mahyar Passionate about performing music from different cultures, Prof. Asieh Mahyar is the interim Director of Orchestral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where she conducts the PLU Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Mahyar is a candidate in Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at Michigan State University, where she studied with Octavio Más-Arocas and Katherine Kilburn. She received her MM in Orchestral Conducting from University of Massachusetts-Amherst under the mentorship of
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—from first-year requirements to seniors engaged in upper-division study. “We’ve been emphasizing plants in our curriculum because they’re an important model system,” Biology Chair Ann Auman said. “All different aspects of biology can be illustrated through the use of plants: small biology, genetics, molecular biology, organismal biology, ecology and evolution.” Biology’s two-course introductory core sequence, for example, uses plants to introduce students to biological studies; an upper-division
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