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fellowship had great appeal – he’d have a job, and the chance to make a positive impact on the campus of his university. He dived into researching PLU’s footprint, and he proposed studying the impact of invasive species to native plants on the PLU campus. It wasn’t long before he’d learn about the Garry oak and it’s unique place as a native species of the area. Even though the university long has embraced sustainable practices, such as setting a goal of being a carbon neutral by 2020 or investing in

September 22, 2008 Prof appears on Discovery Channel this week Classics professor Eric Nelson will once again be featured in prime time, this time talking about torture, animals and the environment, all in the time of the Caesars. Nelson will be featured this week on a Discovery Channel program, “Machines of Malice,” which will first air Tuesday, Sept. 23. He will also be travelling to Vancouver today (Monday) to work on an Animal Planet program, Animal Gladiators. Both programs will look at

June 29, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eHyaJ26Ks Patience and a good ear essential in studying elusive crossbills, which live, breed and sing in the canopy By Barbara Clements Having a conversation with Julie Smith is a stop and go affair. In mid-conversation, she’ll stop, and listen. And then pick up the thread without missing a beat. Smith, an assistant professor of biology, and biology major Aaron Grossberg ’12, are picking their way on a muddy trail to a beach near La Push, Wash

people who shared and spoke a common language. Brown says, “It’s important to know what happened in the past, but how can we know without being able to read what is left behind?” By reading ancient texts, “There’s something about it not just on an intellectual level, but on an emotional level, you’re reading from the person who wrote the actual words, not a translation. It’s an emotional piece of writing from a person in that moment. I challenge you to find something else that picks you up and drops

behind Lerum’s advice, when Dr. Lerum told him after his acceptance to medical school “that some students need a pat on the back, while others need a kick in the rear, you needed the latter!” Haglund completed his residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1987 – part of which included a two-year Harvard neurobiology fellowship. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics – also from UW – in 1988. Haglund’s other medical training includes a neurosurgery

. But take a closer look and the differences come to light. Rain barrels on each corner of the exterior collect water from the gutters to be repurposed elsewhere. The paint on the exterior of the house makes rainwater bead up, and when it drips off, it naturally washes dirt from the house. There are big plans for this PLU-owned property, called the “reDesign House.” The goal is to take this vacant single-family residence and turn it into a creative space where students, faculty and staff can work

Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Eric NelsonOriginally published in 2012There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter 2011. I’m sitting next to the Christmas tree (as yet untrimmed), finals and graded papers drifting around the

options, and believe and feel we are capable of acting to achieve our desired outcomes. For couples, this sense of connection is so important to regaining a sense of hope for the relationship. Thus, I routinely tell couples to build into their relationship connecting rituals – going on a date each week, ending the day by telling each other what they appreciate about each other. Amidst the busyness that most couples face, connecting must be a priority and must be done purposefully or it may not happen

Monty, and Clapp said it will provide audiences with singing, dancing, acting and fun. “This is your traditional American musical,” Clapp said. “It’s really underpinned to what’s happening right now with the economy.” Although he didn’t want to give away too much of the surprise, Clapp said there will be portions of the play with “suggested nudity.”Clapp, who started teaching and directing at PLU in 1995, is no stranger to productions such as this one. He estimates that in the last 16 years he has

Naval Post Graduate School and research associate at Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Strawser has taken the, some may call, controversial position on the use of predator drones: “Strawser has plunged into the churning, anguished debate by arguing the US is not only entitled but morally obliged to use drones.  ‘It’s all upside. There’s no downside. Both ethically and normatively, there’s a tremendous value,’ he says. ‘You’re not risking the pilot. The pilot is safe