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  • By Makaela Whalen The Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed is enhanced by the wildlife it offers a sanctuary to.

    discharged into bodies of water. Which, by doing so, creates a less toxic habitat for both species. There are some further points for both salmon and insects in regards to this act. For salmon, a problem remains with dams, as they alter water temperature, depth and speed. This could be alleviated by requiring them to obtain Clean Water Act source permits which would require changing operating practices to alleviate some of the burden placed on the salmon or subject the dam to CWA sanctions (Blumm 10110

  • Making Marty is no easy task. Martin Luther sculpture at PLU, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Spencer Ebbinga, associate professor of art and design, has been busy working on a special project: 17-inch statues of Martin Luther. These colorful gems are hidden around…

    was the amount of forms created. There were only two bronze busts, but to date there have been 39 plastic castings. Do students learn about this process in your classes? Ebbinga: It is a process I have taught, although with less toxic and more affordable materials. Mold making provides fantastic lessons in creative problem solving as each mold offers different challenges and requires its own solutions. The principles of how a mold is constructed remain fairly constant depending on the material to

  • Dr. William Foege ’57 told students during his visit to campus to find their passion and become a “generalist” as well. (Photo by John Froschauer) Dr. William Foege tells students to find their passion, and pursue it By Barbara Clements Content Development Director   Mention…

    in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin might cause the sometimes-deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has been, quite simply, recognized as one of the most important figures in public health. Tom Paulson ’80, who works with Foege for Paulson’s health-oriented blog – Humanosphere – calls Foege a “global health

  • At Pacific Lutheran University, natural science research can lead students all the way to Antarctica and back again. For environmental studies majors, there’s also important data to collect and analyze within a stone’s throw of the university’s campus. Clover Creek flows 14 miles through Parkland,…

    infamous Friday lab sessions! Does the process differ in the spring and fall semesters? Seasonal changes in the watershed have a big impact on what students do in the fall class versus the spring class. In the fall, many locations in Clover Creek are completely dry, and this past fall one of our typical sampling locations had a toxic algae advisory. In some spring semesters, sampling locations may have too much water, making it unsafe for students to enter the stream. So our sampling plan is always

  • Elaina Bonar, Senior Capstone Seminar Piscidin is an antimicrobial, cationic, amphipathic peptide that is 22 amino acids in length and adopts an α-helical shape.

    dithiocarbonate (DMDTC) to prepare symmetrical hydroxyureas. DMDTC is advantageous to phosgene because it is less toxic, gives off non-toxic byproducts, and the product can be very easily isolated. This procedure was tested for primary and secondary amines, and showed that it was only possible for primary amines to react with DMDTC. Secondary amines did not react with DMDTC under a variety of varied conditions, and showed that steric hindrance would not allow a reaction to occur under mild conditions

  • Attend programs from 3/4 of the G&S Week themes listed below and receive a coffee credit!

    feel pressure to hide some of your passions or hobbies from friends or family? Do you want to find ways to be more open and vulnerable with friends or family? Do you want to talk about navigating dating as a male-identifying individual who wants to break the stereotypes of men in romantic relationships? During this time, we’ll talk about the ways in which we already and can break from toxic stereotypes, how to navigate a world that still pressures us into a confined box of masculinity, and validate

  • An African Grey Parrot takes stock of a photographer. (Photo provided by PLU Prof. Charles Bergman.) Free as a bird  — at last PLU Professor and Student Journey to Jane Goodall’s Famed Sanctuary for First-Ever Release of Rescued African Grey Parrots By Barbara Clements, Scene…

    so toxic, we cage them for the very thing we love about them: their intelligence,” Bergman says. “I’m especially interested now in the connections between the ‘legal trade’ and the illegal trade, which these 17 (released) parrots illustrate—they were laundered birds.” Bergman and Granum initially met on a J-term trip to Antarctica. Bergman quickly became Granum’s mentor and friend, as they both shared a love of the outdoors, photography and animals. Since then, Granum has changed his major to

  • Students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU.

    ecology of bivalves. These projects involve undergraduate student researchers at PLU and collaborators from the University of Washington and Harbor WildWatch. Jacob Egge As an evolutionary biologist and systematist, my primary research interests involve using the tools of phylogenetic systematics to help answer questions about speciation, phylogeography, relationships among species, and morphological evolution. I am an ichthyologist by training and I work primarily with North American freshwater

  • William Foege ’57 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama By Barbara Clements, University Communications Dr. William Foege received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, where President Barack Obama called him a leader in “one…

    the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s.  He was appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1977 and, with colleagues, founded the Task Force for Child Survival in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin may cause the sometimes deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has

  • PLU employees can review a copy of this written program in the office and the website of the Environmental Health & Safety Manager.

    supervisors in arranging the employee training and information program.11.0 Emergency ProceduresIn case of a chemical spill or accidental exposure to hazardous chemicals, immediately call Campus Safety at x79ll. Refer to the appropriate SDS for emergency instructions and relay this information to Campus Safety.12.0 Disposing of Hazardous MaterialsA hazardous material is any substance in any quantity or form that could jeopardize health, safety, or property. Such materials include toxic chemicals