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workshops. Underwood’s exceptional problem-solving skills and humble and patient approach have substantially modified our understanding of early Universe dynamics and garnered him an international reputation. The nomination packet for Underwood included letters from PLU colleagues and research scientists worldwide offering their enthusiastic support. One colleague observed that Underwood has “made advances in cosmology research worthy of an R-1 university.” Another colleague elaborated on the

Disease Control and Prevention and the man who developed the public health strategy that led to the global eradication of smallpox (and, it must be noted here, a PLU grad), had been an early adviser to the Gates family. One of the things Foege did was give to them a 1993 report by the World Bank that described the social and economic impact of disease in poor countries. When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates digested the numbers in that report, he was stunned. Among the many things going wrong, the

field of sport and performance psychology, was a gift. It opened my eyes to the standards of quality and ethics that are needed to work in this field.Advice for future MSK studentsIf you have an idea of what you want to do for your final project, start talking to faculty members as soon as possible. They will help you gauge the feasibility of your project, and you will learn early on who has the background, expertise, and interest to help you maximize your project’s impact. Read more: Check out more

. She has been able to accurately match the soldiers’ costumes to paintings she’d found of Scottish armies from the late 1500s and early 1600s. “I love costumes,” she says. “I have to get inside the head of every single character in the play.” The hierarchy of costume design delegates most of the control and vision to Anderson, who then dispenses assignments to her student helpers. “She is the designer; we are her minions,” says Ali Schultz ’14. There are times, however, when the students are

. She has been able to accurately match the soldiers’ costumes to paintings she’d found of Scottish armies from the late 1500s and early 1600s. “I love costumes,” she says. “I have to get inside the head of every single character in the play.” The hierarchy of costume design delegates most of the control and vision to Anderson, who then dispenses assignments to her student helpers. “She is the designer; we are her minions,” says Ali Schultz ’14. There are times, however, when the students are

Saturday, March 21 at 3pm. “I would argue, we seem irrelevant because we are lousy at talking about what it is we do, what it is we study, and why it matters,” Young says. Young researched this phenomenon in part of her new book, Prophets, Gurus & Pundits: Rhetorical Styles & Public Engagement (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014) where she describes the following. Until the early part of the 20th century experts, or “public intellectuals,” could translate expertise for audiences outside of their

sound of our mother talking,” Moon said in 2012. “This is the first study that shows we learn about the particular speech sounds of our mother’s language before we are born.” That insight earned international attention—and a very prestigious ranking: Science News picked Moon’s research on language learning in infants before birth as the No. 8 science story of 2013. This fall, Moon is starting another study on the very early perception of speech sounds with the help of two PLU psychology majors. Moon

reconciliation efforts. The Pacific Lutheran University alum agreed to discuss that honor, the barriers he broke in 1970 as the city's first black principal and his continued work as a retired educator and community member in this latest episode of PLU Podcast.Stewart, born in a small rural Texas community, pursued teaching as a career path because it was one of only a handful of opportunities open to him and other African Americans at the time. After his early experiences as an educator in his native state