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Neurotechnology Lecture “Enhancement” Lecture explores the implications of technology-driven enhancement in biomedicine Posted by: halvormj / March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023 Innovation Studies is excited to announce this year’s Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture, an event taking place on Thursday, March 16 from 4-6pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the AUC. This year’s panel features a bioethics discussion with University of Washington professor Tim Brown and Stanford University professor Hank

sign a contract or passport giving up their First Amendment rights. As the students ate, a dictatorial “queen” of the republic issued edicts and gave orders to “enforcers.” The university’s theater department dressed as the enforcers and queen, as well as some of the protestors. Students acted out the parts of contemporary political and religious figures such as Gandhi and Sen. John McCain. A street theater with a civics message, the event included students dressed as monks literally being thrown

new 1,100-square-foot lab is thanks to a $100,000 plus donation from Carol Sheffels Quigg, Jerry Sheffels and the Sheffels family as part of the Rieke Science Center restoration.   The lab will be largely used by first-year biology students, said Associate Professor Matt Smith, Biology Department Chair. Approximately 200 students will be using the lab each year, Smith estimated. The technology-rich lab will come with six portable computer stations and a SMART board. Before the renovations this

year and last year. “I try to make sure that all my employees have these traits,” said Bowman, who served in the Coast Guard for four years as an aircraft structural mechanic and C-130 Loadmaster after graduating Washington High School in 1977. “That’s tenacity, perseverance and passion.” And every vet, he adds, “has a degree in getting stuff done. “I’ve never had a problem with any vet I’ve hired,” said Bowman, who received a business undergraduate degree from PLU. Bowman credits his PLU training

smoked mackerel. While smoked fish isn’t that unusual, serving the entire body of the fish – head and all – is enough to prevent some people from trying it. Culinary Services tries to present dishes that people wouldn’t normally try on their own, but would try again. Many people found it difficult to take the first bite of their Chinese tea eggs, which were a brownish color with cracks resembling spider webs. After the first bite though, many found it enjoyable. These dishes aren’t easy to try on

arrows and is a more general term. Taylor showed how the Native Americans made scrapers. They took a rock and broke off a shard of obsidian. They then jammed one end of the obsidian into an antler and used it as a scraper. The class discussed what might have been in the Lysol bottle. It was old and looked like it was meant to be sealed with a cork. Noel Raetc ’14 examined the mechanical calendar and said, “It tells you the date if you remember to turn it.” The students took and drew pictures of each

critical life skills: time management, risk taking and, most of all, patience.”Spring also works at Springtide Press, runs the Elliott Press at PLU and is part of the creative duo the Dead Feminists broadsides, a series of letterpress prints highlighting historical feminists. Her work is included in collections around the globe. Spring is currently taking a year of absence from PLU and plans to return in Fall 2015. Along with her fellow award recipients, Spring will be honored at the annual Tacoma Arts

largest gates ever designed and constructed (each weighing 8,000,000 pounds); has a unique design that allows savings of 60 percent of the water used for ship passage in a renewable and sustainable way; and should tolerate the highest earthquake seismic loads ever for a project this scale. Krause graduated from PLU in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology. He was one of the first students to graduate from the program, which he said was “exciting and very personalized.” He also participated in the

about the MBA is the included International Experience, a required 10-day program which allows students to see firsthand the business environment in a different country and region,” said Mark Mulder, dean of the School of Business. “We meet with executive teams from industry and have an opportunity to understand business and culture.  The complete list can be found at princetonreview.com/best-business-schools. Read Previous PLU Awarded $14,000 for Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund

Square in mid-November, investigates the multiple challenges to U.S. and Canadian waterways, more than 50 percent of which are threatened by overpopulation, urban and rural water pollution, climate change and more. Produced by a team of seven PLU undergraduate students, “Changing Currents” received five Accolade Awards of Merit in the Documentary Short, Use of Film / Video for Social Change, Original Score, Editing and Title/Credit Design categories. “Changing Currents” was also recognized with an