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  • Researcher looks at how climate change leads to innovative science On Sept. 7, the PLU Chemistry department will host a seminar by Debra Rolison in Morken 103 from 12:30-1:35 pm. In her presentation, “How Subversion, Revolution, and Climate Change Lead to Innovative Science–Enhancing Electrochemical Energy…

    Rolison at the University of Utah, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the American Chemical Society (ACS). She received the ACS Award in Chemistry of Materials in 2011 (and was the first woman to do so) and will be the recipient of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC) Charles N. Reilley Award in 2012. Rolison’s research at the NRL focuses on multifunctional nanoarchitectures, with emphases on new

  • PLU concert celebrates Black History Month Pacific Lutheran University pays tribute to the artistic entrepreneurship of African Americans with a Black History Month Concert that celebrates a lasting legacy of music, literature and art. Covering a rich tapestry of gospel, blues, jazz and concert works,…

    January 24, 2014 PLU concert celebrates Black History Month Pacific Lutheran University pays tribute to the artistic entrepreneurship of African Americans with a Black History Month Concert that celebrates a lasting legacy of music, literature and art. Covering a rich tapestry of gospel, blues, jazz and concert works, along with recitations from classic African-American literature, the concert will feature PLU student ensembles—including the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz

  • School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded Pacific Lutheran University a grant for $14,000 from its Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The grant will go toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program, which prioritizes early exposure to STEM topics…

    hands-on STEM activities for those underrepresented such as African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and female students. “This grant is important to MESA because these students of color represent the future. We are doing amazing work in the community and getting this grant shows how engaged and committed PLU is when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion in the STEM field,” said Penda Samba, MESA program director. “We are planning to use the grant by enforcing

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9U3jPRdE This past year a group of PLU students, as part of the award-winning MediaLab, dove into the topic of anti-Islamic sentiment in America. This is a first account shared by one of the project leaders JuliAnne Rose ’13. The topic took them across America…

    MediaLab presents the premiere of their documentary Beyond Burkas and Bombers: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America at 7 p.m. April 11. The film will be streaming live at plu.edu/soac. More We wanted to help shed light on the moderate American Muslim voice to help counter the negative message by the extremist minority who have hijacked the religion of more than a billion followers worldwide. And to do so, you must also acknowledge the hurt and pain that has been inflicted over the years by this minority

  • Nancy Nelson’s path to a career in education was a nontraditional one. So it’s no surprise that her journey led her to a special kind of school. Since fall 2020, Nelson has served as director of career and technical education (CTE) at Chief Leschi Schools,…

    school. Since fall 2020, Nelson has served as director of career and technical education (CTE) at Chief Leschi Schools, operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. The school serves Native American students in preschool through high school.Nelson majored in economics at Carleton College in Minnesota but realized in 1985 —her senior year — that teaching was her calling. She started teaching in private schools, first in Minneapolis, then in Seattle. She moved into public education and taught in

  • Peruse NSF-related undergraduate research experiences in mathematical sciences here: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5044

    National Science Foundation (NSF) List of Mathematical REUs Posted by: nicolacs / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 Peruse NSF-related undergraduate research experiences in mathematical sciences here: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5044 Read Previous American Mathematical Society List of Summer REUS Read Next Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) LATEST POSTS Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 Allen Institute Summer

  • A rose is [not] a rose Between the rows of tall, pale pink roses, he came at me like Darth Vader in a billowing cloud of vapors, his identity cloaked beneath a black face mask, hood and plastic clothes. But the material coming out of…

    in agriculture, cattle ranching, and now roses. The rose, once the most poetic and seductive of flowers, is now on the defensive, and the cloud of pesticides suggest why. Long the symbol of love, irresistible desire, and ephemeral beauty, the prickliest of flowers has never been so popular, so lucrative–or so toxic for the environment. Every year, Americans buy about 1.5 billion roses, almost all of them from Latin America. The petals-and-pesticides story is retold every Valentine’s Day, and it

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 27, 2017)- “You have to raise $500,000 or you’re going to die.” In so many words, that’s what Keven Drews ’16 says his doctor told him over the phone in October, when Drews learned he was out of options in his longtime…

    . The cells then collect to form tumors called plasmacytoma. According to the American Cancer Society, most cases of multiple myeloma are found in patients who are 65 and older. Drews is 45. DONATE NOWHelp Keven Drews '16 raise money for an experimental cancer treatmentDrews has faced a 14-year battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer formed in the body’s plasma cells. His last hope is a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, with a price tag of $500,000 dollars.He was 31

  • “It was an incredible experience that left my brain, heart, and hands full,” said Christiana Slater ‘20 of her study away trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. “My favorite expedition was to Mexico City, because I’d dreamed about visiting since I saw textbook pictures when I began…

    reflect on how Mexican, American, and Central American culture, conflicts, and politics are connected. It reminded me that I’m called to walk for others, seek justice and pursue it.”Get started now Apply Inquiry Read Previous If you lived with your classmates, what would learning look like? Read Next Breaking down Fences LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024

  • The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation expects to award eighteen or more scholarships in 2025. Each scholarship is a cash award of $3000, $5000 or $7000 with no strings attached. Applicants must ​be undergraduate or graduate students studying and preparing for careers in support of renewable…

    college student, an undergraduate student, and an early graduate student, respectively. Two scholarships have a preference for Native American or Alaskan Native students and are not restricted to our “home” area. The remaining scholarships are available to students at any level. Application deadline is January 31, 2025. Eligibility and Criteria Applicants must ​be undergraduate or graduate students studying and preparing for careers in support of renewable energy and the decarbonization of our energy