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Dr. Laura Shneidman awarded research grant from Templeton Foundation Posted by: tpotts / November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020 Dr. Laura Shneidman, Assistant Professor of Psychology (PLU), Dr. Rebekah Richert (PI, UC Riverside) and Dr. Elizabeth Davis (UC Riverside) have been awarded a five-year grant from the Templeton Foundation to join the Developing Belief Network. The network is a research initiative designed to bring together a network of scholars interested in cross-cultural study of the

environmental to economic. (Photo courtesy of the United States Coast Guard) Narratives like this are common surrounding the clean-up efforts. Oil has damaged more than open waters within the past two months, since the April 20 explosion killed 11 men on the offshore rig and ignited the disaster. During my short trip to Venice, I tried talking to a few fishermen who would not comment on camera about what they though about the spill. Many of them have lost work due to the environmental devastation and are

March 1, 2011 I never thought I’d be designing for a graphics firm in London Last spring, when Courtney Walker ’11 arrived for her internship at the London-based design firm Abstract Associates, she was fully prepared to be the office go-fer. “I thought I’d be doing coffee and tea runs for people,” Walker said. She never imagined she’d be asked to design work for actual projects – like magazine spreads or invitations to high society events. “I was actually surprised I got to design for them

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / March 6, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 6, 2015 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 5, 2015)- Tears were shed, laughs were had and ovations were given in response to the stories of Ela Stein Weissberger.Weissberger visited Pacific Lutheran University on March 5 for the Eighth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. Her speech in the Chris Knutzen Room was

You Ask, We Answer: How do you match roommates? Posted by: shortea / June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 At PLU, we pride ourselves on having an actual person make roommate assignments. Over the summer, our professional staff members carefully review all Student Roommate Questionnaires (part of the Living Plans & Learning Community Application) to create the best roommate matches. So, answer your questionnaire thoroughly and honestly! You can request your own roommate, however, the requests must be

2022 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 22, 2021 November 22, 2021 The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) hosts a summer internship that is designed to provide biomedical research experience and mentorship for undergraduate students of rising senior status. About the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) The SURP is an intensive, 9-week internship designed to provide research experience and mentorship for rising-senior

, our dedicated students and faculty have begun rehearsing together as they collectively work towards the goal of sharing art with the community. Dr. Barry Johnson, left, and Dr. Jim Brown conduct opera students outside. A student wearing a beanie and two masks rehearses outdoors. Two students rehearse opera under the tent in Red Square. Two other students rehearse their part in the opera. This wide-angle view shows how mush space the group occupies in order to comply with physical distancing

mother, five children of her own, ages 4 through 14. Budgets are tight, time is even tighter, but she makes it work. She even finds time to lead a Young Life group. She’s up around 5 a.m. and home about 8 p.m. She then grades papers once the youngest are in bed, until around 11 p.m. When the bell rings the students head out the door. Dozier stands there, allowing the students out while looking for strays from her next class. “They’ll get to right there,” she says, pointing about five feet away. “And

April 19, 2010 Claim: You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover My friends in college were always intrigued in my taste in music. While we typically identify ourselves as someone who loves one genre, I am more a lover of album art. Typically, I choose my music based off the cover. To me, the cover should convey the type of music, the mood and even the experience I am to have while listening to the audio. It’s such an interesting way to pick your music that I apply a similar principle to what I

UW Summer REU Programs Posted by: alemanem / November 27, 2019 November 27, 2019 The University of Washington is offering two summer REU programs that are open to rising sophomores and rising juniors.  The Clean Energy Bridge to Research focuses on new solar materials, energy storage and grid integration of renewable energy. Learn more at:  https://www.cei.washington.edu/training/cebr/ Or view the program flyer for more information cebrflyer2020 The Molecular Engineering Materials Center REU