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can require gun owners to secure their weapons and keep them out of others’ hands. How many more senseless acts of violence do we have to mourn before we agree that commonsense gun control laws are in every citizen’s best interest?NOTE: Multiple Lutes have commented to remind us of our shared history, including massacres at Wounded Knee, Mountain Meadows and in Tulsa. As NPR pointed, “what happened in Orlando on Sunday was the deadliest mass public shooting in modern U.S. history.”Upcoming Local
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day before, I’d been down at my editor’s office working on our second book, as my house was being remodeled and he had an open office he could provide me at the time. For some unknown reason, I’d felt a little ill and actually fainted on the carpet, knocking my head into a bookcase and spraining my finger, which was sort of embarrassing. So I’d gone home early that day, just a few hours before he got the actual call from YALSA. When he phoned the next morning to tell me about it, I was lying in
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and fragment screening for the discovery of antibiotics. Weiwei Xie’s group has discovered several new superconductors as part of their research into novel quantum materials, and Tuo Wang’s work in the area of solid-state NMR is providing new insights into fungal cell wall structure. Our recent recipients of DOE and NSF Early CAREER Awards (Kenneth Lopata, Daniel Kuroda, and Revati Kumar) are involved respectively in theoretical work on attosecond dynamics, experimental studies of two-dimensional
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have existed since the early 1980’s as a showcase for the talents of PLU’s distinguished music faculty. PLU’s large and distinguished vocal faculty is represented in selections of the Sperati family’s beloved Italian Opera, in this case, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutti. Finally, the musicians will combine forces to perform an example of Lutheran Church Music from the German High Baroque. J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 29, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir (We Thank You, God, We Thank You), was selected not
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the state, at several Seattle Mariners home games, and provided a jazz ensemble to play at the Seattle Seahawks Armed Forces Appreciation Day game. “One of the jobs of military musicians is to connect the people to their government,” said Chief Warrant Officer 4, Russell Houser, the band’s director, after one such event last year. ”We have a great musical product, and we will inspire.” The concert hall has approximately 500 seats, so those wanting to attend are encouraged to arrive early. Read
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serve as a keynote speaker at major conferences and 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
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transitioned to distance learning in early March, the channel began publishing its programs April 6 and will continue through the end of the spring semester. Mindful Mondays, hosted by Counseling, Health & Wellness Services’ Tammara Bode, is focused on centering the mind with course- and vocation-related exercises from the PLU Counseling Center. PLU Reads, hosted by Assistant Professor of Education Wendy Gardiner, is for the younger members of our Lute community while families are home together for “Stay
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employers in and outside of their discipline — better to get exposure to all the different career opportunities at MultiCare or BCRA than just one. At Seed, we connect students with early- and mid-career professionals to get a sense of what a given job is like day-to-day, and an understanding that the path from college to career is anything but a straight line. We open doors to internships at as many employers as we can and show students not just how to land the internship, but also how to stick around
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,” Brown said. “They are now going to walk out of PLU not only with their degree, but an understanding of all dimensions, not just the one they’re trained in.” Iren Atemad, one of this year’s participants, agrees. “One of the lessons learned in these early stages of the competition is that everything depends on everything else,” she said. “This has made me understand the complexity of the business environment and how a team of executives truly manages a business.” Finance faculty member Kevin Boeh led
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. Thorpe lead the group throughout the facility, explaining all the different elements and department collaborations that go into design and production, introducing them to the company’s designers and letting them pick the brains of some of the industry’s top creatives. “It’s a great opportunity and experience, just to get to see it in action,” said Kenn Anderson ‘19, a double-major in graphic design and Chinese Studies. “I thought it was really interesting, too, seeing the different layouts that the
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