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  • Biology professors win coveted Murdock grants Turning over barnacle-encrusted rocks, one by one, craning your neck to catch a glimpse of a bird or sloshing through a muddy tributary might not seem like hard core scientific endeavors. But think again. It’s research such as this…

    different types of crossbills – those that may get seeds from the ponderosa pine and those from the western hemlock – breed with each other. There is evidence they do not. She’s also interested in what exactly contributes to their breeding isolation. Do they have different calls? Breeding areas? Seasonal cycles? So this first year, Smith’s team will be driving around Oregon and Washington with recording equipment, trying to find populations of crossbills. “I’ve heard about a good Douglas Fir crop in the

  • The School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University is a professional school that combines nursing science with a strong foundation in the natural sciences and liberal arts.

    service. Professional nursing is both science and art, requiring intellectual discipline, psychomotor skills, personal integrity, accountability and emotional maturity. As a science, nursing emphasizes the ability to define and address problems through evidence-based practice and critical inquiry. As a science and an art, nursing is a care-giving process based in scientific knowledge and technology, shaped by developments in health care delivery systems, and the values, needs and lifestyles of the

  • Incidents reported during the last 15 working days of each semester, as well as January and Summer terms, may be expedited and have a Review Meeting set within 24-hours of the incident.

    where complaints may be filed Provide students with supportive materials and resources Apply the procedures to complaints alleging harassment carried out by employees, other students, or third parties Provide adequate, reliable, impartial, and efficient investigation of complaints, including the opportunity for both parties to present witnesses and other evidence Set out designated and reasonably prompt time frames for the major stages of the complaint process Provide notice to parties of the

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    Modernizing Mental Health PLU professor and psychology department chair Tiffany Artime and her collaborator from Wellesley College Centers for Women are leading a team of researchers and stakeholders who envision a future where evidence-based trauma treatments are integrated into university counseling services, empowering students to thrive. Artime and… September 6, 2024 Research & AcademicsResoLute

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    Modernizing Mental Health PLU professor and psychology department chair Tiffany Artime and her collaborator from Wellesley College Centers for Women are leading a team of researchers and stakeholders who envision a future where evidence-based trauma treatments are integrated into university counseling services, empowering students to thrive. Artime and… September 6, 2024 Research & AcademicsResoLute

  • Ann E. Buchholz, Senior Capstone Seminar The Nipah virus belongs to the family henipaviridae, a class of deadly zoonotic agents, isolated mainly from fruit bats in Asia and Indonesia.

    -M Development of Antibiotic Resistance and Tumorigenesis through Adaptive Mutagenesis Seth E. Koivisto, Senior Capstone Seminar While we typically think of mutations arising from errors during DNA replication prior to cell division, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests an alternative hypothesis for their generation.  Adaptive mutagenesis (AM) involves non-dividing cells mutating in response to a selective pressure that prevents them from growing, with the mutation allowing them to

  • Pacific Lutheran University seeks faculty with the highest possible qualifications, and offers them conditions of employment commensurate with their professional achievement and conducive to

    granting of credit toward tenure beyond the normal three-year maximum are made by the president of the university after consultation with the provost, the department, the division, school, or college, and the faculty committee concerned with rank and tenure. The following system aims to lighten the burden of the administration in performing this complex task by setting up specific policies and by utilizing the faculty in the gathering and evaluating of evidence and in serving generally in an advisory

  • Major in Earth Science 34 semester hours in the following earth science courses, plus 4 semester hours in supporting courses The bachelor of arts degree is the minimum preparation for the field and

    - NW A survey of current climate change research. Students will develop and apply a fundamental understanding of earth systems through evaluation of geologic and other scientific evidence for long- and short-term climate change. (4) ESCI 109 : The Geology of Energy - NW Geoscientific exploration of natural systems and processes that create non-renewable and renewable energy resources. Issues of extraction and exploitation of diverse energy resources in a global context. Includes labs. (4) ESCI 201

  • 44 semester hours M.F.A. Summer Residency An intensive ten-day residency during which students attend workshops, lectures, mini-courses in writing and design an independent course of study with a

    on creative and critical writing. 3 mailings. Emphasis on critical paper (20-40 pages). (4) ENGL 591 : Independent Study To provide individual graduate students graduate-level study not available in the regular curriculum. The title will be listed on the student term-based record as IS: followed by the specific title designated by the student. (1 to 4) ENGL 595 : Internship To permit graduate students to relate theory and practice in a work situation. The title will be listed on the student term

  • Matt Leslie is pursuing the MSK degree in hopes of becoming a mental performance consultant. He shares about his passion and what he is most excited to learn in the MSK program. What is one fun fact about yourself? In addition to beginning graduate school…

    from the faculty and community that has inspired and shaped my career thus far. What are you most excited to learn? I am excited to learn more about what career opportunities exists in the dynamic and growing field of applied sport psychology. I am also eager to learn the relevant research and scientific theory of mental performance enhancement, and apply it to the diverse populations I work with as both a high school basketball coach and wilderness expedition instructor with the National Outdoor