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Summer 2021 Benson Research Fellows Announced By Michael Halvorson, ’85. The Benson Program in Business and Economic History is pleased to announce the selection of three student-faculty research teams for Summer 2021. The fellowships are selected by the Innovation Studies steering committee and funded through the generous support of Dale E.… May 2, 2021 Benson Family Summer Research FellowshipBenson FellowsBusiness and Economic HistoryDale E. Benson

Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13 By Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications Music and Chinese Studies major Natalie Burton graduated magna cum laude from PLU in 2013, but she might have taken her most high-profile class just this year: an “Up Close With the… February 21, 2014 Alumni

. Cisplatin, a highly effective chemotherapy drug, exhibits toxic drawbacks that affect normal tissue environments. Studies have been conducted to find alternatives to the platinum (II) complex. However, the emergent anticancer drugs, oxaliplatin and carboplatin, are still deemed toxic based on their low median lethal dose or LD50. Modification to the six-coordinate PtIV complex has shown significant progress in minimizing the cytotoxicity and the resistance observed in cisplatin. Varying the ligand at

faculty members helps students become entrenched in their studies. Through student-faculty research, students incorporate their own experiences with academia in a way that Lewis says improves critical thinking, writing and understanding of students’ subjects of interest. Cynthia Waite '20 Waite’s project, a study of faculty-student mentoring, caught the spirit of the day. Psychology Professor Wendelyn Shore, an expert on the topic, was Waite’s mentor, and was intrigued to hear Waite characterized

By Mollie Smith ’17 and Mandi LeCompte Jennifer Rhyne first came to PLU in 2005 when her husband, Jim Brown, was offered a job as the chair of voice studies in the Department of Music. In her first few years, she taught a few flute students, but as the years went by her responsibilities eventually grew to include instructing theory classes and directing the flute ensemble. In 2015 a full-time, tenure-track position for a flute and theory professor opened, and a national search ensued. Rhyne

integration of liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement with contributions from each of the four colleges to the core curriculum. Liberal arts education will remain the common foundation for students across all four colleges, as will PLU’s commitment to integrating socially impactful civic engagement across its community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and partners.PLU Provost Joanna Gregson

- ES NAIS 244 Environmental Justice and Indigenous People - ES, GE NAIS 250 Introduction to Native American & Indigenous Studies - ES, GE NAIS 363 Race and Indigeneity - ES, GE PHIL 248 Innovation, Ethics, & Society - ES POLS 151 American Government - ES POLS 231 Current International Issues - ES, GE POLS 265 Latino Politics - ES, GE POLS 345 Government and Public Policy - ES POLS 346 Environmental Politics and Policy - ES, GE POLS 354 State and Local Government - ES POLS 361 Political Parties and