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Congrats Riley Posted by: Marcom Web Team / September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019 By The ChroniclePLU political science graduate, Riley Dolan, receives prestigious Fulbright Award.Riley Dolan’s research and perseverance has paid off awarding him the Fulbright Award. This award will allow him to continue his research in Guatemala. More Read Previous Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee visits PLU Read Next Justin Kjolseth ‘10 on law school, PLU debate and life as an Assistant Attorney

develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. These problems include but are not limited to: climate change, food and water insecurity, immigration, poverty, and income inequality, as well as ongoing large and small-scale conflicts resulting from strained relations among those of different races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations and social classes. “A recent Gallup survey suggests that polarization negatively affects American’s community attachment and trust in others

capstone project was very much inspired by my passion for plant science, food security and agriculture. I completed my capstone project last spring, where I wrote a literature review focusing on genetic engineering mechanisms to combat environmental stressors — such as flooding and drought — in important agricultural crops … food security is being threatened by the severe weather patterns as a result of climate change. One potential solution to the severe crop losses, loss of food security and economic

electricity used to heat hot water in a home. Tegels said there is a lot of misinformation circulating in an attempt to disprove the scientific research done about climate change. He said that enough scientific information points him in the right direction, and moving beyond science he said caring about the planet is simply common sense. “If you live in a beautiful environment there’s more of an incentive to care about the environment,” he said. It was PLU’s organ that attracted the green professor to the