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  • The  ACS International Research Experience for Students (IRES)  program is seeking applications from qualified U.S. undergraduate students to conduct research in either Germany or Singapore. Students spend 10-12 weeks working on frontier chemical and materials science research projects under the guidance of faculty members and…

    skills, develop collaborations with scientists abroad, and experience the life and culture of a foreign country. Applicants do not need to be ACS members or fluent in non-English languages. Participating students will receive: Housing and meal allowance Travel expenses Language training allowance International medical insurance coverage Participation in professional conferences Qualified students must: Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident Be a full-time student in a chemistry, materials science

  • The Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine currently has five lab technician positions opening and six Postdoc positions opening . If you are interested in applying for a technician position in Dr. Li’s lab, you may submit your online…

    and Molecular Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Center for Immunity and Musculoskeletal Diseases Tulane University School of Medicine Tulane University 1441 Canal St, Room 318 | New Orleans, LA 70112 Email:  yli81@tulane.edu |  Phone: 504-988-0475 (o) Lab Webpage: https://medicine.tulane.edu/yi-ping-li-laboratories Read Previous Keck Graduate Institute Read Next Green Chemistry Internship LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU

  • As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished. “I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,”…

    his medical training – and sense of humor – as an ER doctor in Central Washington LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024

  • The Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring recognizes the efforts of a faculty member who serves as a personal or professional guide to students or colleagues and makes a profound difference in the lives of others as a role model, confidant, critic or co-learner. Professor of…

    . Read Previous Award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author Bryn Nelson to speak at Rachel Carson Lecture Read Next Physics Chair Bret Underwood receives 2023 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 13, 2020) — Six teams of PLU students, the university’s largest-ever cohort, participated in the 34th annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling on Feb. 13-17 — an international competition that challenges students to solve real-world math problems over the course of a grueling…

    teams with meals and snacks during the contest weekend. Students will receive final contest results in April, after their work is reviewed by a team of international judges. But regardless of outcomes, those who participated were proud of their efforts and excited for the opportunity to put their mathematical education to real-world use. Like many students in this year’s competition, chemistry major Betsabe Parmly ‘20 and her team selected a problem requiring them to assess the impact of warming

  • Brandon Nguyen ’21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies. 1.…

    -state tuition. 2. What inspired you to study biology? I was inspired to pursue biology because I’ve always liked learning about cells, the body, and the environment. I believed this major would expose me to a good variety of classes in both chemistry and biology. I want to apply to medical school, so I knew that picking this major and those supporting classes would help me prepare for the MCAT. My favorite (and most challenging) biology course I have taken is mammalian physiology with Dr. Dolan. I

  • Tracye Ferguson ’94 is an experienced educator who believes children develop and reach milestones at different phases — and we need to celebrate their growth. “Not all children thrive or develop the same, but they all need the same amount of encouragement and support,” she…

    , quality preschool,” she says. “We provide services for the whole child.” That includes social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language learning, as well as physical activities and nutrition. During her PLU days, Ferguson didn’t know she would find her life’s work in education. She majored in sociology and psychology and, after graduation, went to work for Safe Streets in Tacoma, whose mission is building strong neighborhoods. “I was a community mobilizer for Safe Streets,” Ferguson recalls. She

  • Tiffany Walker fell in love with choral music in sixth grade and never looked back. An accomplished conductor and vocalist, Walker earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Washington in spring 2022 and is in the second year…

    continues to be the choice art form for so many talented vocalists and composers? There are many reasons why vocalists and composers will participate in the choral genre. Speaking for myself, I enjoy singing and feel great satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment when singing in a choir. Singing is a full-body physical activity that is connected to emotions and mental well-being, and there’s even research on its correlation to affecting heart rate. I believe each chorus member fulfills a need when

  • Nancy Simpson-Younger sits at her desk, poised to explain how communicating remotely is completely different from speaking face-to-face, when a loud bang sounds from behind her. She laughs. “That was my cat knocking the little whiteboard off the back of the bookshelf.” She considers the…

    Simpson-Younger Although the book was released in the midst of the pandemic, the publishing process was luckily not affected at all. “It was just entering the phase of cover design when the pandemic hit, and they were still able to go in and make the physical copies of the books. It was one of the first packages that I got during the pandemic.” Her transition to online teaching was smooth as well, thanks to the training she received a few years ago from PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO). “I learned about

  • In April 2023, PLU religion professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen , Ph.D., attended the Natural History Museum Late Night with PLU students at the University of Oxford. At Late Night events, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum host tours and various evening activities offered…

    it all in, but it’s also brilliant.”   Nothing Without Us was sponsored by the Curating for Change project, which creates career pathways for Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse museum curators in more than 20 local, regional, and national museums in England. Curators help reinterpret museum collection items and produce virtual and physical exhibit spaces to explore disabled people’s histories.   The project aims to highlight the contributions of disabled individuals in the community and history