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—from first-year requirements to seniors engaged in upper-division study. “We’ve been emphasizing plants in our curriculum because they’re an important model system,” Biology Chair Ann Auman said. “All different aspects of biology can be illustrated through the use of plants: small biology, genetics, molecular biology, organismal biology, ecology and evolution.” Biology’s two-course introductory core sequence, for example, uses plants to introduce students to biological studies; an upper-division

colleagues: “More than anything else, Jon has a contagious enthusiasm and passion for improving psychological science and giving others the tools they need to do the best work they can do.” Read Previous Pacific Lutheran University Professor Invited Speaker at United States Naval Academy Read Next J-Term 2020/Psychology & Political Science- Study Away in Prague LATEST POSTS Ricky Haneda ’22 | Psychology Major February 18, 2022 The Evolution of Behavior November 12, 2021 Dr. Laura Shneidman awarded

to the success of the restoration site as well as support the hypothesis that larvae may settle preferentially to locations with suitable habitat or adult populations. Additionally, rates of settlement were lowest at the mouth of the bay suggesting there may be little dispersal of organisms out of the bay. Jacob J. D. Egge, Ph.D., Erinn M. Kuest and Dakota M. Rowsey Department of Biology Evolution of External Taste Buds in Fishes Natural Sciences Division Undergraduate Research Program Gustation

China as you pursue your master’s? I’m applying to music schools in China so I can be immersed in the Chinese language and still continue my studies in piano. I am interested in Chinese interpretation work, and of course I want to continue teaching and playing piano—that is a lifelong gift. I am also interested in continuing research on my senior project, called “The Evolution of Piano Pedagogy and Culture in China.” What are your other plans and hopes for the future? Besides using piano and Chinese

know or understand before. My story is not unique. The dynamic evolution of globalization has made this journey increasingly common among both students and working professionals, all the while becoming an essential component to the functioning of the world’s economies. In fact, the number of students studying abroad increased 144 percent between 1995-2005 according to the Institute for International Education. When I set out for my semester abroad in London during the fall of 2001, I didn’t have

potentially huge impact. “She is on the ground floor of a relatively new field that has the possibility of making all kinds of great insights into cancer in the evolution of history,” Ryan said. As Hunt and other researchers unearth more and more ancient evidence—breast cancer in 3500 B.C. Egypt, osteo-sarcoma in a T. rex femur—Hunt has formed an intriguing theory: She believes cancer is inherent in human beings and is aggravated by—rather than caused by—environmental factors. Her goal now is to gather

says he’s been able to develop marketing, time management, communication and delegation skills — and he doesn’t see that continued evolution changing as he pursues future business ventures. “My skills are always going to be changing depending on what I need to communicate,” he said. “It’s made me really appreciate not just having the ability to code, but also being able to talk with other people and understand how they’re doing something.” No hurdle too big to overcome Kait Dawson ‘19 just