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Matthew Helmer ’24. “It was the most hands-on part of the class, where we researched and experimented with how to make an artificial water cycle to allow plants to flourish,” he says. “We saw an aspect of the starship design process that secretly linked back to our experience on Earth — what a life cycle in a mostly closed system, open only to sunlight and its energy, looks like. We got a better feel for the balance and delicacy of life.”International Honors Program at PLUInterested in learning more

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local response to help victims in the state. As with the AIDS epidemic, Campbell found himself leading in a crisis, against a backdrop never imagined before. His staff grew from 600 to 1,000 and he devised a system to make sure victims who needed money, walked away with a check in hand, rather than wait weeks for a FEMA response. His staff established mental health centers in the outer boroughs to help with the emotional aftermath. Turning back to alumni or students just starting their careers, his

October 5, 2012 In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents in Washington D.C. when something caught his eye by the door. “One of the first things you saw was an IBM punch card system,” he recalled. “No one knew what it was for. IBM and the

or second thoughts about the Nazis’ agenda, “all they had to do was stop producing the punch cards and it would have been like a rifle without bullets,” Black said of the Reich’s mass transportation and cataloguing program in the camps. But the company didn’t stop until the final days of the war in 1945, he said. For the next 60 years, IBM’s creation of the Hollerith punch-card system was largely forgotten, until in the mid-1990s, Black spotted one of the machines in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial

, Wold’s longtime friend and college roommate. “It’s a gift.” Currently, Wold is part of NASA’s research division and works with the Federal Aviation Administration to facilitate the movement of planes through the airspace system. Following the Challenger and Columbia disasters, there was a spike in security measures at NASA, and particularly in Wold’s division. As a result, Wold has been much more involved with the research side of NASA and keeping track of expenditures of government money for various

also do some work in the K-12 system, including teacher discipline litigation.What might an average week in the office for you include? Hmm, it varies. There really is no average week for me. Large institutions deal with a variety of problems and they have varied calendars throughout the year, so my average week is about as varied as the average week at a college campus. All the different things that are happening on college campuses are coming through my office, but it’s multiple campuses, as well

PLU students and faculty on their adventures abroad, and you will live vicariously through them. You will remember learning about how the building materials, automatic lighting system, and other elements of the UC are leading to LEED Silver Sustainability Certification. Signs posted in the bathrooms sometimes will remind you to use only as much water as you need to wash your hands. This will make you proud not just to be a college student, but a PLU student, and even in this small way, a conscious

the Franklin Pierce School District, determine Washington’s next State Superintendent of Public Instruction and have major ramifications on the future of the Department of Education. A panel of experts will discuss what is at stake for America’s education system. Confirmed panelists include Interim Dean of the School of Education and Kinesiology Terry Bergeson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Ksenija Simic-Muller, and Franklin Pierce School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Hewins.  Sponsored

ACS International Research Experiences for Undergraduates this summer … Posted by: yakelina / January 8, 2016 January 8, 2016 Apply Today for the 2016 ACS International Research Experiences for Undergraduates Deadline January 25 With support from the National Science Foundation, the ACS Office of International Activities is pleased to announce the 2016 IREU application. U.S. undergraduate students in chemistry, chemical engineering or materials sciences who are interested in an international