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Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…
University Center. This event will feature research projects from the three divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences—Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. The posters, articles and videos on display will provide a window onto activities that are at the core of Pacific Lutheran University’s mission: scholarship and student learning. These projects make visible what too often is invisible: the intellectual activity that is central to discovery, interpretation and artistic production
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Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…
delineation. What do you enjoy about your internship? I love this amalgam of scientific research and manual labor. There are plenty of chances to read and evaluate data, but it’s also truly satisfying to learn by physically living here. It may sound sentimentalized to say this; there’s something irreplaceable about waking up in nature, working outside, and listening to the outdoors. You’d be surprised how much information you can pick up from this 74,000-acre ecosystem by default through spending time
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Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | benhamsr@plu.edu | Dr.
about a half a centimeter in diameter and is from the early Eocene. He shared his passion for these cold seep deposits with our students and he mentored a number of capstone projects on the topic over the years. He has also served the greater community with passion, giving presentations in K-12 classrooms, as a trustee of the Northwest Scientific Association, and in many lesser known capacities, such as serving as a range master and safety officer at the Gig Harbor Sportsman’s Club. He has always
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PLU student and prof head to Antarctica for global warming research through study of rocks and ice By Barbara Clements In a lab littered with Hostess snack bars and French fry wrappers, geosciences student Mike Vermeulen ’12, turns to his computer and pops up a…
gathering point for all Antarctic expeditions and scientific research. Once at McMurdo, they will spend two weeks learning about how to survive on the ice (they’ll be living out of a tent, 500 miles west of McMurdo), packing their food, and going over their itinerary for their six-week stay. Joining them on this expedition, which was funded by a $125,000 National Science Foundation grant secured by Todd, will be two University of Washington students, a researcher from the University of California
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Auberry Fortuner ’13 and Assistant Professor Bret Underwood did research into understanding what gave rise to the expansion of the universe. (Photo by John Froschauer) Modeling the Early Universe By Katie Scaff ’13 None of us was around for the Big Bang , but one…
get to do theoretical research,” Underwood said. “I’ve been very hands-off. I would say, ‘This is what we need to think about; go and see if you can get this to work,’ so Auberry would go off. It’s a great opportunity for them to get involved in research, exercise their curiosity, really become part of the scientific community.” Fortuner carried out 15 to 20 different scenarios, or hypothetical universes, over the course of the summer. To the researchers’ surprise, each scenario ended with
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TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 13, 2015)—When Katrina Hay was a child, her grandparents gave her a poster that depicted the structure of the universe and compared the sizes and shapes of its components. That wondrous poster remained in her mind throughout her youth and became a…
to see farther and farther out into the cosmos. I included additional scientific information in the back of the book to facilitate further discussion. I hope the book will inspire children and their families to look at the stars and wonder what’s up there. A single opportunity to observe and wonder may set a child on her life path. Are you interested in doing more writing and educating for younger children? My mother is already asking me if I will write a sequel. I don’t yet have plans to write
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Senior Physics capstone presentations will take place Monday, May 6th starting at 2pm in Rieke 103B.
a high-school physics lab which will be more engaging than the typical lab. It will allow students to use the scientific process to explain the relationship between spring constant, attached mass and frequency. The problem is creating a lab which actively engages students, rather than just having students follow a given procedure. This can be solved by using model-building in the experiments rather than model-confirming. This allows students to follow a more realistic process. The designed lab
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PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.
encouraged him to join her in setting a personal goal to accomplish within a year, while Ciscell was in graduate school at Colorado State University. Within that year, after what Ciscell calls a “very scientific” data-collection process of playing his game about 100 times with friends-turned-critics, “Atlantis Rising” was finished. Ciscell used his contacts from gaming conventions and sold the game to the first company he pitched it to, New York-based Z-Man Games. The company hired a designer from the
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Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | hansvick@plu.edu | Academic Liaison on the board of Peace and Justice Studies, as well as teaching Peace Psychology. Faculty Director for joint PLU/Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce Leadership program. Passion for teaching statistics/research methods, where I approach the classroom as a dynamic social environment and continually strive to create a positive, active learning environment for my students. Current research interests: (1) Cognitive complexity and openness to experience in relation to the liberal arts experience; (2) teaching and learning styles in relation to the challenges of teaching Millennials; and (3) changes in perceptions of cities over time. .
Christine L. Hansvick Professor of Psychology Email: hansvick@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Windsor (Canada), 1977 M.A., Psychology, University of Windsor, 1975 B.Sc., Business Administration, Southwestern Minnesota State University, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Statistics and Advanced Research Methods Consumer Psychology Industrial/Organizational Psychology Psychology of Peace Accolades Alumni Achievement Award
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TACOMA, Wash. – Science on Screen Prof. Corey Cook, of PLU’s Dept. of Psychology, curated “Science on Screen” at the Grand Cinema on Monday, May 20, 2019. SCIENCE ON SCREEN Science on Screen®, originally started by Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston, creatively pairs films with…
Science On Screen Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 21, 2019 Image: Prof. Corey Cook, of PLU’s Dept. of Psychology, curated “Science on Screen” at the Grand Cinema on Monday, May 20, 2019. May 21, 2019 By Jeannette ShimkoCommunications Coordinator, Division of Social SciencesTACOMA, Wash. - Science on ScreenProf. Corey Cook, of PLU’s Dept. of Psychology, curated “Science on Screen” at the Grand Cinema on Monday, May 20, 2019. SCIENCE ON SCREEN Science on Screen®, originally started by Coolidge
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