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Introducing New Music Faculty Kate Olson Posted by: Reesa Nelson / September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020 Saxophonist Kate Olson is the newest member of the Music faculty in PLU’s Jazz program. A talented improviser and dedicated educator, Kate has lived in Washington since 2010. She has collaborated with many jazz groups and also performs with her own projects, KO SOLO and KO ELECTRIC. International performances permeate Kate’s resume, as do appearances with a variety of well-known musicians

, Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 18, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP), encourages artistic engagement in the city by providing financial support to projects by Tacoma based artists.  To contribute to this initiative, Vianna has written a 4-movement suite entitled Invisible Garden, that

fact? A Lute is leading the way. Alan Krause ’76 Alan Krause ’76 is chairman and chief executive officer of MWH Global, an engineering firm that, according to its website, “manage[s] water purity and availability in a sustainable fashion for the health, livelihood and security of people worldwide.” One of its biggest projects is designing and providing construction management on the third set of locks for the Panama Canal Expansion project. This project is the subject of a new episode of the

by analyzing data obtained from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN, Switzerland and/or participating in CMS hardware/software projects. Informational Webinar: Interested students should attend a Webinar on either Dec 5, 2023 (4-6pm US Central) or December 11, 2023 (4-6pm US Central). During the Webinar, students will learn about the program and the application process. In addition, interns and research mentors from previous editions of

design. She has appreciated the technical skills with Adobe Illustrator that she picked up in this class, as well as the team-and project-focused curriculum. Not only do Art & Design students work on numerous design projects in this class, but they also discuss (and defend) their concepts as they create them with peers and faculty members. Professor Avila took some time to describe the innovation and design principles that students learn in his Graphic Design course. “In design, we take content that

the cells. By my third week, I was participating in the lab’s multi-panel mouse experiment and expanding my cell cycling experiments. By the end of my time there, I had participated in multiple large-scale experiments, developed many assays for investigating cell cycles, and realized my love for lab work. What was one of your favorite projects you worked on during your time at the lab? MM: It is very difficult to choose just one project that stood out to me, as they were all incredibly important

teach these students and I know I’ll leave with it being the other way around.” Volunteering is sometimes seen as a detour on the way to a career, but often it can lead to and better prepare you for your career, according to the panelists. “It’s mind-blowing how much you change,” Baghirov  said. “It forces you to look at yourself and imagine what you’re capable of. I took away this sense that I was self-sufficient. I have the power to change my own life and my own world in everyday decisions.” For

touched off a multiyear investigation into whether PLU could (or even should) offer such a program. “If you’re going to add a new degree program, you really want to make sure that the demand is consistent and not just a trend,” Smith said. “This one’s really been sustained now for between five and 10 years. So it’s no longer a trend. It’s just a new reality.” The impact has been immediate, with the incoming theatre major class for 2018 triple the size of last year’s. The new department’s blend of

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diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the International Neuroethics Society. Brown’s interdisciplinary research includes the potential impact of neurotechnologies on end users’ agency and embodiment, and the potential to exacerbate or create social inequities. Brown works at the intersection of biomedical ethics, philosophy of technology, (black/latinx/queer) feminist thought, and aesthetics. He recently won an essay contest for a piece titled “Moral Bioenhancement as Potential Means of