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  • Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. More than 125 PLU alumni work for the global commerce and technology leader. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we met with three of…

    supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began. “Don’t bother majoring in business,” he can still hear her telling him. “We’ll teach you everything you need to know about business. Go find a topic that you love and learn how to think critically.” With that encouragement in mind, Grande majored in political science while interning at Microsoft throughout all four of his PLU years

  • The Georgia Southern REU Site “Propulsion, Aerodynamics, Materials and Controls of Aerial Vehicles” has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense and is open for applications from interested students. Applications are currently being accepted and will close on  March 31,…

    NSF-REU site at Georgia Southern University Posted by: alemanem / January 19, 2023 January 19, 2023 The Georgia Southern REU Site “Propulsion, Aerodynamics, Materials and Controls of Aerial Vehicles” has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense and is open for applications from interested students. Applications are currently being accepted and will close on March 31, 2023 for the upcoming summer.  The program will run between May 15, and July 23, 2023

  • Originally Published in 1990 It would appear that Louis XIV never said: “L’ état, c’est moi.” The researches of modern historians have produced no credible witness attesting that France’s Sun King pronounced this coldly witty laconism. But just try to find a modern history of…

    angrily conflicting testimonies! Now, this is clearly an unsatisfactory situation. Since the rise of modern science, there have been some notable attempts to overcome the raucous uncertainties of the tribunal of history. In the last quarter of the seventeenth century, for example, the Benedictine monk Jean Mabillon published De re diplomatica (1681), a textbook on the principles of verification whereby charters, treaties, and other official documents are to be authenticated. But the effort to found a

  • PLU political science graduate, Riley Dolan, receives prestigious Fulbright Award. Riley Dolan’s research and perseverance has paid off awarding him the Fulbright Award. This award will allow him to continue his research in Guatemala. More

    Congrats Riley Posted by: Marcom Web Team / September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019 By The ChroniclePLU political science graduate, Riley Dolan, receives prestigious Fulbright Award.Riley Dolan’s research and perseverance has paid off awarding him the Fulbright Award. This award will allow him to continue his research in Guatemala. More Read Previous Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee visits PLU Read Next Justin Kjolseth ‘10 on law school, PLU debate and life as an Assistant Attorney

  • Serving undergraduate and graduate students from various science and engineering departments, the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds is a lab focused on transitioning scientific breakthroughs into innovative products. The instrumentation and tool sets used are focused on enabling successful and efficient cleantech product prototyping and scale-up.…

    You’re invited to the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds Student Open House! Posted by: alemanem / November 11, 2019 November 11, 2019 Serving undergraduate and graduate students from various science and engineering departments, the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds is a lab focused on transitioning scientific breakthroughs into innovative products. The instrumentation and tool sets used are focused on enabling successful and efficient cleantech product prototyping and scale-up. The Testbeds have

  • By Michael Halvorson.  Each year, the Business and Economic History program at Pacific Lutheran University awards summer research fellowships for innovative work that aligns with the mission of the University. Sarah Cornell-Maier, Benson Fellow In 2018, a student-faculty research team led by Sarah Cornell-Maier and…

    Professor of Marketing in the School of Business and an adviser in the Innovation Studies program. Prof. Mark Mulder, School of Business If a terminal illness has touched you or a family member or friend, the research team would love for you to contribute your voice and insights to the research study. The team also welcomes those who are involved in the healthcare industry. For more information about the project and guidelines for study participants, please see the Research page on the Business and

  • Four years ago, Assistant Chemistry Professor Justin Lytle started the “Chemistry of Food” series with Erica Fickeisen, lead baker with PLU’s Dining and Culinary Services.(Photo by John Froschauer) The right recipe for fun and learning The recipe for how Assistant Professor of Chemistry Justin Lytle…

    chemistry than they think. Like cooks, chemists choose and measure ingredients, modify recipes, adjust cooking times and temperatures, and test the end results. Constructing and deconstructing food is chemistry. “It is a way to tone down the science and make it accessible.” For instance, anyone who stops by his office is likely to get a noseful. Lytle likes to get his guests to sniff two different molecules built from two isoprene molecules each – pinene and limonene. At the molecular level pinene and

  • This cross-disciplinary program provides an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study and perform research at the interface of chemistry, biology and computer science.  The Biochemistry Program faculty carries out research in areas that include ion-channel structure and function, the mechanism of RNA and Herpes…

    Biochemistry Program at the University of Montana Posted by: alemanem / December 1, 2016 December 1, 2016 This cross-disciplinary program provides an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study and perform research at the interface of chemistry, biology and computer science.  The Biochemistry Program faculty carries out research in areas that include ion-channel structure and function, the mechanism of RNA and Herpes viruses, the structural biology of fibronectin and G-proteins and

  • NIST is one of the nation’s premiere research institutions for the physical and engineering sciences and, as the lead Federal agency for technology transfer, it provides a strong interface between government, industry and academia. NIST embodies a science culture, developed from a large and well-equipped…

    NIST SURF Program – Gaithersburg Posted by: nicolacs / January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 NIST is one of the nation’s premiere research institutions for the physical and engineering sciences and, as the lead Federal agency for technology transfer, it provides a strong interface between government, industry and academia. NIST embodies a science culture, developed from a large and well-equipped research staff that enthusiastically blends programs that address the immediate needs of industry with

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 8, 2016)- Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 studied political science and French languages and literature at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, she’s a published author and artist. Below is an edited discussion about her vocational journey and her experience creating hand-lettering books. Question: How…

    Q&A: Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 discusses her vocational journey that led to success as a hand-lettering artist, author Posted by: Kari Plog / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 8, 2016)- Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 studied political science and French languages and literature at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, she's a published author and artist. Below is an edited discussion about her vocational journey and her experience creating hand