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Summer Internships: Environmental Studies https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/summer-internship-spotlight-environmental-studies/

. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Interested in Environmental Studies?Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment. Keep reading to learn more about the program. Read Previous Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates Read Next Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science

Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Del https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/teaching-music-namibia-jessa-delos-reyes-24/

Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024 Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU May 20, 2024

Yakima area students find a home away from home https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/yakima-area-students-find-a-home-away-from-home/

to make that jump, just be brave and experience it,” he said. “If there is a place to jump to it is PLU. It is a place that will support you no matter who you are or where you come from.” Read Previous Act Six scholar finds “automatic community” at PLU Read Next Q&A with a PLU Palmer Scholar LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient

Brian Sung ’24 discusses his business and econ majors, Oxford trip, and PLU experience as a first ge https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/brian-sung-24-discusses-his-business-and-econ-majors-oxford-trip-and-plu-experience-as-a-first-generation-chinese-immigrant/

Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

Charged Up https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/charged-up/

Timely Research LATEST POSTS The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plu-will-launch-into-earth-and-diversity-week-with-the-schnackenberg-memorial-lecture-and-the-steen-family-symposium/

Noyce scholar and future teacher Read Next PLU introduces new data science major to meet growing demand in data-driven economy LATEST POSTS The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May

Summer Internship: Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refu https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/summer-internship-environmental-studies-major-works-as-a-bio-tech-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge/

in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County May 22, 2024

PLU team heads to Antarctica and then out on to the ice https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/11/18/plu-team-heads-to-antarctica-and-then-out-on-to-the-ice/

November 18, 2010 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 map of Antarctica, then points to a grid in the upper part of the frozen continent. PLU geoscience professor Claire Todd and PLU student Mike Vermeulen head to deep into Antarctica to study rocks that may help explain

Listening for the song of the crossbill https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/06/29/listening-for-the-song-of-the-crossbill/

, and deconstruct them and analyze them on a computer to quantify differences in the songs of the different call types. This is technical, dry work. But Grossberg is thrilled at the opportunity. “I just love being outdoors, and this gives you an appreciation for the overall research we’re doing and how all the pieces connect, how they all fit together,” he said. Scientific research, he’s learned, is 95 percent failure and 5 percent success. So there is a lot of slogging through data that may not

Language learning begins in utero, new study finds https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/12/01/language-learning-begins-in-utero-new-study-finds/

Stockholm. Infants heard either Swedish or English vowels and they could control how many times they heard the vowels by sucking on a pacifier connected to a computer. Co-authors for the study were Hugo Lagercrantz, a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden as well as a member of the Nobel Assembly and Patricia Kuhl, endowed chair for the Bezos Family Foundation for Early Childhood Learning and co-director of the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. The study