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  • COMA 248 Innovation, Ethics, & Society Thursday, September 26th, from 3:40 PM to 5:25 PM, in Ingram Hall, Room 109 Professor Eckstein is excited to welcome Professor Jasinski, who will be hosting a special workshop during this time. Discover how phronesis provides a robust ethical…

    COMA 248 Upcoming Workshop: A Special Session with Professor Jasinski Posted by: jtsuneoka / September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 COMA 248 Innovation, Ethics, & Society Thursday, September 26th, from 3:40 PM to 5:25 PM, in Ingram Hall, Room 109 Professor Eckstein is excited to welcome Professor Jasinski, who will be hosting a special workshop during this time. Discover how phronesis provides a robust ethical foundation for navigating complex decisions in public safety. You’ll apply this

  • By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program . Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It…

    Getting Creative: PLU’s Gateway Class in Innovation Studies Posted by: halvormj / September 3, 2018 September 3, 2018 By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program. Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It lays a framework for the study of innovation and creativity, and also provides a common

  • On a January morning, sixteen PLU students stepped waist deep into the flooded, muddy field of the loʻi, a traditional taro patch, to take part in a practice that once sustained the Hawaiʻian people. Elle Sina Sørensen, a senior majoring in anthropology and global studies…

    of Captain Cook and western colonizers, the once prevalent cultivation of kalo dwindled dangerously while Native Hawaiʻians were killed by Western diseases and their land was stolen and repurposed. Sharing Passion through ScholarshipEnvironmental Ethics at Holden Village Read Previous Revisiting the Visiting Writer Series: the 15th Anniversary Edition Read Next Environmental Ethics at Holden Village LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in

  • Each election cycle I’m reminded of how incredibly multi-disciplinary the responsibilities of our elected officials have become. Similarly, the challenges faced by the leaders of the world’s most successful corporations and NGOs grow ever more global, complex, and nuanced, seemingly by the day. Very few,…

    those who are not. As universities seek to provide students with every edge possible in procuring employment following graduation this distinct advantage must not be ignored. If we are to have journalists who are capable of accurately reporting on modern environmental issues, it should go without saying that our journalism students might benefit from taking advantage of natural science courses and ought to graduate with experience engaging the sorts of communities that are most often affected by

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (Anderson UC building), Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden will engage with students, faculty, and community members in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines.…

    , Economics, and History. I will be the moderator and M.C. Mr. Tilden emphasized how excited he was for the open conversation format, a style that he often uses with industry analysts, shareholders, and employees. During the event, we will discuss Alaska’s environmental policies, marketing strategy, business ethics, and labor practices—plus anything else that the students want to ask. It should be a great deal of fun. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, and is free and open to the

  • Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and…

    January 7, 2008 Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and ethics last year. During the project, Webb completed an apprenticeship at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. After

  • ‘No Salvation Apart from Earth’ By Chris Albert The Fifth Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture will feature Mark Brocker ’79 speaking about “No Salvation Apart from the Earth” starting at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 18 in the CK Hall of the UC. Mark Brocker…

    in lively, passionate, yet respectful conversation on the pressing issues of the day. “Clearly he was a major influence in shaping what I am presenting in the lecture.” Brocker is the lead pastor at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Beaverton, Ore. and a lecturer in theology and ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He has served as volume editor for Conspiracy and Imprisonment 1940-1945, volume 16 of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (DBWE), and as co-editor for Ecumenical, Academic and Pastoral

  • TACOMA, Wash. (May 21, 2015) —Pacific Lutheran University has received two $7,000 grants from the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation. The donations were made through the NADA Foundation’s Joseph J. Sanchez Memorial Fund, which supports the emergency needs of students, and the John P. Winston…

    , dedicated to the study of ethics. “We are deeply grateful to the NADA Foundation’s gift to support the emergency needs of students and ethics programs,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise. “With more than a quarter of our students eligible for the federal Pell Grant program, the university has a number of students who walk a fine line with their finances. When an emergency arises, these students are especially vulnerable to disruptions in their incomes. This NADA Foundation grant will help soften the

  • Innovation Studies is excited to announce this year’s Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture, an event taking place on Thursday, March 16 from 4-6pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the AUC. This year’s panel features a bioethics discussion with University of Washington professor Tim Brown and…

    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

  • PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Pacific Lutheran University has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA…

    May 3, 2013 PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Pacific Lutheran University has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice within the program. This program positions students well