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Neurotechnology Lecture “Enhancement” Lecture explores the implications of technology-driven enhancement in biomedicine Posted by: halvormj / March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023 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 Stanford University professor Hank

Faculty Innovators Four examples of how PLU professors across campus help drive the university forward — inside and outside of the classroom. Posted by: Zach Powers / June 6, 2022 June 6, 2022 Innovation in the classroom: “I do, and I understand”If you search for the CV of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renzhi Cao, Ph.D., you’ll find a list of published research papers longer than Foss Field. He says it’s a great feeling when a new piece of research is published. But what he finds most

PLU business alumni Bradd Busick (MultiCare) and Andrea Adams (Nike) talk mentorship Posted by: Zach Powers / September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020 Andrea Adams ’15 and Bradd Busick ’99, MBA ’09 discuss business, mentorship, and seizing opportunity.Adams is Direct Strategy & Portfolio Manager at Nike and a former PLU student athlete. Busick is an adjunct business professor at PLU and chief technology officer and vice president at MultiCare Health System. Read more about Adams’ path from PLU to

REU Program with the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymer Science and Engineering Posted by: nicolacs / December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019 The REU Site: Polymer Innovation for a Sustainable Future at The University of Southern Mississippi School of Polymers Science and Engineering was launched in the summer of 2017 under National Science Foundation award DMR-1659340. The grand challenges of the 21st century will require new and sustainable approaches to polymer materials

place finishes in the 47th annual ICBS competition. Senior business students Marchenko, Kasey Dorcas, Sanne Jacobsen, Alisha Fisher, Colin Zinnecker and Tiffany Brown competed in the International Collegiate Business Strategy competition in Long Beach, Calif. this April, taking home first place in Outstanding Performance and first place in Outstanding Reports. This was the first time PLU students have participated in the event. Even with the unexpected time crunch, the group successfully submitted a

PLU Athletics returns to action with new COVID-19 testing protocols Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsDespite the challenges of COVID-19, PLU student-athletes have returned to play. In December, the Northwest Conference Presidents' Council announced competition could resume as long as federal, state, local and NCAA health directives permitted. Since then, PLU Athletics has initiated a COVID-19 testing strategy designed

qualitative and quantitative strategy data, and learning the intricacies of public sector work. The intended outcome of the intern’s work would be an updated strategic plan action tracker, refreshed goals and targets across the enterprise, integration of updates on strategic goals as the Port’s way of working with a regular reporting frequency and format, and Department Heads have a process and deadline on providing plan implementation updates. Intern will be afforded the opportunity to work closely with

April 1, 2013 Six business students participated in the 2013 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition this spring. From left to right: Zach Grah, Jordan Dahms, Cameron Holcomb, Arne-Morten Willumsen, Iren Atemad and Karrie Spencer. Photo by John Froschauer. The Real World (with a Safety Net) By Steve Hansen and Chris Albert Assistant Professor of Management Kory Brown has a plaque on his office wall commemorating his participation nearly 20 years ago in a business simulation

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study the experiences of those touched by terminal illness. “Terminal illness has touched our own family members and friends,” Sarah stated, “and we feel it’s important to better understand the experiences of those touched by a terminal illness and to help provide resources in this important area.” Sarah Cornell-Maier is a Psychology major and Innovation Studies minor who has taken classes in PLU’s Business and History program. Cornell-Maier is working in collaboration with Dr. Mark Mulder, a