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  • PLU Professor Charles Bergman took this photo of a pair of albatross at their nest in the Falkland Islands. (Photo by Charles Bergman) PLU prof named as “Highly Honored” photographer in global photo contest PLU Professor Charles Bergman was named to the “Highly Honored” list…

    exhibit at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum featuring the photo selections from the competition. The global competition consists of about 21,000 entries with about 100 selected as “Highly Honored.” About 40 will be included in the exhibit. The contest is sponsored by Nature’s Best Photography Magazine. Bergman’s photo was published in the November 2011 issue. Read Previous Mathlete coaches teach students on cracking equations for success Read Next A final address COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • Assistant Professor of  Psychology  Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,”…

    social threats. Cook says these motives, such as establishing social ties, gaining status, self-protection, and finding and retaining mates, were essential for human survival throughout evolutionary history and still drive social behavior today. For Cook, the award feels like a significant milestone marking the next step in his research career. “The Fulbright is a very prestigious award, and to be a recipient constitutes recognition of leadership and expertise in my field of research,” he said. “As a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2020) — Jared Wright ‘14 arrived at PLU eager to engage in community work and excited to study social justice. He didn’t have specific plans and didn’t know what it would all look like, but he can clearly remember the excitement…

    sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization, and now

  • A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture…

    school because there was no need for her to attend anymore. It is not difficult to read about the challenges facing Indians today: a stagnant literacy rate, deficient infrastructure, environmental degradation, poor sanitation, malnourishment, repression of its women and a domineering caste system. It is a much more tangible reality when you are sitting and talking to one of the families where such challenges apply. I cannot fairly describe the humility I often felt talking with my neighbor’s daughter

  • Campaign ends, surpasses goal by $22 million A performance in the Studio Theater in Eastvold Hall, which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. By Greg Brewis The university’s most recent fundraising campaign was launched amid buoyant economic times, in…

    Margaret Greenwood ’74 Lisa (Miles ’84) and Tim ’84 Kittilsby Lisa Kind Korsmo ’87 and John Korsmo ’84 Knut Olson ’90 and Kim Morter Olson ’88 Carol Quigg ’58 Brad ’83 and Danielle ’85 Tilden Dale and Jolita Benson (both ’63) established two endowed chairs, the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History and the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. The Bensons have also been major contributors to many campus projects and programs including endowed support for student

  • January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semester, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study…

    Presidency in Washington D.C. In January, students explored Oaxaca, Mexico, delving into its history and culture through activities at archaeological sites, interactions with traditional healers, and collaboration with local artisans. Gaining insights into community health care access, they provided basic health screenings and education in schools, health care facilities, and orphanages. The program emphasizes a public health perspective, collecting valuable information on social determinants of health

  • The selectee for this position will serve as a Physical Science Technician in the Radiological Control Office of PSNS and IMF. **This position will require successful completion of a 22-26 weeks of off-yard training in Norfolk, VA. A Continued Service Agreement for the off-yard training…

    who allegiance to the US and expected service employees) CLOSES: 10/16/17 LINK: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/480860300 Read Previous Accepting Applications for 2017 SCI Internships Read Next Undergraduate Research at Caltech LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 2025 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program October 30

  • Students with a serious career interest in cancer research, either as a clinical scientist or laboratory-based research scientist are encouraged to apply for the NIH/NCI-funded (5 R25CA023944) Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program . A primary goal of the POE program is to encourage students to…

    Fellows Undergraduate Research Program Read Next Careers in Electrochemistry! LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 2025 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program October 30, 2024 Allen Institute Summer Internship Program October 29, 2024

  • Water is the basis of life on planet Earth, but from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle and beyond, many major waterways and water supplies are threatened by drought, pollution and population growth. Thursday, April 10, PLU and the greater community are invited…

    , activists, officials from the United Nations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and representatives of many other public and private organizations. Scroger, along with documentary teammates: senior communication major Katherine Baumann ‘14, senior business major Haley Huntington ‘14, and junior Valery Jorgensen ‘15, a communication major, studied water-related topics for more than a year. After the April 10 showing, a panel consisting of documentary team members

  • What goes into the production of a quarter pound burger? According to J.L. Capper in The Journal of Animal Science, 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of drinking water, 74.5 square feet of grazing, and the equivalent amount of energy it takes to run a microwave…

    ; it’s a part of our special holidays and our daily meals, but is the product worth the cost? On Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 7 p.m. this year’s Ruth Anderson Public Debate asks, is it right to eat animals? You’re invited to dig into this issue. To answer this question, PLU will feature four debaters offering their perspective on the ethical, environmental, and health concerns surrounding meat, Dr. Karen S. Emmerman, who is in favor of the proposition (not eating meat), and Dr. Michael Schleeter