Pacific Lutheran University College of Natural Sciences

07/27/2026

The Psychology Department has their badminton racquets and birdies all set for a friendly game tomorrow at 1:30pm outside of Ramstad Hall. Summer research students and PLU community members are welcome to bring their challenges to the court! 🏸

07/16/2026

The PLU Physics Department invites you to an open house at the Keck Observatory! Join PLU physics professors and summer research students on the evening of Thursday, July 23rd from 9:00-11pm. All are invited to take a tour of the observatory, learn about the stars, and look through telescopes (if there are clear skies)! If there’s a crowd, we’ll be letting 12 people into the observatory every ten minutes. 🔭🪐✨🌓

More details here: plu.edu/physics/keck-observatory/

07/14/2026

Summer office cleaning means we find lots of classic PLU treasures like these binders with vintage PLU graphics. Anyone out there still using binders? 🙋‍♀️

07/13/2026

Summer research students in the Department of Computer Science at PLU are conducting a study on how people interact with robots in shared spaces. They’re currently recruiting PLU students, faculty, and staff who are over the age of 18 and proficient in English to participate in our research. If you’re interested, please sign up for a time slot using this link: https://calendar.app.google/Wgi91Vpk8bjaZJoZ9

06/09/2026

Still feeling the commencement day glow! 💛🖤🎓

06/04/2026

Wildlife encounter on a bench outside Morken: a jumping spider! Judging by the lovely splash of green, we think this is a male Phidippus audax, Salticidae. Please correct us if we’re wrong! 💚🕷️

06/01/2026

Construction on the 2nd floor open lab in Rieke began last week, so we thought it might be fun to look back at the Rieke Lobby over the years to see how it’s changed. The wooden donor wall, carved by Biology Professor Jens Knudsen in 1985, is still part of the lobby. 👷🏽‍♀️👷🏻‍♂️🦺🥽🚧🪜

If you’d like to support the ongoing modernization of the chemistry lab, you can donate online at: plu.edu/give-chem

05/30/2026

The huuuugggggsssss!!!! 🥰🖤💛🎓😭

05/29/2026

Calvin Fisk '26 is an Earth Science major with an Environmental Studies minor. He was featured as one of PLU's spotlighted seniors. Congratulations on your graduation, Calvin! 💛🖤

“My major in earth science has helped me understand how physical processes, like climate, erosion, and hydrology, shape and impact our built world. My minor in environmental studies has given me perspective through the social and ethical lens of how people interact with the environment and work toward conservation,” he says.

Read more about Calvin here:

Calvin Fisk ’26 doesn’t talk about the environment as something separate from daily life. For him, it’s embedded in the systems people build, and it’s often overlooked. An earth science major with a minor in environmental studies , Fisk has spent his time at PLU…

05/27/2026

PLU Physics Professor Bret Underwood will host an upcoming Science on the Screen presentation, where he’ll dive into the mind-bending physics of the deep cosmos of Interstellar! He’ll be talking about the physics of black holes and Gargantua, the supermassive black hole that plays an important role in the movie. 🕳️

At the Grand Cinema in Tacoma, WA on Monday, June 8th, 6:45pm.

Get tickets here: grandcinema.com/movie/interstellar-science-on-screen/