Student Research and Broadening Access to Science

Summer research on campus and at Oregon Health Sciences University for teams comprising one Lewis and Clark undergraduate and one high school or community college outreach student, with community building activities such as distinguished visiting scholar speakers.

Curriculum, Equipment, and Laboratory Development

Development of five new interdisciplinary courses including one for non-majors focussed on issues that require a background in geology, chemistry, biology and physics, two in neuroscience, and one each in computational biology/bioinformatics and biophysics, supported by Distinguished Visiting Scholars and postdoctoral teaching fellows. The computational biology course will be taught first at L&C and then team-taught in East Africa in collaboration with local colleagues.

Information about the positions currenlty open are at the links below:

Distinguised Visiting Professor  of BioPhysics

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Bio-Informatics

Faculty Development

A Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows Program to develop the next generation of teacher/scholars and a series of three workshops to develop existing faculty expertise in emerging interdisciplinary areas and provide support for new curriculum development.

Precollege and Other Outreach Programs

Inclusion of high school and community college students in undergraduate research teams and an undergraduate led tutoring program to promote access and success in science and math for students at K-12 partner schools.

Program Director

DR Deborah Lycan Ph.D.

Professor
Lewis and Clark College
Biology
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97219

Phone: 503/768-7382
Fax: 503/768-7105 (fax)
E-mail: lycan@lclark.edu