News

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  Sarah Holdren, TCK Researcher, Visits
  September 25
  Sarah Holdren interviews TCKs
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  E&D Colloquium Series. Unable to Attend? Watch the Video!
  September 7
  Video recordings of E&D events
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  James J. Kopp First-year Research Awards for Exploration and Discovery Students
  April 8
  The Aubrey R. Watzek Library and the Exploration and Discovery Program would like to bring your attention to a new opportunity designed to showcase the work of Lewis & Clark first-year students:  the James J. Kopp First-year Research Awards.
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  Introducing Earthrise’s 2017 Summer Clerks
  May 10
  Earthrise Law Center is excited to introduce the six law clerks that will be working at the Earthrise offices in Portland and in San Francisco this summer.
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  2017-18 Guest Artist Residency Program
  April 11
  The Department of Theatre is proud to announce that we will be hosting theatre artists Okwui Okpokwasili as guest artists for our 2017-18 Residency Program. This two-week program invites a Guest Artist with significant standing in our field to come to campus to work with students on a new work of theatre.
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  Earthrise Legal Fellow Says Farewell
  April 10
  Founders Legacy Legal Fellow, Ryan Shannon, leaves Earthrise Law Center and moves on to a great position as Staff Attorney at Center for Biological Diversity. We’ll miss him, but he’s not going far.
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  “Around the Pier” with Samantha Murray
  March 22
  Murray is the new executive director of the Biodiversity Masters program at UCSD’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography. She is an Earthrise alumni from 2003. 
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  Earthrise Files Petition to Address “Zombie Permits”
  March 8
  Earthrise filed a petition today on behalf of the Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA), the Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC), and fish advocate, Bill Bakke, seeking to force Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to address the enormous backlog of administratively continued Clean Water Act permits, known as “Zombie Permits.”
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  Earthrise Clinic Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2017
  February 28

  It’s time to apply to be a part of the Earthrise Clinic for the 2017-18 School Year! Deadline is March 24th. 
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  NEDC by the Numbers
  January 28
  Here is a quick summary of some of the things we’ve achieved over the past five years, by the numbers.
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  Meet the 2016-2017 Earthrise Class
  November 16
  Meet the students of the 2016-2017 Earthrise Class. They are already hard at work on cases involving a methanol pipeline, timber sales and water quality issues.
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  Guest Artist Residency Program
  October 7

  The Department of Theatre is proud to announce that we will be hosting theatre artists Kristina Wong and Emily Mendelsohn as Guest Artists for our 2016-17 Residency Program. This two-week program invites a Guest Artist with significant standing in our field to come to campus to work with students on a new work of theatre. The Residency is composed of two phases: a workshop phase where 10-15 students will work closely with an artist to develop new work, and a presentation phase which will include a workshop showing of the new work, panel discussions, and a Master Class offered to the wider Lewis & Clark Community.

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  CONSIDER THE FALL 2017 TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY!!
  October 7

  LIVE, WORK, AND STUDY IN ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD

  AND THE HOME OF SOME OF THE BEST OUR CULTURE HAS TO OFFER

  IN THE FINE ARTS, THEATRE, AND ARCHITECTURE.

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  Earthrise Reaches Settlement to Protect the Connecticut River
  May 6
  Earthrise protects another river from polluters! Yesterday, the District of Massachusetts federal court approved a settlement that will require Chang Farms to comply with its Clean Water Act permit and cease its illegal discharges into the Connecticut River.
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  Inaugural Guest Artist Residency Program
  January 19

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  The Department of Theatre in partnership with The Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to announce that we are hosting theatre artist Aaron Landsman in our inaugural Guest Artist Residency Program. 

  
  

  
  

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  Rising Issues #10 Earthrise Wins Major Clean Water Act Case
  April 3
  Earthrise settled a major case against Magic Mountain theme park in California. Read, and hear, all about it in our recent newsletter! 
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  Lezak Fellows receive summer stipends for public interest work
  April 25
  Recipients are selected based on their commitment to social justice and public service.
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  Lewis & Clark Debate Team Caps Season With Big Wins
  December 2
  Lewis & Clark’s performance at the Linfield College tournament dominated the field, with the team winning three of the tournament’s five events, as well as its top individual honor. For more than fifty years, Lewis & Clark’s forensics program has trained and produced national-caliber debaters and critical thinkers.
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  Fall Auditions
  August 30
  One Act Festival, Much Ado About Nothing, and Dance Extravaganza, come audition!
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  Mellon-funded First World War Centenary Exhibition
  September 20
  “The Great War 100 Years Later” is a centenary commemoration of the First World War funded by a Mellon grant for faculty/student collaborative research.
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  PEAC Summer Law Clerk Gains Trial Experience
  July 17
  7/17/12 - Liv Brumfield, one of PEAC’s five summer externs, writes about her experience supporting a team of attorneys in a week-long Clean Water Act trial in Wisconsin district court.
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  Now Accepting Applications for PEAC Class
  April 9
  PEAC is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Environmental Litigation Clinic! Read on for application instructions and details.
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  PEAC Scores Big for Water Quality and Salmon
  February 29
  PEAC attorneys Allison LaPlante, Dan Mensher, and Dan Rohlf helped their clients win a ruling on temperature standards that will help protect water quality, salmon, bull trout, and steelhead.
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  PEAC Student Presents Report on Oregon Invasive Species
  February 28
  PEAC student Kathryn Walter presented a report to the Oregon Invasive Species Council. The report offered recommendations aimed at preventing the spread of invasive species.
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  Apply for PEAC’s Summer Externship!
  January 27
  PEAC is seeking applications for its new summer of 2012 externship program.
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  PEAC Fall 2011 Newsletter
  October 27
  Topics include the Boardman settlement, PEAC’s new class, California condors, and the CRC.
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  PEAC Class of 2011-2012
  September 28
  PEAC offers hands-on opportunities for law students to be involved in real-world practical advocacy at a level unmatched by clinical programs around the nation.
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  PEAC Welcomes Summer 2011 Law Clerks
  June 9
  Rochelle Martinsson, Jessica Gallagher, and Aurelia Erickson serve as PEAC’s summer law clerks.
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  Multimedia: Environmental law clinics offer students local and global litigation experience
  April 28
  Featuring the environmental law clinics at Lewis & Clark.
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  Protecting the Willamette River
  January 12
  PEAC certified law student Jessica Johnson argued before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on behalf of PEAC clients.