Kate Smock BA ’18 Honored With the Rena Ratte Award

Kate Smock BA ’18, is this year’s recipient of the Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.
Professor Kim Stafford Chosen as Oregon’s Ninth Poet Laureate

Kim Stafford, associate professor and founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute, has been chosen to serve as Oregon’s ninth poet laureate, Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 announced this morning. Stafford will serve a two-year term as “an ambassador of poetry across the state.”
Neuroscientist Tamily Weissman-Unni Recognized With Scientific Research Award

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has recognized Tamily Weissman-Unni, associate professor of biology and cochair of neuroscience, with the 2017 Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award.
U.S. News Recognizes Lewis & Clark’s Strengths in Overseas Study and Undergraduate Teaching

The new 2018 U.S News & World Report Best Colleges rankings identify Lewis & Clark’s Overseas and Off-Campus Programs as among the best in the nation. The peer rankings also feature Lewis & Clark on the “Best Undergraduate Teaching” list, a select group of 30 liberal arts colleges where the faculty has an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.
NSF Funds Physicist’s Approach to Research and Teaching

Just a year after joining Lewis & Clark, Assistant Professor Mohamed Anber is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant in support of his work in elementary particle physics. With colleagues and students from other departments, Anber is helping build new research capabilities for asking and answering very big questions.
NSF Invests in Lewis & Clark to Diversify the Science Teacher Pipeline

Recruiting and preparing a workforce of K–12 science and math teachers for an increasingly diverse group of students is crucial to improving science education. A new $125,000 National Science Foundation grant to Lewis & Clark will help to fund its STEM Teacher Pathways Project.
National Science Foundation Invests (Again) in “Wormland”

Biology professor Greg Hermann has been awarded a nearly half-million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, his third NSF grant since joining Lewis & Clark. His three-year project on the development of lysosome-related organelles in nematodes will engage between 25 and 55 undergraduates each year in mentored, investigative, and original research.
Assistant Professor of Biology Tamily Weissman-Unni Wins Major NSF Award

The pursuit of a better understanding of how the brain grows and functions is the goal of Tamily Weissman-Unni’s research laboratory. Weissman has been named a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award that will support her research and teaching over the next five years.
Faculty Honors

Lewis & Clark professors are renowned researchers and scholars.
Religious Studies Professor Wins Prestigious Fellowship

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has awarded Religious Studies Professor Robert Kugler a grant for his project, “Discovering Legal Pluralism: Toward a New Understanding of the Jews of Hellenistic Egypt.” Competition for an ACLS fellowship is intense: just six percent of this year’s nearly 1,100 applications received funding.
The New Yorker features English professor’s essay

The most recent issue of The New Yorkerfeatures an essay by Associate Professor of English Pauls Toutonghi. The piece tells the story of a Moroccan organization’s promising new technology: CloudFisher, a system that harvests water from fog.
Professor Mache receives NSF grant for cybersecurity work

The National Science Foundation has awarded Lewis & Clark $166,526 to support the work of Professor of Computer Science Jens Mache.
Professor heads to Scottish castle for prestigious writing fellowship

As the recipient of a prestigious fellowship at the International Retreat for Writers at Hawthornden Castle, Associate Professor of English Pauls Toutonghi will spend four weeks in residency working on his next book, The Lost Ocean.
Chemistry professor receives $220,000 grant from National Science Foundation

Professor of Chemistry Louis Kuo has been awarded a $220,116 grant from the National Science Foundation in support of his research on the degradation of organophosphates, neurotoxins that are used pervasively as agricultural pesticides.
Psychology professor honored for outstanding mentorship

Brian Detweiler-Bedell, associate professor of psychology, was recently awarded the 2014 Outstanding Mentor Award in Psychology by the Council on Undergraduate Research. The award acknowledges faculty who exhibit exceptional mentorship to students and act as role models for those doing undergraduate research.
Lewis & Clark to host first NEH-funded philosophy seminar

James F. Miller Professor of Humanities Nicholas D. Smith was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to direct a five-week philosophy seminar at Lewis & Clark this summer.
Outstanding Educators

Our faculty members are honored for their exceptional teaching and research.
Professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Mary Szybist, associate professor of English, is the recipient of a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship in the category of creative arts. Szybist’s fellowship will be devoted to work on her next volume of poetry, a follow-up to her award-winning collection Incarnadine.
Professors honored at Oregon Book Awards

Mary Szybist, associate professor of English, is the winner of a 2014 Oregon Book Award, taking home the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry for her latest collection, Incarnadine.
Economics professor receives Fulbright award

Moriah Bostian, assistant professor of economics, has received a highly competitive Fulbright scholar teaching and research award for the 2014-15 academic year.
English professor recognized for excellence in teaching

Kristin Fujie, assistant professor of English, has received a Graves Award, which will help support her research and writing on author William Faulkner.
Professor wins award for contributions to education policy for equity

Assistant professor of educational administration Sue Feldman has received the E. Roberts Stephens Award for “outstanding academic accomplishments and contributions to education.” The award was granted for research studying the implementation of data coaching across education service districts in Washington State.
Professor receives funding to craft biography of Mount Fuji

Associate Professor of History Andrew Bernstein has received a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funding rate for this highly competitive program averages just 8 percent each year.
Biology professor honored for work to advance science education

Gary Reiness, associate dean and professor of biology, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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