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July 10The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) seeks to stimulate new research through their highly competitive Summer Stipend program, which receives more than 800 applications a year. This year, NEH awarded 82 grants—and 2 of the 4 Oregon recipients are Lewis & Clark professors for their scholarly examinations of Buddhism and Socrates respectively. -
August 22“Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.”
Each year, the Ford Foundation offers approximately 65 predoctoral fellowships ($24,000 per year for up to three years), as well as dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships.
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July 31Funds two years of study at University of Cambridge for first-generation college student. -
September 18The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest challenges college students to analyze current ethical issues in today’s world. -
October 30Lewis & Clark professors are renowned researchers and scholars. -
January 8Meet three of our dynamic professors.
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June 26Grant-funded research by Lewis & Clark students and faculty is the focus of a new website. -
June 2James 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. -
February 14Current students share their top Lewis & Clark course recommendations. -
September 16Meet some of our outstanding professors. -
July 23As a philosophy and mathematics double major, Benjamin Hoffman B.A. ’13 is used to going above and beyond. This passion for exceeding expectations earned Hoffman the 2013 Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor. -
May 29Get to know Rebecca “Becko” Copenhaver , professor of philosophy and 2013 Teacher of the Year. -
May 29Students honor philosophy professor Rebecca Copenhaver. -
January 7Collaborative research takes an interdisciplinary approach. -
August 20An episode of the nationally syndicated radio program Philosophy Talk that was recorded at Lewis & Clark will soon hit the airwaves. -
August 9Isaac Ekblad ’13 was sitting in a local coffee shop, cramming for a test when he was “discovered.” At the time, Ekblad declined the invitation to become a model. But now, three years later, he’s flying high for fashion house Givenchy while staying grounded as a philosophy major at Lewis & Clark. -
April 28Joel Martinez, assistant professor of philosophy, recently received the Arnold L. Graves and Lois S. Graves Award in recognition of his outstanding teaching in the humanities. -
February 11Professor Joel Martinez received the Graves Award in recognition of his humanities teaching excellence.
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June 17This fall Lewis & Clark will offer its first course in experimental philosophy, a new sub-field that has caused a stir in traditional philosophy circles. Learn more about the field in a Q&A with Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Michael Bruno who will teach the new course.