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For the fourth time in five years, academic leaders from around the nation have identified our Overseas and Off-Campus Programs as among the best in the nation. Lewis & Clark, where more than 60 percent of students study abroad, is the only school in the Pacific Northwest to make the list this year.

Campaign finance reform is not a topic for the faint of heart. But recent graduates Maya Gold BA ’14 and Walker Davis BA ’15 are intrepid researchers, and the result of their labors is an academic paper, just published in Election Law Journal, that explores the often-convoluted world of Oregon’s campaign finance laws.

For the fifth year in a row, Sierra magazine has named Lewis & Clark one of its top “Cool Schools,” a list that honors America’s greenest colleges and universities.

NIH AREA Award to Dr. Greg Hermann’s research program

On August 25, the newspaper featured the commentary of President Barry Glassner and coauthor Morton Schapiro, president and professor of economics at Northwestern University. The topic of inquiry: issues of diversity and inclusion on college campuses nationwide.

 Hood-to-Coast Relay Team Captain and President-Elect of the Board of Alumni Hillary Dixon ’99 will lead Lewis & Clark inaugural team from Timberline Lodge (elevation 6,000 ft.) to a finish line on a sandy beach in Seaside, Oregon.

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.

Since starting at Lewis & Clark, Joe Williams BA ’16 (Theatre) has had an unlikely companion on his journey – CBS affiliate KPIX. In its recurring segment, Students Rising Above, KPIX followed Williams as a first-generation college student and now as an early-career professional.

Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that it will host Professor Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks as the third Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Visiting Professor in the spring of 2017.

Lily Clarke BA ’15 grew up in the tiny town of Condon, Montana—population: 343. She’s now a Fulbright fellow studying ethnomycology in Nepal, pairing her interest in ecology with her passion for giving back to the communities in which she works.

Sasha Bishop BA ’15 has been awarded first place in a highly competitive poster presentation session held by the International Congress of Arachnology, which draws nearly 400 students from around the world to compete and share original research. 

Visionaire is one of Watzek’s more unique and lesser-known periodicals.

The Department of Energy has awarded Lewis & Clark a grant in support of Jessica Kleiss’ collaborative research project, “Macro-physical Properties of Shallow Cumulus from Integrated ARM Observations”

Loda works a staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity in Oakland, CA.

Three Lewis & Clark professors will be speaking at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) public science events in the coming months. Professors from the biology, psychology, and environmental studies departments will share and discuss their original research as featured guests of OMSI’s popular Science Pub Series.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Lewis & Clark $705,000 to develop a Teaching Excellence Program, a coordinated program that will support faculty in the exploration, systematic study, and targeted enhancement of their classroom teaching.

This award is granted at commencement each year.

Putting their summers to good use, Lewis & Clark’s Rogers Science fellows will present their research findings to their professors and peers at a weekly ‘Brown Bag’ session. While the program is open specifically to students of math and science, the skills they develop—tenacity, creative thinking, and strong presentation skills—are valuable across all fields of study.

After decades of service, four leaders among the law school faculty and administration retire.

Carl “C.J.” Appleton ’17 wins prestigious student-athlete award.

Brian Bauer, M.S., Counseling Psychology ’16, arrived at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling with a clear research plan in mind: to study whether an individual’s involvement in extracurricular activities is associated with lower suicide rates. 

Students at Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling are placed within schools and clinics throughout the greater Portland area, routinely making a difference in their students’ and clients’ lives through their dedication to equity and social justice.

The International Law Committee at Lewis & Clark Law School is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Awards.

L&C Unanimously is a series of stories featuring Lewis & Clark faculty and staff donors. Murray Cizon earned his Religious Studies B.A. from Lewis & Clark in 1998. Murray “strongly supports the Graduate School’s vision and mission” and is “honored to support the Grad School’s Annual Fund in whatever capacity” he can.

Download the catalog from this winter’s show at the Hoffman Gallery.

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.

Lewis & Clark’s newest legal clinic offers law students a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of advocacy and criminal law reform.

Jessica Starling, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, has landed her third external grant this year.

Lewis & Clark students and alumni receive prestigious awards and scholarships. 

Five seniors and six recent alumni will spend the next year overseas after receiving prestigious awards from the Fulbright Program. Lewis & Clark is one of the top producers of Fulbright award winners in the country.