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2024 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program
Summer science research
NanoPoetry, a Creative Approach to Chemistry
In Nanomaterials Chemistry, a 300-level course, students’ microscopic musings become poster-worthy poetry and art.
Paid Summer Research Enables Faculty-Student Collaboration
Over the summer, Lewis & Clark offers students paid, hands-on research experiences that rival those of graduate-level institutions.
2023 Rogers Science Research Tuesday Talks
Student-faculty collaborative research
Honoring Black History Month through the Sciences
Students enrolled in CHEM 330 during Fall 2022 present their research in the poster exhibit “We are all the same, but we are all different”. In collaboration with Dr. Jean-Philippe Gourdine, Mia Hernandez ’23 discusses the Diversity of Human Hair & Methods of Categorization, and Lara Koyshman ’23 and Maryam Al-Ghezi ’23 present on Tracing Human Migrations with the Microbiome, in and out of Africa. The posters will be on display in the Watzek Library atrium through March 3.
2023 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program
Summer science research
Summer Research, Direct Experience
Liz LeJeune BA ’22 Receives AAUW Senior Woman Recognition Award
Liz LeJeune BA ’22 is this year’s recipient of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Senior Woman Recognition Award, which honors outstanding scholarship as well as significant contributions to campus and community life.
2022 Rogers Science Research Tuesday Talks
Drew Blauth BA ’23 Wins Goldwater Scholarship
Blauth is one of 417 students selected from a pool of more than 5,000 nationwide for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent award for undergraduates in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
First-gen student-athlete is UCLA bound
2021 Rogers Science Research Tuesday Talks
National Science Foundation Honors Two Alumni
Two recent Lewis & Clark alumni have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Three other L&C alumni have been given honorable mentions.
Prof. Nikolaus Loening publishes article in Protein Science
Mathematics and Chemistry Double Major Named Rhodes Finalist
Chemistry Professor Awarded $297,000 NSF Grant
Loening Secures NSF Research Support
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