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September 7Video recordings of E&D events -
April 8The 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. -
September 13The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program. It was launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society. -
April 11Learn about the work being done—and recognition being received—by our outstanding faculty.
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December 12The Society for Classical Studies has awarded Associate Professor With Term in Humanities Gordon Kelly a 2016 Teaching Excellence Award. Kelly is one of just three recipients to be granted this award honoring professors in the United States and Canada who have set themselves apart in the quality and innovation of their teaching. -
September 29For Associate Professor of English Pauls Toutonghi, summer break meant a three-month national tour for his new book, Dog Gone. Now he’s back in the classroom, teaching fiction writing and encouraging his students to mine their own lives for stories. -
September 18The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. Last year IHS awarded more than 100 scholarships to outstanding undergraduates, graduate students, law students, and professional students who are interested in the classical liberal tradition. Awards are worth up to $1,000. -
April 6The 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. -
January 19When Sam Reiter B.A. ’15 appears on stage later this month in her original one-woman show, Baba Yaga, it’ll be the culmination of years of hard work, research, and growth. It will also be the start of a new artistic sojourn. -
October 23“I take photographs to tell important stories to people who weren’t there,” says Bob Fitch B.S. ’61, whose images document some of America’s greatest 20th-century human rights campaigns. -
October 2Maggie Costello ’16 and Sofia Knutson ’16 spent the summer working with Professor of History Elliott Young to study the relationship between immigration and incarceration in the United States and Mexico. They reflect on this experience in the following Q&A. -
July 29Claire Hinkley ’15 has been working with Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sepideh Bajracharya to study food’s role in a system of traditional medicine. She reflects on this experience in the following Q&A.
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July 22Katie Keith ’15 has been working with Associate Professor of Economics Clifford Bekar to study social mobility among peasants of medieval England. -
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. -
May 15Our faculty members are honored for their exceptional teaching and research.
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April 23Get to know Lindsay Burnette B.A. ’12, a major in East Asian studies and recipient of a Fulbright award. -
March 3Events at Lewis & Clark examine historical and contemporary issues.
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February 18Kristin Fujie, assistant professor of English, has received a Graves Award, which will help support her research and writing on author William Faulkner. -
February 14Current students share their top Lewis & Clark course recommendations. -
January 23Media outlets from Oregon Public Broadcasting to Publisher’s Weekly reflect on the legacy of the renowned poet and Lewis & Clark professor. -
January 22The debate team of McKay Campbell ’14 and Emily Halter ’14 recently won the prestigious Great Salt Lake Invitational, held at the University of Utah. Campbell and Halter placed first out of a field of 98 teams from 34 schools across the nation, defeating a team from William Jewell College in the final debate to win the title. -
January 15William Stafford (1914–93) achieved international acclaim as the author of dozens of volumes of poetry, winner of a National Book Award, consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, and Oregon Poet Laureate. He also taught at Lewis & Clark for 30 years. And, thanks to the Stafford family, we hold his literary archives. -
January 7Meet a few of our many outstanding professors. -
December 13The 13 biggest Lewis & Clark stories of 2013. -
November 21Associate professor of English wins the 2013 National Book Award in Poetry for her latest collection, Incarnadine. -
November 18Lewis & Clark’s overseas and off-campus programs provide students with unique academic and cultural experiences. -
November 11Meet Alanna Kleinman BA ’13, a religious studies major. -
November 11Ray Warren once wrote, “My vision is to do something positive with my life to improve race relations in the Portland community, to leave this a better world.” -
October 31With inspiration from the popular television show Project Runway, Lewis & Clark’s Department of History offered students an opportunity turn their historical knowledge into tangible entertainment. -
October 25Daena Goldsmith, professor of rhetoric and media studies, has received the Bill Eadie Distinguished Award for a Scholarly Article from the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association.
Galleries
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The Pamplin Society of Fellows formally inducted seven new members in a ceremony on October 20th, 2008. -
A Fall '08 exhibit at Watzek Library examines 500 years of bookbinding history, from the era of vellum through contemporary handmade books, revealing some of the lesser-known items in the rare book holdings of Lewis & Clark College Special Collections
