News and Events
- NEWS2024, bio, Biology Major
Swanson Promise Award Lecture by Margaret Metz
Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award Lecture by Margaret Metz
biology, neuroscience, Tamily Weissman-UniUnderstanding the Neurological Mechanisms Behind Parkinson’s Disease
Associate Professor of Biology Tamily Weissman’s research, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), could shed light on new treatment pathways for Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders.
Students Take a Deep Dive Into Software Development
Peter Drake, associate professor of computer science, teaches a 400-level capstone course that enables students to address real-world problems through software development.
alumniHayes Elected New Chair of L&C’s Board of Trustees
Paula Hayes BS ’92, Lewis & Clark’s new board chair, is an entrepreneurial cosmetics chemist and founder and CEO of Hue Noir.
Sri Lankan Olympic Swimmer Competes for Lewis & Clark
Aniqah Gaffoor BA ’26, who represented her home country of Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics, now competes on the L&C swim team. She’s also setting her sights on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
2023 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program
Summer science research
Students: Apply for the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship!
The Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship Course will provide students with direct access to employers working on issues broadly related to sustainability in Portland, nationally, and internationally.
scienceL&C Science Researchers Garner Top Regional Awards
At a five-state conference in November, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recognized the outstanding work of science researchers Margaret Metz, associate professor of biology, and Jack Waite BA ’23 and Sofia Reeves BA ’23.
alumniBiology Alum Releases “Tiger 24” Into the Wild
Warren Pereira BA ’99 spent more than a decade making Tiger 24, a film that focuses on tiger conservation through the highly publicized removal of a tiger dubbed T-24 from his natural habitat in India.
- EVENTS
Past Events
February 22, 2024Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award Lecture by Margaret Metz
All are invited to this public lecture in which Dr. Margaret Metz will discuss her forest ecology research and the importance of undergraduate collaboration in her work. Dr. Metz is an associate professor in the department of biology at Lewis & Clark College, which she joined in 2014. This event and the reception to follow celebrate her 2022 receipt of the Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.
September 15, 2023Philosophy Colloquium: Trusting Science by Matthew H. Slater (Bucknell University)
Abstract:
Many say that we are suffering from a crisis of a lack of trust in science in this country. In response, significant effort has been lavished on improving science communication—with the aim of promoting such trust. But it’s not always clear what “trust of science” ought to mean. Does “science” really deserve “our” trust? Why? Without compelling answers to these questions, we are rudderless when it comes to improving the relationship between science and the public. I will attempt to steer us in a better direction.
Please attend, and please encourage your colleagues, students, and friends to attend.
Biology is located in room 210 of Biology-Psychology on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 53
email biology@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7511
Chair Tamily Weissman-Unni
Biology
Lewis & Clark
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