Career Accelerator Stories

Ishan Abraham BA ’26 and a team of collaborators are developing an AI-powered learning system that delivers hints during hands-on cybersecurity exercises. Their work will be presented at next year’s 21st International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The law school’s Global Law Alliance is helping to advance environmental and wildlife protections across the globe while giving students hands-on experience in international law.

Students received hands-on data science experience with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, predicting the climate and habitat vulnerabilities of the species in our region.

Through internships and post-graduate careers, Lewis & Clark students and alumni are helping the Portland Pickles baseball team thrive.

Lewis & Clark students are finding real-world meaning in narrative medicine—an emerging field that blends writing, empathy, and health care. For graduates like Edie Tavel BA ’23, an internship experience led directly to a full-time role at Fora Health.

PBS is streaming Classroom 4, which captures the transformative Inside-Out course taught by Professor Reiko Hillyer, where students break down the walls imposed by incarceration to study, connect, and change each other.

This year’s ENVX Symposium, Common Ground: How We Can Engage Across Difference With a Shared Love of Land, was held September 29 through October 3. The symposium united panelists and students in dialogue founded upon months of community conversation and outreach.

Students in L&C’s Applied Data Science Practicum worked with the Multnomah County Health Department to analyze cancer-related deaths in the area, using large-scale datasets to identify trends and demographic connections. In the process, they gained real-world skills, knowledge, and networks that will impact their future careers.

Lewis & Clark’s Teacher Pathways program supports undergraduate students who dream of becoming educators, offering a BA, MAT, and licensure in just five years.

The student newspaper’s recent slate of state awards—along with a national ranking from The Princeton Review—attest to the team’s talents, grit, versatility, and sense of community.

With a grant from Projects for Peace, Nichole Champion BA ’25 created the Holistic Wellness Initiative, an effort to create spaces of belonging, healing, and empowerment for Portland youth.

Professor Bill Chin and Abbee Mortensen JD ’27 worked with Afghan Female Student Outreach to teach women pursuing education under extraordinary circumstances.

This summer, several Rogers Science Program students immersed themselves in hands-on field work investigating the behavior of deer mice in Tryon Creek State Natural Area with Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Burkhard―and found their career paths.

This summer, Deenie Bulyalert BA ’27 directed the Table Rock Youth Camp in Grants Pass, Oregon. Bulyalert’s efforts, funded by a Nielson Social Change Innovation Grant, helped young campers develop leadership skills informed by Indigenous teachings.

Lewis & Clark’s John S. Rogers Science Research Program gave these young alumni scientists the skills—and the confidence—to soar into graduate programs nationwide.