News and Events

Watson is one of 441 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. 

Caroline Gray BA ’17 spent a transformative year in Nairobi as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, forging academic partnerships and exploring the geopolitical forces shaping international trade. Now back in the U.S., she reflects on the experience that deepened her understanding of international relations.

Mossy Log editors from three eras took part in NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project, a weeklong digital journalism training program that empowers participants to produce their own multimedia stories.

This spring on L&C’s Main Stage, the theatre department presented a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a mystifying and twisted tale that explores the relationships between human beings and the natural world through horror, humanity, and the uncanny.

This transformational approach to career readiness will integrate career competencies and work-ready skills into every undergraduate’s academic journey; a commitment from Heidi Hu BS ’85 and Daniel Hsieh establishes an endowment to support it.

Only 40 liberal arts colleges nationwide―and two in Oregon―qualified for the new category, which highlights institutions without PhD programs that operate a robust research enterprise.

The (Anti)Valentine’s Concert, an annual Lewis & Clark tradition, will feature the musical groups Cappella Nova, Kith & Kin, Community Chorale, Voces Auream, as well as several talented soloists. Come see this fun, lighthearted production on Wednesday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.

In mid-January, the Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership hosted its annual entrepreneurial workshop, known as Winterim. The event brought 27 students to campus prior to the start of spring semester for a week of learning, networking, and mentoring, which culminated in a pitch competition for more than $10,000 in prizes.

A new course, Playing at the Border: Migration and Art, examines how migrant and refugee stories are told in film, theatre, and visual art, providing students with opportunities to engage directly with Portland’s immigrant communities.

Lewis & Clark has earned a spot on Study Abroad Aide’s list of top U.S. liberal arts colleges for international students, recognizing our commitment to global education and community.

Music, theatre, and dance might not be the first things you think of when you hear “library,” but Lewis & Clark’s Aubrey R. Watzek Library is much more than a place for quiet study. On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC takes over the Watzek atrium to showcase student participation in the performing arts. The final events of the fall semester featured actors from the Main Stage theatre production Into the Woods and dancers from theatre’s contact improv class.

Cara Tomlinson’s Art and Ecology class uses waste materials from around Portland to create beautiful and meaningful works of art. This course offers a fresh approach to creative practice, merging art and ecology to help students respond to the climate crisis, explore the agency of materials, and build connections to place.

The Center for Community and Global Health offers funding for health and humanities internships with Portland-area partners. Whether over the summer or during the school year, L&C students benefit from paid internships that turn career exploration into action.

The Middle East and North African Studies program offered a new course this fall to facilitate discussion and collective learning around the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Rachel Young BA ’11 recently published groundbreaking research in the journal Nature on the long-term health impact of tropical cyclones. The article is part of her growing scholarship on the quantifiable social effects of climate change and natural hazards.