Immersive Learning
Catching the Beat of Portland’s Music Scenes
Students in the Portland Music Scenes course connect directly with the city’s varied music communities—from country to jazz, punk to R&B, taiko to Irish trad—while learning to use the tools of ethnomusicology.
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Climate Change
New Scholarship for International Environmental Law LLM Students
The Karuna Foundation recently funded a new scholarship for students from the Himalayan region. The scholarship—the first of its kind for the environmental program—will provide significant funding for an international student with a passion for environmental law and climate change mitigation.
Beyond Divisions
21st Annual Ray Warren Symposium Explores the Concept of Borders
This year’s Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, held November 13-15, is titled On the Border. It will examine the different borders we experience, the role of borders in our lives, and the relationship between borders and ideas of race and ethnicity.
Mental Health
Increasing Multilingual Mental Health Services in Oregon Schools
Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling received a $1.1 million federal grant to train school psychologists to effectively support students in high-need rural and urban districts.
Global Recognition
Lewis & Clark Climbs in Newest World University Ranking
Lewis & Clark has climbed into the top 15 percent of the 2025 World University Rankings for International Students, according to Study Abroad Aide. The ranking highlights L&C’s appeal to international students and its strong academic reputation.
Spotlight: Portland
Lewis & Clark’s Entrepreneur in Residence Mitch Daugherty has been tapped to lead Portland’s newly created Office of Small Business, helping to connect small business owners with the resources they need to thrive.
A group of L&C students got an exclusive tour of Nike headquarters in Portland, connecting with alumni and discovering what it’s like to work at one of the world’s leading sportswear brands.
Portland Music Scenes, a course taught by Associate Professor of Music Kaley Mason, allows our students to engage with the city and its residents while learning the tools of ethnomusicology. Students recently took a field trip to the Portland Japanese Garden, where students watched Yumi Torimaru, instructor in shamisen, perform as part of the duo Takohachi X.
On Being a Porous Boundary—a new art exhibit copresented by Lewis & Clark and Portland-based A-B Projects—features immersive paintings, bodily ceramic sculpture, and monumental paper sculpture by Catherine Fairbanks. This work is accompanied by intimate poetry by Catherine Barnett, which has been hand-drawn for the exhibition by Nuria Kiesebrink-Pareick.
WE ARE HERE, a new exhibit in the Art Therapy Gallery at L&C’s Community Counseling Center, features works by art therapy faculty, students, supervisors, and alumni as a way to educate the public about the art therapy program, to honor the unique people who are in our community, and to celebrate this important moment of growth and expansion to serve Portland.
Originally drawn to law school to seek justice for animals in captivity, Rianka Macwan JD ’24 maximized her student experience by fully exploring and participating in all of her interests. Through this personal and professional work, she decided to launch her career as the Lewis & Clark Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic’s ABA Tax Fellow.
Lewis & Clark enters the second year of its engagement with the Portland Art Museum’s paid college internship program, an opportunity for students to facilitate interactive K-12 group visits in the galleries.
Sports and entertainment attorney Nic Mayne teaches a new Sneaker Law course at Lewis & Clark Law School, providing hands-on contract drafting experience through the lens of the athletic footwear industry.
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Faculty-Student Research
On the Hunt for Lady Beetles
From the Magazine
Advantage: Lewis & Clark
The first phase of Lewis & Clark’s strategic planning effort sets the stage for institutional distinction. The new process is iterative and dynamic— responsive to a world that won’t stand still.
Data Processors
In a cross-school collaboration, Professors Greta Binford and Liza Finkel prepare middle and high school teachers to weave real-world data science into their environmental curricula.
Shifting Gears
After a remarkable 51-year career in politics, Rep. Earl Blumenauer BA ’70, JD ’76 prepares to retire, leaving behind a sprawling legacy reflecting his commitment to livable communities, transportation, the environment, cannabis legalization, animal rights, health care, and more.