News

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  A Big Week For The Center For Animal Law Studies
  February 4
  LC SALDF is lucky to have the support of the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS), a center made up of fantastic individuals, many of whom are LC SALDF alumni and faculty advisors.  Learn more about the many accomplishments of CALS (just in the past week)!
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  E&D Colloquium Series. Unable to Attend? Watch the Video!
  September 7
  Video recordings of E&D events
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  James J. Kopp First-year Research Awards for Exploration and Discovery Students
  April 8
  The 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.
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  Dawn Odell awarded Franklin Research Grant
  March 21
  Associate Professor of Art, Dawn Odell is a recipient of a Franklin Research Grant. 
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  Reiko Hillyer Receives Award from Southern Historical Association
  October 4
  Professor Hillyer wins the Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award
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  Elliott Young Receives Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Honorable Mention
  October 4
  The 2016 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Committee awarded an honorable mention to Alien Nation:Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through World War II (University of North Carolina Press, 2014), by Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, Elliott Young.
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  Professor Young’s op-ed piece on Syria published on The Huffington Post
  September 15
  Professor of History Elliott Young’s opinion piece, titled “We Can Do More for Syrian Refugees” appears in the September 15, 2015 edition of The Huffington Post.
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  Professor Tomlinson showing at the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery
  October 29
  Adjacent Possibilities- New show by Cara Tomlinson
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  Rogers Science Program Gives Student-Faculty Research a Strong Foundation
  July 9
  At Lewis & Clark, where students learn science by doing science, collaborative research with professors is an academic hallmark. The John S. Rogers Science Program supports several such projects each summer, and this year included multidisciplinary research with an especially timely goal: create a computer game that will teach users how to act in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
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  Kate Smock BA ’18 Honored With the Rena Ratte Award
  May 21
  Kate Smock BA ’18, is this year’s recipient of the Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.
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  Professor Kim Stafford Chosen as Oregon’s Ninth Poet Laureate
  May 15
  Kim Stafford, associate professor and founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute, has been chosen to serve as Oregon’s ninth poet laureate, Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 announced this morning. Stafford will serve a two-year term as “an ambassador of poetry across the state.”
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  International Affairs Professor Named Teacher of the Year
  April 25
  At a ceremony attended by faculty, staff, students, and friends, Elizabeth Bennett, assistant professor of international affairs, was named 2018 Teacher of the Year, a distinction based solely on student nominations by Lewis & Clark’s Pamplin Society of Fellows.
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  Catching Up With Mathematics Professor Naiomi Cameron
  March 21
  Cameron, who is also associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received a scholarship from the Clare Boothe Luce Program to attend the HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College. We sat down with her to discuss how this opportunity will help her Lewis & Clark STEM students.
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  Representative Earl Blumenauer: PILP’s 2018 Amburgey Award Recipient
  February 1

  PILP honored Representative Earl Blumenauer with the Larry K. Amburgey Commitment to Public Interest Law Award on February 17, 2018, at the PILP Auction.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Earthrise files brief with US Supreme Court over WOTUS
  April 28
  On behalf of our clients Waterkeeper Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, and several other organizations (“Waterkeeper”), Earthrise filed their opening merits brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on April 27, 2017, in the case captioned as National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense, et al.
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  Bloomberg Law talks with Professor Dan Rohlf about climate change and threatened animals
  November 1
  Professor Dan Rohlf discusses a recent appeals court decision which allows animals to be considered “threatened” based on climate change models. He speaks with Bloomberg Law hosts June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg Law.”
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  Mellon-funded First World War Centenary Exhibition
  September 20
  “The Great War 100 Years Later” is a centenary commemoration of the First World War funded by a Mellon grant for faculty/student collaborative research.
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  Rising Issues #9 2014 Victories
  December 5
  Breaking News on Buffalo River Case, Earthrise Hires new Attorney, Support Earthrise and its long fought cases
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  Victory that will slash toxic pollution in Columbia and Snake Rivers
  August 8
  Earthrise Director Craig Johnston recently spoke on Oregon Public Broadcasting about the historic victory against the Army Corps of Engineers regarding oil pollution from Pacific Northwest dams.
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  Buchele’s Letter for Clients on CRC Grabs Press Attention
  March 26
  “Law professor challenges legality of CRC”: article in The Columbianfeaturing PEAC attorney Tom Buchele.
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  PEAC and Allies Win Good Neighbor Agreement with ESCO
  November 29
  After years of negotiation, PEAC has helped community activists in Northwest Portland to win a Good Neighbor Agreement with steel foundry company ESCO to reduce pollution by an estimated 20%.
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  PEAC Fall 2011 Newsletter
  October 27
  Topics include the Boardman settlement, PEAC’s new class, California condors, and the CRC.
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  Sustainability Council begins work this week
  October 11
  The newly reconstituted Lewis & Clark Sustainability Council (LCSC) begins work this week with its first meeting, taking place on Friday morning, Council Chair Dan Rohlf announced.
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  Rohlf and Team Now Three for Three in Protecting Salmon
  August 10
  A federal judge in Oregon ruled that the Obama administration’s attempt to make federal hydroelectric dams in the Northwest safer for protected salmon violates the Endangered Species Act.
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  Local View: Case for new I-5 Bridge built upon faulty data
  August 10
  PEAC attorney Tom Buchele writes on the problems with the Columbia River Crossing’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
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  Oregon is the first state in the nation to declare its independence from in-state coal power
  July 19
  Conservation groups, represented by PEAC, and Portland General Electric (PGE) announced an agreement that establishes a $2.5 million fund for environmental restoration and job-creating clean energy projects.
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  Invasive Species Settlement: New Ballast Water Permit Should Help Protect American Coasts, Lakes and Rivers
  March 8
  Invasive Species Settlement: New Ballast Water Permit Should Help Protect American Coasts, Lakes and Rivers
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  Article: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Ongoing Sleep Disorder
  March 3
  For a compelling glimpse into PEAC’s work to protect the Willamette watershed, read Steve Duin’s astute column on the Oregon DEQ’s failure to properly regulate Grabhorn Landfill.
• Clinic Director Transitions at the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
  December 16
  Clinic Director Transitions at the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
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  Professor challenges federal endangered species protection in Gulf
  July 6
  Law professor Dan Rohlf commented in The New York Times on the failure of federal wildlife agencies to accurately estimate the impact of Gulf drilling on endangered species.