 Science and Mathematics News
Lewis & Clark Faculty and Students Win Big in the Sciences
With a recent surge in national grants and student awards, recognition of Lewis & Clark’s achievements in the sciences is growing rapidly. A leader in natural and mathematical sciences, the Portland liberal arts college has been awarded more than $2.2 million in science-based grants for faculty research projects and programs in the past year. Read More 2007 Rogers Summer Science Program a Success
Students at Lewis & Clark College spent the summer conducting research in collaboration with faculty members as part of the John S. Rogers Science Research Program. Nearly 40 students discussed their research in fields including physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics and computer science during a series of brown bag talks held in June and July.
The John S. Rogers Science Research Program promotes collaborative research in the mathematical and natural sciences and provides the framework and financing for more than a dozen student-faculty research projects each summer at Lewis & Clark. The program gives science majors the opportunity to work together, full time, for 10 weeks each summer. More information on the research program, including abstracts of the research projects, can be found at http://www.lclark. edu/dept/sumsci/ . Lewis & Clark Students Recognized by Goldwater Scholarship Foundation
Three Lewis & Clark College students have won honors for their academic leadership in science. Frances Delaney ’08 and Natalie Miller ’08 have both won 2007 Barry M. Goldwater scholarships. Katie Holzer ’08 was recognized with an honorable mention from the foundation.
Goldwater scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit. This year, the scholars were selected from among 1,110 candidates nominated by colleges and universities nationwide. Read the full story
Kowalski Named 2007 Truman Scholar
Adam Kowalski '08 has won a 2007 Truman Scholarship, one of the most prestigious national awards available to undergraduates.
Kowalski, a double major in computer science and physics, is from Golden, Colorado. He plans to use the scholarship to pursue a career in which he can shape how the government uses and regulates science and technology. Read the full story
$108,000 Grant Awarded for Collaboration in Math and Computer Science Research
This summer at Lewis & Clark, teachers, undergraduate students, and professors will defy stereotypes while they explore emerging fields in math and computer science, thanks to a grant of $108,000 from the National Science Foundation. The grant will support the creation of research teams during the next three summers that will bring together two faculty members, four undergraduate students, and one teacher from the K-12 or community college level. Read the full story
Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford Recognized Nationally for Her Research
Greta Binford's research has attracted a lot of attention recently. She was the subject of an extensive profile in the New Yorker (pdf) and was interviewed on National Public Radio's Science Friday (Listen to the NPR interview).
Read more about Greta Binford and her spider research in this summer 2004 article or at her faculty website. Under the Microscope
Lewis & Clark's strong research programs for student scientists were featured in this Newsweek article. The author discusses the work of the Autumn Lab with geckos, but also addresses some of the of the bigger issues in science education, writing, "The results are impressive: according to the National Science Foundation, small colleges enroll only about 8 percent of all undergraduate students, yet between 1996 and 2002, they produced 15.5 percent of all future Ph.D.s in science and engineering.
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