 College purchases Franciscan Renewal Center
Lewis & Clark grew appreciably over the summer with the purchase of the Franciscan Renewal Center from the College’s neighbors, the Sisters of St. Francis.
The 18.6-acre property with its 40-room Corbett House sits directly across the street from the south end of the College on Palatine Hill Road.
"This marks a significant new chapter in the history of the College," notes Michael Mooney, president of Lewis & Clark.
The purchase adds 87,000 square feet in six buildings: Conference Center Building, refectory, office building, chapel, gymnasium and historic Corbett House. "We are pleased that Lewis & Clark is the new owner of our beautiful property," says Sister Donna Fread.
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 Biologists unlock secret of gecko sticking power
Geckos, nature’s supreme climbers, can race up a polished glass window at a meter per second. They can even do it upside down. Moreover, they can support their entire body weight from a wall with only a single toe.
In the journal Nature, a team of scientists, led by Kellar Autumn, assistant professor of biology at Lewis & Clark, and Robert Full, head of the PolyPEDAL Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley, reports the first direct measurement of the adhesive function that makes it possible for the gecko to master those amazing feats.
Continue this article | | Olympian Matt Biondi’s next challenge: teaching
"Teaching can be a daunting experience," he says, comparing his student teaching at Conestoga Middle School to building a house with a hammer.
"Initially, you have very few skills and lots of nerves, but you struggle your way through it," he says. "To be a good teacher, to be an effective teacher," he adds thoughtfully, "you have to be able to employ a variety of skills and approaches under the right conditions at the right time for the right individual."
Despite his natural ability in the water—some say supernatural quality—Biondi had to work to create the conditions that would make him a star, just as he’s had to work hard to learn to teach.
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 Feature story: The Next Step
Armed with their well-respected Lewis & Clark diplomas, members of the class of 2000 wasted no time taking the next step. More than 40 members of the class of 2000 share what they are doing today.
Continue this article Construction begins on law school campus
Lewis & Clark’s law school, recognized as best in the nation in environmental and natural resource law, put its environmental values to work as it began construction this summer of a $15-million project to expand and renovate Paul Boley Law Library.
"One of our design goals was to create a building that interacts with nature," says Jon Wiener, principal architect on the new library from Soderstrom Architects.
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Upcoming events at Lewis & Clark College can be found on the Campus Calendar
 "Instruments for a New Navigation" by Morris Graves is showing at the College's Gallery of Contemporary Art from Nov. 2 to Dec. 16.
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