Top Stories

Ishan Abraham BA ’26 and a team of collaborators are developing an AI-powered learning system that delivers hints during hands-on cybersecurity exercises. Their work will be presented at next year’s 21st International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security in Wilmington, North Carolina.

As the calendar year draws to a close, we’ve compiled a sampling of top stories from the undergraduate college, the graduate school, and the law school.

The law school’s Global Law Alliance is helping to advance environmental and wildlife protections across the globe while giving students hands-on experience in international law.

Students received hands-on data science experience with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, predicting the climate and habitat vulnerabilities of the species in our region.

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has recognized Greta Binford, professor of biology, with the 2025 Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award. The honor celebrates her nationally recognized research on spider biodiversity and venom evolution—much of it conducted alongside undergraduate researchers.

Lewis & Clark Law graduates Robin Pope and Lane Shetterly helped lead a three-year collaborative effort resulting in Oregon’s Senate Bill 163, a landmark law modernizing the state’s parentage framework to better reflect diverse families and evolving reproductive technologies.

Through internships and post-graduate careers, Lewis & Clark students and alumni are helping the Portland Pickles baseball team thrive.

Lewis & Clark students are finding real-world meaning in narrative medicine—an emerging field that blends writing, empathy, and health care. For graduates like Edie Tavel BA ’23, an internship experience led directly to a full-time role at Fora Health.

PBS is streaming Classroom 4, which captures the transformative Inside-Out course taught by Professor Reiko Hillyer, where students break down the walls imposed by incarceration to study, connect, and change each other.

This year’s ENVX Symposium, Common Ground: How We Can Engage Across Difference With a Shared Love of Land, was held September 29 through October 3. The symposium united panelists and students in dialogue founded upon months of community conversation and outreach.

Students in L&C’s Applied Data Science Practicum worked with the Multnomah County Health Department to analyze cancer-related deaths in the area, using large-scale datasets to identify trends and demographic connections. In the process, they gained real-world skills, knowledge, and networks that will impact their future careers.

Lewis & Clark’s Teacher Pathways program supports undergraduate students who dream of becoming educators, offering a BA, MAT, and licensure in just five years.

Lewis & Clark partnered with the Albina Music Trust to preserve Portland’s Black musical heritage, bringing Albina’s songs to campus through a panel discussion and immersive sound installation.

Lewis & Clark Law School has introduced live captioning in every classroom—enhancing accessibility and inclusion for all students. What began as a project to support hearing-impaired learners is now transforming how the entire community engages and connects.

The student newspaper’s recent slate of state awards—along with a national ranking from The Princeton Review—attest to the team’s talents, grit, versatility, and sense of community.