The Source: News for Faculty and Staff

The Office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement is proud to invite you to submit nominations for our annual I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards! 

Community members looking to support students who may be impacted by the interruption of SNAP benefits, may donate to The Nest in Roberts 112.

Please be aware of the following dates and times for campus food service. All locations will reopen on January 18, 2026 for spring semester.

Watzek will be open continuously from Reading Days through the end of finals.

Please take a moment to encourage CAS students to apply for this valuable leadership role.  Support from a trusted friend, staff member, or professor will often give students the necessary initiative to take on this responsibility. 

Highlights from event include runners and walkers from all three campuses filling two wagons with donations for the L&C Student Food Pantry, expressions of gratitude for a chance to get away from the work desk, and a rainbow overhead!

Several people have joined our community recently, some continuing employees have taken on new roles at Lewis & Clark, and a few said a fond farewell.

Associate Professor Lina Darwich and Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Katherine FitzGibbon have received endowed professorships for their outstanding scholarly record.

The Office of Equity and Inclusion is excited to welcome Erika to the team.

Erin J. Severe, an accomplished appellate lawyer and attorney at the Federal Public Defender, joins Lewis & Clark as a Visiting Professor in Lawyering.

The analysis of how courts are addressing industrial animal agriculture in four countries is the first of its kind from the Farmed Animal Protection Project of the Center of Animal Law Studies (CALS).

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.

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.

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.