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Volume 5, No. 5 | June 2010 CLAS Highlights
During this final week of spring term, we'd like to take this opportunity to reflect and review the past year through the lens of the CLAS eNewsletter. We have accomplished a lot and were happy to share...
Is there something you'd like to read about next year? We'd love to hear your thoughts and recommendations, just click here to send us an email. Have a great summer and we'll see you again in the fall. From Liberal Arts to Law School
This Sunday, 2,000 students will cross the Rose Garden Arena stage to recieve their diploma and acknowledge their academic accomplishment. The countless hours spent taking notes in class, studying in the library, writing papers and presenting final projects culminates in that brief moment on stage. That is unless you're one of the commencement speakers, like CLAS graduate Kimberley Mansfield...
Award Spurs Young Scientist's Research
Forty is the average age of a first time National Institute of Health (NIH) grant recipient. The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon (MRFO) aims to remove this barrier for young scientists with its new Oregon Scientist Development Award. Marilyn Rampersad Mackiewicz, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of Chemistry, is the first to benefit. Mackiewicz, whose work involves the use of nanomaterials for biomedical applications, plans on using the funds for "getting her research off the ground... and into fruition. Read more about her plans and the MRFO award on the CLAS website. Second Guggenheim Awarded in English Department
For the second year in a row, a Department of English faculty member won a Guggenheim Fellowship. This year's honor goes to Assistant Professor in Creative Writing Tom Bissell. Bissell will use the funding to finish his current project Bones That Shine Like Fire: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve Apostles. The author of five books is also an avid gamer. Bissel explores the good, the bad and the violent in his new book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Read an interview with the author on IFC's website. CLAS Events & Announcements
High school students from across Oregon presented at Portland State's 20th Annual Young Historians Conference. Max Heninger from Lakeridge High School captured this year's top award for his paper titled "Seeds of Destruction: Factors Triggering the Watts Riots." You can read the winning paper on the Challenge Program's website. Hosted by the Challenge Program and the History Department, the event provides students with a powerful and authentic opportunity to share their research while providing them a professional forum for dialog and feedback.
Environmental Sciences Professor Linda George's Cascade to Coast GK-12 project received a $2.7 million grant, the largest NIH grant in Portland State's history. Over five years, fifty PhD Fellows will partner with science educators to hone their teaching and public outreach skills while developing curriculum to improve middle school students' understanding of key scientific concepts. From the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, Oregon's students of all ages will greatly benefit from this hand's on learning experience. Learn about other research projects and more on the Environmental Science and Management Program's website.
It turns out a couple's garden rock is actually a meteorite! The Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory helped to classify it as Oregon's fifth recognized meteorite. Read more about the meteorite's journey from garden to laboratory in The Christian Science Monitor article.
The Northwest Film Center is hosting a special screening of Guilty Except for Insanity, directed by Psychology Professor Jan Haaken and produced through Portland State University. Showing Sunday, June 27th @ 7 pm in the Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Avenue). All tickets are $8 and may be purchased at the door or online today!
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