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NCVLI wins two grants from the U.S. Department of Justice

In October, the National Crime Victim Law Institute, an organization that advances crime victims’ rights, was awarded two two-year grants from the U.S. Department of Justice. First, NCVLI received a multi-million dollar grant from the Office for Victims of Crime. Most of the funding will pass through to NCVLI’s nationwide network of 8 pro bono legal clinics serving crime victims and to establish up to 4 new clinics. In addition, these funds will continue NCVLI’s amicus curiae work, legal technical assistance to attorneys and advocates, training and education, newsletter, and the annual Law & Litigation Conference.

Second, NCVLI was awarded a 2 year grant of $150,000 by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to focus on the rights of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or dating violence. This grant will allow NCVLI to provide training and legal technical assistance to OVW grantees across the nation. NCVLI will partner with the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence and the Victims Rights Law Center on many of the trainings.

NCVLI promotes balance and fairness in the justice system through crime-victim-centered legal advocacy, education, and resource sharing. NCVLI also provides legal technical assistance to attorneys and advocates of victims and educates lawyers, judges, law students, victims’ advocates, the law enforcement community, and the public about victims’ rights.

13 October 2008

Director of the Northwest Writing Institute Kim Stafford wins regional art fellowship

In September, Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, won a $20,000 fellowship from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, an honor awarded once a year to a local artist. Stafford plans to use this fellowship on his project Pilgrim at Home: Local Encounters Beyond the Epoch of the Car, a compilation of essays written about the walking life of Portland. Stafford is writer in residence at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in addition to serving as the literary executor for William Stafford’s estate.

The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Stafford wins $20,000 fellowship

Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland, Ore.) Poet Stafford honored with $20,000 award

7 October 2008

Four students win Projects for Peace grant

Lewis & Clark students Claire Battaglia ‘10, Jimmie Cotton ‘08, Casey Nelson ‘08, and Betto van Waarden ‘10 won the 2008 Projects for Peace competition with a proposal titled “Cultivating Peace: Empowering the Orphaned Children of Criamar in Ceilandia, Brazil.” Projects for Peace is an initiative sponsored to honor the 100th birthday of Mrs. Kathryn Wasserman Davis. Recipients receive $10,000 grants. Read more here.

6 May 2008

Assistant Professor Karen Gross honored for excellence in teaching

Karen Gross, assistant professor of English:

Gross is a winner of the 2008 Graves Award, which is given in alternate years to select young professors teaching in the humanities at liberal arts colleges in Oregon, Washington, and California. Gross will receive a $10,000 grant to support her work on a book examining Geoffrey Chaucer’s Italian influences. Read more here.

1 May 2008

Lewis & Clark receives $1.3 million HHMI grant

A recent $1.3 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will strengthen Lewis & Clark’s efforts to recruit and train the next generation of scientists. The grant will help to fund increased research opportunities for undergraduate students, including collaboration with the Oregon Health Science University and with institutions in East Africa. Learn more here.

22 April 2008

Professor of Biology Gary Reiness receives Murdock grant for neuroscience research

Gary Reiness, professor of biology:

This April, Reiness received a $42,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to support his research in neuroscience. Reiness’ project is titled “Mechanism of Export of Chicken Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor.”

10 April 2008

Assistant Professor of Biology Peter Kennedy receives National Science Foundation grant

Peter Kennedy, assistant professor of biology:

Kennedy received a $58,060 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Collaborative Research: Dispersal Limitation as a Primary Factor in Determining Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure.” Peter will be working with Lewis & Clark undergraduates and colleagues from the University of California-Berkeley.