Kamiak teacher receives $15K grant for soil research

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust’s Partners in Science program recently awarded a $15,000 grant to Margaret Lewis, a teacher at Kamiak High School, giving her the opportunity to engage in research with a mentor at the University of Portland. Lewis will help chemistry professor Angela Hoffman research the study of soil actinomycetes and antibiotic products.