News, Honors, and Recognition for St. Lawrence Scientists

Our science students, faculty and alumni regularly receive recognition and grant funding for their research and scholarship. Here’s a sampling of recent news and honors:

Faculty
Science, Art Combine In Exhibition By Prof. French
A six-print exhibition of "teaching art" by Baker Professor of Chemistry Larry French has been installed on the third floor of the Johnson Hall of Science. Titled "Carbon Allotropic Images - a Universe of Pure Carbon," the prints are "stylized depictions of various known and theorized elemental carbon structures," according to French.

Professor Ning Gao receives research grant
St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao has been awarded a grant of $32,059, as part of a $105,000 project grant, by the Cooperative Institute of Limnology and Ecosystems Research at the University of Michigan, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This project is an on-going study by her and other scientists of mercury contamination in Lake Champlain.

The project, entitled "Coordinated Monitoring and Modeling for Mercury in Lake Champlain," will be headed by Gao. Collaborators are Celia Chen, biology, Dartmouth College; Tom Holsen, civil and environmental engineering, Clarkson University; Neil Kamman and Rich Poirot, of the Department of Environmental Conservation in Vermont; Andrea Lini, geology, University of Vermont; Eric Miller, Ecosystems Research Group, Ltd., Norwich, Vermont; and James Shanley, of the U.S. Geological Survey, Vermont/New Hampshire District. The research will take place in 2006. Read the story.

Professor Aileen O'Donoghue receives national acclaim
Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue was featured on the cover and is the subject of a feature story in the October 28 issue of National Catholic Reporter; the story focuses on the ways O'Donoghue brings faith and science together. Read the story

Professor Robin Lock receives two national awards from professional society Professor of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Robin H. Lock, the Jack and Sylvia Burry Chair in Statistics at St. Lawrence University, received two major awards at the Joint Statistical Meetings held in Toronto in August – the Mu Sigma Rho 5th Statistical Education Award and the American Statistical Association (ASA) award for Outstanding Contributions to Statistics in Sport. Learn More

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Students

Biology Honorary Inducts New Members

Psychology Honor Society Inducts 17 Students

Claire Plagge '09 Conducts Science Research For Internship

Chemistry Honor Society Inducts Four Seniors

Seven students inducted into Psi Chi psychology honor society.
To be eligible for the honor, students must have an overall average of at least 3.2 and a psychology average of at least 3.4 (based on a minimum of four psychology courses completed at St. Lawrence)

Students, Faculty, Alumni Present Research at National Geology Conf
The recent annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, held in Salt Lake City October 16-20, included St. Lawrence faculty, students and alumni presenting research.

25 Students inducted into Psi Chi honor society for
psychology
To be eligible for the honor, students must have an overall average of at least 3.2 and a psychology average of at least 3.4 (based on a minimum of four psychology courses completed at St. Lawrence)

Students, Faculty Present Research At Chemistry Confab
Students and faculty presented the results of their research at the recent annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, and the University's student affiliate chapter of the organization received an award.

Jon French '06, of Gouverneur, New York, accepted the award on behalf of the St. Lawrence University chapter of the Student Affiliates of the ACS. French is president of the chapter. The award recognized the St. Lawrence chapter for its activities in support of chemistry. Only the top 10 percent of the over 960 chapters in the United States and Puerto Rico receive this recognition.

Tim Chapp '05, of Des Plaines, Illinois , gave a presentation with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Samantha Glazier and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Neil Law, on "Design of Ruthenium Dimer Complexes for Intercalation with DNA."

Joseph Jablonski '05, of Rochester, New York , gave a presentation with Professor of Chemistry Larry French, on "Synthesis of N-cyanoguanidine analogs of vanilloid receptor agonists and antagonists."

Prajjwal Panday '05, of Kathmandu, Nepal, gave a presentation with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao; Clarkson University Professor Philip Hopke and Clarkson Assistant Research Professor Eugene Kim; and Richard Poirot, of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation, on "Developing an alternative Potential Source Contribution Function analysis method and its application for Lake Champlain Basin mercury study."

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Alumni

David Miller'81 receives Audubon Society's hghest award

David J. Miller '81, executive director of Audubon New York has been presented with the National Audubon Society's highest award for excellence, the Charles H. Callison Award, at a national meeting in Vail, Colorado, in May.The award is given annually to an Audubon professional "who has made remarkable contributions to conservation through creativity, coalition-building outreach, perseverance, patience and a positive attitude." Having served with the National Audubon Society since 1988, Miller was nominated for this prestigious award by the Board of Directors of Audubon New York and the Audubon Council of New York State. Miller earned his St. Lawrence degree in environmental studies/economics and has been active as an alumnus, in career advising and as a Reunion planner.

Professor, Alumni Co-Author Articles
The American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology includes the article "Ventilatory effects of gap junction blockade in the RTN in awake rats," by co-authors Amy Hewitt '03, Rachel Barrie '03, Michael Graham '02, Kara Bogus (Colgate '05), J.C. Leiter Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School) and St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of Biology Joseph S. Erlichman. The September 2004 issue of Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology includes the article "Ventilatory effects of gap junction blockade in the NTS in awake rats," by co-authors Keely Parisian '01, Page Wages '01, Ashlee Smith '02, John Jarosz '02, Hewitt, Leiter and Erlichman.

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