News Digest
June 22, 2005 - Click on an image for a larger version

Campus News The research done by Jonas Landes'05 for his senior project is now being applied to his first post- St. Lawrence full-time job. For more North Country Public Radio’s news team is the recipient of two national awards for broadcast journalism. The Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) has named NCPR the 2005 recipient of a national Edward R. Murrow Award for broadcast excellence. NCPR’s news team was selected for their outstanding continuing coverage of the Iraq war. NCPR was a recent regional Murrow Award winner for the same coverage. Regional winners are automatically entered into the national award competition. Seventy-five national winners were chosen from a pool of 3,390 entries.

Science Project Update Bench tops for laboratories in the Sarah Johnson Redlich'82 Hall of Science will be made of durable and chemical-resistant epoxy resin. We have chosen a gray color to reflect light in the lab (as opposed to the standard black tops that absorb light). The gray is light enough to hide any potential scratches but dark enough to see Bunsen burner flames and spilled chemical powders. Stains (often occurring in chemistry and biology research) are also easily cleaned from the epoxy surface.

St. Lawrence In the News The New York Times Magazine carried a feature story in its June 12 edition on Romentics, a business venture co-created by Scott Pomfret '90, and noted his alma mater. For more

The Greenwich Post (CT) carried a large feature story in its June 9 edition on the fourth annual lacrosse tournament created to honor the memory of Katie Higgins '00. Emerita Professor of Sport and Leisure Studies Dotty Hall, who had been Higgins' lacrosse coach at St. Lawrence, was quoted in the story.

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