Learning to Thrive in a Chaotic World
President Morris reflects on the power and possibility of St. Lawrence's well-being initiative, SLU Thrives.
St. Lawrence Magazine
Fall-Winter 2025-26
Thriving at St. Lawrence
More than a campaign or a collection of programs, SLU Thrives represents a bold reimagining of what it means to support students in the 21st century. It begins with a simple but powerful premise: students cannot succeed academically, socially, or professionally unless they first know how to be well.
Dan Look’s New Cat-Inspired Book Shows the Cute and Cuddly Side of Mathematics
When you cuddle up with your feline companion, do you think about mathematics?
2025 Convocation Ceremony Honors Faculty and Staff, Awards Promotions
The St. Lawrence University community gathered under the canopy of the Herring-Cole Grove in the Enchanted Forest on Aug. 27 to celebrate the start of a new academic year and recognize the outstanding contributions of faculty and staff.
How St. Lawrence University Is Leveling Up Collegiate Esports
It’s well past 11 p.m., and the student-athletes still haven’t finished competing. The game has gone to overtime, and the players—sweating, jittery, bursting with emotion—are on the verge of clinching their first tournament of the season.
St. Lawrence Celebrates 25 Years of Viebranz Visiting Professors of Creative Writing
Carnegie 10 was standing-room-only last Thursday morning as students, faculty, staff, and local residents filled every seat—and even the aisles—to hear from four returning literary stars.
Nanoparticles, Roundworms, and Biryani: Summer Research Fellows Make Careers and Memories
Sara St. Clair ’26, a neuroscience major from Winthrop, Maine, spent the summer on campus studying ways to slow or prevent Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases—a project that felt deeply personal.
St. Lawrence Launches Men’s Hockey Endowment in Memory of Ray Shero ’84
St. Lawrence University has launched the Ray Shero ’84 Memorial Endowed Fund for Men’s Hockey, a new initiative co-created by hockey alumni and friends to honor the transformational legacy of the late Ray Shero ’84.
St. Lawrence Professor’s Inventive Novel ‘The Caravaggio Syndrome’ Wins Acclaim
Novels tend to take place in a city. But Alessandro Giardino’s inventive and highly acclaimed The Caravaggio Syndrome: A Novel features the city as a character in and of itself.