News Digest: September 19, 2023
September 19
News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.
University News & Stories
St. Lawrence Ranked Among Nation’s Best Colleges by U.S. NewsSt. Lawrence’s reputation among the nation's top liberal arts colleges remains strong according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings, released on Sept. 18. The publication also recognized St. Lawrence’s stellar psychology and economics programs. |
St. Lawrence in the News-September 19, 2023Several faculty and students were featured by domestic and international media outlets for sharing their work across disciplines of art and art history, government, and much more. Our Canton community was even recognized as one of the “Most Scenic Adirondack Mountain Towns.” |
News from Around Campus
St. Lawrence University inducts New Members to Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Honorary SocietySLU is one of the first liberal arts colleges to have a chapter of the Statistics Honorary Society. With five full-time statistics faculty, St. Lawrence University (SLU) is one of the strongest liberal arts programs in statistics in the country. |
Events
Carnegie 10 International Film Series – "Adieu les cons" (Bye Bye Morons)- Carnegie 10 In honor of the diversity of films from around the world and in homage to the indispensable Cinema 10 series of Potsdam, the Department of World Languages, Cultures & Media, and the Language Resource Center are pleased to present “Adieu les cons” (Bye Bye Morons) (2020). |
Music Department Ensemble Extravaganza- Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall Join us for performances by the Laurentian Singers, the String Orchestra, and SLUFunk. |
Visiting Scholar to Present Data Science for Social Justice- Gulick Auditorium St. Lawrence University's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society will sponsor a presentation by Visiting Scholar Talitha Washington, president of the Association for Women in Mathematics and director of the National Data Science Alliance. |
Athletics
Scarlet and Brown Victories!The women's volleyball team started the Saints off strong with Araiza Acum-Santos ’27 and Vanessa Latam ’27 scoring career-highs as they claimed a 3-2 win over SUNY Potsdam. Saints field hockey followed with a shutout on the road against Oswego, winning 2-0. Our women’s tennis team swept their final day of the SLU invitational. The team went 8-0 in singles and 5-0 in doubles on Sunday. Men’s soccer brought home the win over SUNY Potsdam thanks to Max Mogul’s ’25 strike giving the Saints a 1-0 victory. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com. |
Social Media
Summer research. Boundless curiosity.Alejandra ’24 made just about 600 sheets of paper out of recycled scraps, old T-shirts, and plant fibers. Meghan ’25 combed through the St. Lawrence archives to recover and preserve correspondence between Laurentians serving in WWII and Helen Whalen, the registrar at the time. Ellie ’24 explored what art in the form of stickers can reveal about political parties and organizations in Spain. View photos of the three fellows on the St. Lawrence Instagram account. |
News Digest is a weekly compilation of news releases and web feature stories created in the past week. It is released, generally, every Monday. Please submit news items from your department or news regarding student events and achievements using the University Communications content request form.
