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  1. A photo of Catherine Bennett sifting through a set of cabinets.

    From Soil Saviors to Sanctuaries

    CATHERINE BENNETT ’16

    When I was 10 years old, a St. Lawrence student asked if I was going to continue my parent’s organic farm. “No,” I replied. I have great respect for agriculturists, but a career at Bittersweet Farm...

  2. A photo of Dr. Pai holding a wild bee she has pinned.

    Mowing Less is All the Buzz: The Pollinator Project

    DEBORAH DUDLEY

    Professor and co-chair of Biology Dr. Pai studies wild bee, providing research that can be integral to conservation efforts to wild bee populations

  3. A photo of Ceramics 1 students posing in a field behind a large hole they dug.

    Planting the Seeds of Connection Across Generations

    KATE PALMER '19

    Rachael Jones combines environmental consciousness with her ceramics classes

  4. A photo of students scaling the side of a rocky cliff.

    Politics and the Outdoors

    CHLOE MITCHELL ’21

    Students' academic experience becomes a service learning operation, teaming with volunteers to protect parks and environment during government shutdown

  5. A photo of student Georgia Grzywacz sitting in a garden with others who are picking through a garden.

    Understanding the Overlap of Urban and Agriculture

    MICHAEL PAULINO ’20

    Georgia Grzywacz's work highlights the relationship of agriculture and the urban

  6. SLU Earns Top Rank Among Peace Corps Volunteering Schools

    Peace Corps has announced that St. Lawrence University ranked No. 1 among small-size schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019.

  7. Sam Heikkinnen, Claire Anderson, Alex LaMantia, and Kayla Nielsen present their public health-related research, “Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in St. Lawrence County,” during St. Lawrence University’s Festival Day in April 2017.

    St. Lawrence University Receives $15 Million Transformational Campaign Gift

    St. Lawrence University just received the full funding on a $10 million outright gift and a $5 million planned gift from an anonymous alumnus. The gift provides significant resources and momentum for the institution’s bold and ambitious vision for the future and will make an immediate high impact at the University.

  8. A photo of St Lawrence student Alexandra Nicoletti.

    Learning to Listen

    MADELEINE FRANK ’19

    “In general, people are really bad at having conversations,” says Alexandra Nicoletti ’19. To address this very issue, St. Lawrence University has adopted and expanded a program called Intergroup Dialogue, or IGD.