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  1. Laurentians Inspire: Alaska Boat Captain Casts a Net on Sustainability

    This summer Jessica Normandeau ’15 set sail on her newest business venture: captain of a 32-foot vessel in Bristol Bay, Alaska. With grueling 18-hour workdays and a lot of creative problem solving, she’s part of a small percentage of women sustainably harvesting fish from the world’s largest, completely wild, sockeye salmon run.

  4. Grant Awarded For Student-Faculty Research in South Africa

    In October 2015, students rallied outside government buildings across South Africa against proposed hikes in university fees. Earlier that year, using the social media hashtags #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall, students protested against the statue of industrialist Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, which had become a symbol of that nation’s colonial past and racial oppression.

  7. First Person: Facing My Fear of Rats

    I would like to start off by saying I am an avid animal lover and the proud owner of two amazing dogs. There are just a couple of animals that...

  8. Meet Our New Faculty: How Government's Precious Hall Gives Back

    For Assistant Professor of Government Precious Hall, community service is a civic responsibility. She aims to not just leave every place better than how she found it, but to empower others to continue her work and create lasting change.

  9. Five Students Receive Saints Start Challenge Grants

    The Sophomore Success Initiative awarded five rising juniors Saints Start Challenge Grants to support students’ personally-developed independent research, creative, volunteer, and internship projects in the summer between sophomore and junior years.