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How a Wildlife Detection Dog and His Student Handlers Are Helping Preserve Rare Turtles
The river valley is quiet. It’s a sunny day in June, and Evelyn Albrecht ’25 has just given the wildlife detection dog named Newt his search command. Something switches on in the 4-year-old Labrador retriever’s brain. He’s in work mode now, bounding along the river bank in an erratic zig-zag pattern, deploying his stellar snout to sniff out wood turtles and help aid conservation efforts in Rhode Island.
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News Digest: October 3, 2022
October 3News 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
Connecting Community and Food at the Cornell Cooperative Extension
This summer, Alexandria Hansson '22 and Emilia Vardai-Davidson '23 got their hands a little dirty in the name of sustainable agriculture.
Analyzing China’s Housing Market as an Economics Research Fellow
When Ruiqi Yang ’23 returned to China in 2021, he couldn’t help but notice the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on daily life. Inspired by his academic interests, he explored the pandemic’s connection to a much-discussed topic in his home country–the housing market.
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Receives Optimization Grant
St. Lawrence’s Richard F. Brush Art Gallery has received a Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of a study aimed at optimizing its storage facility and three adjacent exhibition galleries.
Discovering a Winning Combination as a Data Science Researcher
Saints student-athlete Hope Donoghue ’24 has always been intrigued by sports data. This summer, she combined her academic and athletic passions as a data science researcher.News from Around Campus
Winners Announced in the Brush Art Gallery’s Shepard Fairey Bootleg Sticker Contest!
From over 60 sixty online submissions, three winners were selected in the Brush Art Gallery’s recent Shepard Fairey bootleg sticker contest.Events
Health and Wellness Fair and Flu Vaccine Clinic
- Winston Room Visit the fair and enter the drawing for a chance to win one of many prizes: Brewer Bookstore gift certificates, gift cards to area restaurants and businesses, Amazon cards, T-shirts, totes, and more!
The Alexander String Quartet Matinee Concert
- Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall The Alexander String Quartet returns to St. Lawrence for a matinee concert with violist Paul Yarbrough. They will be performing pieces by W.A. Mozart, Antonín Dvořák and Claude Debussy.Carnegie 10 International Film Series – Flee
- 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 and Media, and the Language Resource Center are pleased to present: Flee (2022).
The Alexander String Quartet Concert
- Gulick Theatre, Noble Center The Alexander String Quartet will be joined by violist Paul Yarbrough for their evening concert on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 pm. They will perform pieces by W.A. Mozart, Antonín Dvořák and Claude Debussy.
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Presents: Wood Paper Ink
- Brush Art Gallery The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Mokuhanga Sisters, presents diverse examples of mokuhanga, the traditional method of Japanese water-based woodblock printing, and its expansion from Japan to the international world of contemporary art during this exhibition on display beginning Monday, Sept. 12 through Saturday, Oct. 8.Athletics
Saints Shut Out the Competition, Fall Sports Continue
The scarlet and brown shut out the competition as Saints volleyball topped Potsdam 3-0 with a marathon 62-point second set and Saints men's soccer defeated Ithaca 1-0 last week. At the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regionals hosted by Drew University, Nathan Turtledove '23 earned a singles win, and Broderick Pinto '25 and Adam Heilbronner '24 earned a doubles win. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.
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September at St. Lawrence
It’s that time of the year when even the campus trees sport the scarlet and brown. Take a look back at some highlights of the fall semester so far. View photos on the St. Lawrence Facebook page.
News Digest is a weekly compilation of the 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.
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From Adirondack Glaciers to Bronze-Age Microbiomes, Six Science Research Topics That Kept Fellows Fascinated All Summer
Every year, inquisitive students spend their summers at St. Lawrence, working alongside faculty mentors and diving deep into the topics that spark their curiosity. Whether in the field or lab, summer research fellowships make it possible for students with an interest in hard sciences—like chemistry, biology, or math—to gain hands-on experience and communicate their findings.
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Laurentians in Residence March 2019
Thursday 7:00 p.m. - Interactive Young Alumni Panel Discussion John W. Hannon Jr. '44 Room, Sullivan Student Center - Dessert reception following Friday 9:30-11:30 a.m. - Coffee Chats with Young...
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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.
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New Faculty Bios 2023-24
Lori Clark comes to St. Lawrence University as an instructor of Environmental Studies and Public Health. Her PhD research includes waste management, gas remediation and engineering, landfill gas modeling, and...
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St. Lawrence Awards Fall 2018 Innovation Grants
St. Lawrence University announced the Fall 2018 Innovation Grant award recipients, which include purchasing glasses to correct color vision deficiency, chargers for students’ electronic devices, mental health events that take place outside the Counseling Center, alternative alcohol-free first Saturday events, interpretive signage at building entrances, and bat boxes.
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Class of 2020 Celebrated at Commencement
It was 442 days in the making, but members of St. Lawrence University’s Class of 2020 were finally able to come back together for the first time since March 2020 for their long-awaited commencement ceremony.
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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.