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News Digest: April 10th, 2023

April 10

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

Winter 2023 Magazine Now Online

Stories about lasting partnerships, entrepreneurial spirit, Laurentian Impact, and more are highlighted in the latest edition of St. Lawrence magazine. Read stories from the Winter 2023 issue.

St. Lawrence University President Kathryn Morris Named Co-Chair of North Country Regional Economic Development Council

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council (NCREDC) announced that St. Lawrence University President Kathryn A. Morris has been appointed as academic co-chair. Morris will work with James McKenna, CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), who serves as the Council's business co-chair.

Faculty Focus–April 10, 2023

St. Lawrence faculty put their knowledge into action so students and others are able to benefit from it. Recently, faculty participated in roundtable discussions about their books, published research papers, and presented at conferences with colleagues and alumni.

News from Around Campus

Seniors Present at National Physics Meeting

Four students majoring in physics presented their research and two earned Top Presenter awards during the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Events

Richard F. Brush Art Gallery to Present Wool and Water Exhibition

Mon, Mar 6 - All day Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Explore the Wool and Water exhibition on display at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery until April 12. The exhibition is a collaborative data-art project that blends fiber art with scientific information to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains and neighboring Lake Champlain Basin.

Richard D. Church Lecture in Neuroscience

Wed, Apr 12 at 7pm - 1 hour Hepburn 218 Auditorium In her lecture, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors will discuss how human's brains are inclined to ruminate on painful memories and how this process can interfere with everyday lives, while still making more memories.

SLU Writers Series Presents Author and Poet, Tyler Mills

Thu, Apr 13 at 8pm - 1 hour 30 minutes Sykes Common Room The Writer's Series is pleased to welcome Tyler Mills, award-winning author and poet.

SLU String Orchestra "Video Game Music: In Concert!" Home Performance

Sun, Apr 16 at 2pm - 1 hour 30 minutes Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall The String Orchestra concert promises to be an exciting and unique musical experience that will transport the audience into the world of video games.

The Frank P. Piskor Faculty Lecture

Mon, Apr 17 at 7:30pm - 2 hours Sykes Common Room Associate Professor of English Pedro Ponce will deliver the annual Frank P. Piskor Faculty lecture, "Manifest Destiny Excerpts from The Complete Heresies," a fictional history of ideas that have fascinated, inspired, and misled for centuries. The human impulse to make meaning-at its best and worst-will be explored through a presentation of excerpts from this work in progress.

Athletics

Saints Secure Weekend Wins, Spring Sports Continue

The Scarlet and Brown dominated the competition this weekend as women's lacrosse defeated Union 10-9 and Skidmore 15-9 while men's lacrosse defeated Skidmore 13-8 after dominating SUNY Plattsburgh 19-4 under the lights last week. The wins for the Scarlet and Brown continued with women's tennis beating Vassar 5-4, Saints baseball securing a pair of wins over Hobart (5-4,12-11), and Saints softball sweeping SUNY Potsdam (6-5, 6-4) in its home opener last week. During the UVM Quad meet, Emma Palumbo '25 won the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the women's track and field team while Matt Serrano '26, Matt Abell '13, Erik Geier '23, Timothy Boyce '25, and William Hauf '25 each won events to lead the men's team. Men's rowing opened the spring portion of its schedule with a pair of wins over UVM and a win over Middlebury. Lewis Anderson '25 was named a College Squash Association Second Team All-American for the second consecutive year and Marvin Sibanda '23 was named D3soccer.com's Midfielder of the Year and a First Team All-American. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

Social Media

An Out of This World Experience

Thanks to a travel grant from the Center for International and Intercultural Studies (CIIS), physics majors Ryan Carvel '24 and Tyler Karasinski '24 are spending this semester studying abroad in New Zealand. While there, they explored the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, and visited the University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory for an evening of stargazing. View photos from their trip on the Off-Campus Study 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.

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