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News Digest: April 23, 2024

April 23

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 University President Kate Morris Joins Consortium Committed to Preparing Students for Civic Engagement

St. Lawrence University President Kate Morris is joining 60 other college presidents of diverse higher education institutions from across the nation to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to practice civil discourse on campus.

St. Lawrence in the News - April 23, 2024

This regular roundup features a selection of recent mentions of St. Lawrence University and its students, faculty, and staff in regional, national, and international media outlets. Faculty members, students, along with current students and alumni were featured in media outlets recognizing their expertise and research, as well as their outstanding commitments to the St. Lawrence community.

News from Around Campus

Professor of Biology Erika Barthelmess' lab group presents at the Northeast Natural History Conference

Professor of Biology Erika Barthelmess and four of her research students presented at the 2024 Northeast Natural History Conference on 20-21 April in Albany, New York. The team presented three posters, including one co-authored by Assistant Professor of the Math, Computer Science, and Statistics Department Matt Higham. Attending, in addition to Barthelmess, were Marliese Baer '24, Olivia Bernier '24, Kelsey Similer '25 and Jessica Harman '27.

Senior Conservation Biology major Olivia Bernier recently presented work from her senior thesis at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Albany, New York

Olivia Bernier '25 delivered a poster titled “Determinants of Forest Health in St. Lawrence County, New York” at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Albany, New York. In the poster, Olivia presented a subset of the results of her senior project in which she is investigating forest health in five state forests near Canton, New York.

Students present preliminary results of eclipse study at Northeast Natural History conference.

Kelsey Simler ’25 and Jessica Harman '27 presented their poster with preliminary results of a study investigating the effects of a total solar eclipse on the acoustic soundscape at the forest-wetland interface in St. Lawrence County, New York.

Events

2024 Church Lecture

Mon, Apr 29 at 7pm - 2 hours Eben Holden Main Room Join us as we welcome Jaime M. Ross, Ph.D. for her lecture, "A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease."

Carnegie 10 International Film Series – Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)

Thu, Apr 25 at 6pm - 2 hours 20 minutes 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: Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)

CIIS Annual Lecture

Thu, Apr 25 at 4:30pm - 2 hours Sykes Formal The Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies is pleased to welcome Kathleen Colson '79 as this year's CIIS Annual Lecture speaker. This year's lecture will be on "Empowering Global Change: Harnessing Inspiration, Moral Outrage, and Social Entrepreneurship."

One Life Beautiful- One Day More- love...loss...diversity...dissent concert by the SLU Wind Ensemble

Tue, Apr 23 at 7pm - 1 hour 30 minutes Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall Join the Wind Ensemble as we honor the memory of the Reverend Kathleen Buckley, beloved St. Lawrence University Chaplain from 2001-2020, and we honor the memories of those our Wind Ensemble members have lost.

SLU Funk Performance

Fri, Apr 26 at 9pm - 1 hour Launders Underground (Noble Center 001)

SLUFunk Ensemble closes the event of Festival Day this evening. Their performance is free, open to the public, in person and with livestreaming. Watch the livestream.

Featured students: Lucy Albrecht...

Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity

Fri, Apr 25 - All day Eben Holden Conference Center After spending a year or more investigating topics that spark their curiosity and motivate them to dig deeper, students will present their research and showcase their talents at this year's Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity on Friday, April 25.

Athletics

A Week of Winning!

Saints baseball recorded their first sweep of league play over the weekend, downing RIT with three wins, 14-6, 4-1 and 10-9, all in nine-inning contests on Friday and Saturday. Entering the final week and a half of the regular season, the Saints play Clarkson in a three-game series beginning Friday with playoff implications for both teams. The Saints currently occupy the fifth seed in the Liberty Leagues west division, with five teams making the postseason.

Both men’s and women’s tennis teams took victories in their league play over the weekend, with men’s tennis beating Bard 9-0 and went 1-1 overall on the week, also losing to RPI. Women’s tennis also downed Bard 9-0 and engaged in a close match against RPI, narrowly losing 5-4. Yvette Karara '27 was perfect on the weekend, including a 2-0 day in the tight defeat against the Engineers.

Esports season officially came to an end on a 4-1 playoff loss to Kennesaw State. The team enjoyed a successful campaign, finishing second in the Northeast Region and top 14 in the nation within their division of the National Esports Collegiate Conference.

Jimmy King '26 tied for sixth place to lead the St. Lawrence men's golf team at the Farmingdale Spring Invitational over the weekend at the par-70 Bethpage Black Course in Long Island, New York.

For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com.

Social Media

A Scarlet and Brown Week of Pride! ❤️🤎🏳️‍🌈

The Winston Room was packed on Thursday night for St. Lawrence University Spectrum's Pride Week drag show, featuring the incomparable local traveling trio Sister Slayage. This night of joy and celebration that had us dancing in our seats amid a week full of conversation, education, creativity, and expression. View photos from Spectrum's drag show and other pride other events during St. Lawrence University's Pride Week on Spectrum's Instagram account and St. Lawrence University's Instagram account.

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