In this edition, we spotlight faculty’s innovative use of prediction markets to enhance civic engagement in political science classrooms, the historical intricacies of Chinese cultural diplomacy, how ineffective corruption control in Europe has fueled the rise of populist movements, and much more.
The Assessment Committee views its primary charge to help shape and direct where and how assessment takes place, make recommendations about who or what group might take responsibility for the...
Allison Rowland, Maurer Associate Professor of Performance & Communication Arts I grew up in rural New Jersey. Many people think rural New Jersey doesn't exist, but it does--I had to...
Text and Lyrics by Anne Washburn Music by Michael Friedman April 20, 21, 22 at 8:00pm and April 22 at 2:00pm, Gulick Theatre, Noble Center Reserve your tickets here beginning...
Text and Lyrics by Anne Washburn Music by Michael Friedman April 20, 21, 22 at 8:00pm and April 22 at 2:00pm, Gulick Theatre, Noble Center Reserve your tickets here beginning...
Text and Lyrics by Anne Washburn Music by Michael Friedman April 20, 21, 22 at 8:00pm and April 22 at 2:00pm, Gulick Theatre, Noble Center Reserve your tickets here beginning...
Defined as double major, major or minor, or interdisciplinary major
Defined as double major, major and minor, double minors, or combined majors
Majors and Minors for the graduating class of 2025. This includes students who graduated in August 2024, December 2024 and May 2025.
For more information on academic departments, course offerings, and a complete list of majors and minors offered, visit SLU Academics
Combined majors (CM), e.g., Environmental Studies - Economics, are counted once for each program
| Area of Study | Majors | Minors |
|---|---|---|
| African American Studies | 1 | |
| African Studies (CM only) | 13 | |
| Anthropology | 11 | 2 |
| Arabic Studies | 3 | |
| Art & Art History (Fine Arts) | 17 | 8 |
| Asian Studies | 1 | 12 |
| Biochemistry | 2 | |
| Biology (incl. Biomed. Science) | 56 | 6 |
| Business in the Liberal Arts | 79 | |
| Canadian Studies | 1 | |
| Caribbean & Latin American Studies | 12 | |
| Chemistry (incl. Pre-Health Chem.) | 6 | 11 |
| Chinese Studies | 6 | |
| Computer Science | 23 | 4 |
| Conservation Biology | 10 | |
| Data Science | 15 | 1 |
| Digital Media and Film | 8 | 6 |
| Economics | 63 | 6 |
| Education | 33 | |
| English | 22 | 7 |
| Environmental Studies | 39 | |
| Estudios Hispanicos (Spanish) | 11 | 9 |
| European Studies | 17 | |
| Film & Representation Studies | ||
| Finance | 29 | |
| Francophone Studies (French) | 7 | 5 |
| Gender & Sexuality Studies | 14 | |
| Geology | 7 | 2 |
| German/German Studies (CM only) | 10 | |
| Global Studies | 16 | 9 |
| History | 28 | 2 |
| Italian Studies | 4 | |
| Mathematics | 39 | 16 |
| Multi-field | 2 | |
| Multi-language | 3 | |
| Music | 3 | |
| Neuroscience | 9 | |
| Outdoor Leadership | 19 | |
| Performance & Communication Arts | 40 | 11 |
| Philosophy | 15 | 11 |
| Physics | 7 | |
| Political Science | 57 | 4 |
| Psychology | 73 | 2 |
| Public Health | 6 | 18 |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 9 |
| Sociology | 25 | 13 |
| Sports Studies & Exercise Science | 34 | |
| Statistics | 17 | 23 |
News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.
Connecting Community and Food at the Cornell Cooperative ExtensionThis 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 FellowWhen 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 GrantSt. 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 ResearcherSaints 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. |
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. |
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. |
Saints Shut Out the Competition, Fall Sports ContinueThe 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. |
September at St. LawrenceIt’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.
News Digest collects news releases & feature stories from the St. Lawrence website. Visit stlawu.edu/news for up-to-date news and information.
Wearing Masks on CampusOn Friday, April 22 Academic Affairs and Student Life sent a message to the community recommending wearing face masks in all public indoor spaces in light of the increase in COVID cases in our region. Read the Message. |
Five Alumni to Receive 2022 Awards from Alumni Executive CouncilSt. Lawrence University’s Alumni Executive Council has announced that Dr. William A. Van Wie '67, Barbarajean "BJ" Schaefer Blodgett '72, Jeffrey P. Spafford '88, and Dr. Wambui Mutoru '06 will receive Alumni Citations for their dedication and service to the Laurentian Community, while Dr. Edward “Ted” F. Higgins '71 will receive the Sol Feinstone Award for Humanitarian Service. |
Renaissance, Reformation, and Medieval ChocolateIn collaboration with the Chocolate Passport Project, students in Visiting Assistant Professor of History Carolyn Twomey's Renaissance & Reformation class took a delicious trip through time to create some early modern hot chocolate! |
Aaron Burns '22 Presents at Midwest Sport Analytics ConferenceAaron Burns '22 presented National Hockey League event rate data research conducted during the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), courses that were special to St. Lawrence's 2021 summer term, at the Midwest Sports Analytics Conference. |
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration- Gunnison Memorial Chapel The Office of the Chaplain and the Jewish Student Union Present Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration featuring music performed by St. Lawrence organist, Sondra Goldsmith Proctor. |
Live Long and Prosper!- Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall The Wind Ensemble, directed by Theresa Witmer, invites you to their concert, Live Long and Prosper, music from our backyard, worldwide, and out into deep space. |
Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity- 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. |
Lost and Found: A&AH Senior Year Exhibition- Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Celebrate members of the Class of 2022 during the final week of the "Lost and Found" is a Senior Year Experience exhibition. This collection of artwork focuses on self-discovery and self-reflection and that was created at the edge of the precipice before true adulthood and a transitory state that can be simultaneously confusing, frightening, and exciting. |
Spring Student Recital- Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall Students who have been studying privately this semester will be performing solos or in small ensembles. The Recital will feature students in voice, violin, and clarinet. |
Spring Dance Concert- Gulick Theatre, Noble Center Join University Theatre for the Spring Dance Concert featuring work choreographed by Faculty, Students, and the SLU Dance Ensemble. Tickets and masks are required for this free, in person event. |
Moving-Up Weekend- Campus Wide Celebrate student achievements—academic, leadership, and beyond—during Moving-Up Weekend! From the Festival of Science, Scholarship, and Creativity to Folk Fest, athletic events, art exhibits, musical performances, and more, it’s a weekend full of ways to recognize everything students accomplished this year. |
Celebrating the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach- Gunnison Memorial Chapel The Office of the Chaplain is pleased to present a free event celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. |
University Chorus: 75 Years Later – A Musical Celebration of the end of World War II- Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall This concert, previously scheduled for April 2020, will present music in the popular and classical realms inspired by the events of World War II. University Chorus, directed by Barry Torres and accompanied by Gerri McGrath, will explore a small sampling of this eclectic body of music. |
Rural Feminism Exhibit- Traditional Arts in Upstate New York Center St. Lawrence students will present their year-long public history project exploring feminism in the North Country during the 1970s and 1980s as part of a photo-narrative exhibit at the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York Center. |
Saints Secure First Place Finishes; Spring Sports ContinueThe Saints track and field teams secured several first-place wins at the Cortland Classic over the weekend. Lambert ’22 won the decathlon while Mike Skutt ’24 won the 10k to lead the men’s track and field team and Oliva Watson ’23 won the 5k while Olivia Bernier ’24 won the 10k to lead the women’s team. The wins continued with Saints Softball defeating RIT 6-4 on the road after dominating SUNY Potsdam 10-2 and 7-3 while baseball secured a 13-6 win over Clarkson in a Route 11matchup. Men’s lacrosse defeated RPI 11-7 after beating Clarkson 17-6 while women’s lacrosse dominated Vassar 16-8 after topping Clarkson 18-16. Saints Football’s Kyle Frimel ’22 was selected as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete and several members of the football team were named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, recognizing student-athlete academic excellence. The men’s and women’s rowing and golf teams are gearing up to compete in the Liberty League Championships this weekend. For up-to-date schedules, news, and scores visit SaintsAthletics.com. |
Scarlet, Brown, and Green for SustainabilityLast weekend St. Lawrence hosted the North Country Sustainability Day and Green Living Fair in collaboration with The Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, Paul Smith’s College, Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County, the municipalities of Canton and Potsdam, and the Local Living Venture. The event, which aimed to inspire and empower attendees to fostering a culture of sustainability across the North Country and beyond, combined gallery exhibits with discussions and welcomed author of the book"Braiding Sweetgrass" Robin Wall-Kimmerer as the keynote speaker. View photos from the event on the St. Lawrence Instagram account. |
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 or by contacting Jessica Kennedy in University Communications at (315) 229-1808.
Advisory Board: Professors Bailey (English), Regosin (history); Associate Professors Denaci (fine arts), Smith (coordinator, history); Associate Chaplain Whitehead African American Studies programs were born out of struggle, resistance, and demands...