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.

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.

Sociology Students Present Work in New Orleans

Sophia Brigante '24, Sage Lalor '23, and Anna Wilkerson '24 presented results from their senior year research at the Southern Sociological Society’s 87th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sociology Experiential Learning Presentations

Eight sociology majors who studied abroad came together to present what they learned while studying outside of St. Lawrence County. From New York City to Sweden to Kenya, sociology students presented the findings of their research and shared their lived experiences with faculty and friends. If you see these students out and about on campus, be sure to ask them about their experience.

The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Department Holds Annual Dinner

The Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics (MCSS) Department held their Annual Dinner. This year the event brought together over 70 students, faculty and staff who gathered to socialize. Faculty shared information about a wide range of topics including internships, summer fellowships, departmental resources, the MCSS LinkedIn group, graduate schools, senior projects, honor societies and local conferences for undergraduates.

Eliza Brown '24 and Assistant Professor of Math, Computer Science, and the Statistics Department Gabriel Dorfsman-Hopkins Present Art at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.

Dorfsman-Hopkins and Eliza recently returned from San Francisco, where they presented two art pieces at the JMM Art Exhibition. The pieces, Bohemian Algebraic Starscapes No. 4 and No. 7, stem from Eliza’s summer research fellowship, which involved computing and visualizing the eigenvalues of families of integer matrices, and were made using linear algebra, number theory, and high-performance computing.

SLU Alum is a finalist in Big Data Bowl Competition

Shane Hauck ’23 is a finalist in the National Football League ’s (NFL’s) 2024 data analysis competition, the Big Data Bowl. This year’s competition focused on tackling. Hauck and his team wrote an analysis of NFL tackling entitled “No Edge, No Chance: The Impact of Setting the Edge on Zone Run Plays.” The annual Big Data Bowl is a data analysis competition meant to generate innovative statistical methods in football.

Nikolai Ruskin was a guest speaker in the Arab Society's class

This past week, the "Arab Society through Graphic Novels and Films" class had the privilege of having Nikolai Ruskin, a multi-instrumentalist and expert in Middle Eastern instruments, as a guest speaker.

SLU Physics Attends National Astronomy Conference

Henry Priest Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue and Tyler Karasinski '24 attended the 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Environmental Psychology and Design Class Worked with Lisbon Central School for Conceptual Designs of the School’s Courtyard

Throughout the fall semester Environmental Studies' faculty, Kearney Copland's ENVS-3083, Environmental Psychology and Design, class worked with Lisbon Central School to come up with conceptual designs for the school’s courtyard.