News Digest: October 3, 2022

October 3

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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!

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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).

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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.

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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

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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.

Social Media

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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