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Press ReleasesCheck out our 'Green' Press Kit! Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah Music Begins SLU's Noon Organ Recitals Series SLU Writers Series Begins Sept. 16, With George Saunders Faculty, Staff Receive Awards At St. Lawrence University Convocation St. Lawrence University To Participate In Wabash Study, Assessing Learning Outcomes Community Members Welcome In St. Lawrence University Music Ensembles 'U.S. News & World Report' Lists St. Lawrence Among Best Colleges St. Lawrence Offers New Major In Environmental Studies/Mathematics St. Lawrence University Purchases Renewable Energy Credits For Third Year St. Lawrence University Welcomes New Faculty Members St. Lawrence Prof Authors Book On Biometrics Exhibition On Cultural Landscapes, 'Deep Looking,' At SLU's Brush Gallery Princeton Review Includes St. Lawrence University Among 'Best Colleges' Prints From St. Lawrence University Collection On Exhibition At Embassy Of Canada |
FeaturesDouglas McWilliams '12 Awarded Research Fellowship At Mayo Clinic Play By London Program Prof Has N.Y. Debut Jillian Reich '11 Interns With Homeland Security Faculty-Student Team Conduct Environmental Research In Alaska History Journal Publishes Article By Prof. Alvah Jacob Birchard '10 Wins Award For Paper |
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St. Lawrence University will again host a series of monthly organ recitals at the lunch hour in Gunnsion Memorial Chapel, featuring Musician-in-Residence Sondra Goldsmith Proctor. The first event in the academic year will be at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, September 10, featuring the music of Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.
The St. Lawrence University Writers Series begins on Thursday, September 16, with an appearance by George Saunders, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
St. Lawrence University faculty and staff received awards for outstanding service at Convocation, held on campus August 25, marking the start of the academic year.
For the third straight year, St. Lawrence University has honored its commitment to purchasing a minimum of 15 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.
New faculty members at St. Lawrence University gathered recently for a photo, during their Orientation session. 
Biometrics, the science of using physical traits to identify individuals, is the topic of a new book by St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Michael E. Schuckers.
An exhibition titled "Deep Looking: Cultural Landscapes in Photography and Film" will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University August 18 through October 6. It includes works from the University's Permanent Collection, as well as from artists Gary Braasch, Edward Burtynsky and Margot Anne Kelley.
St. Lawrence University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery has partnered with the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, for an exhibition of contemporary Inuit art at the embassy. "Nipirasait: Many Voices, Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset," a collection of 36 prints, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Kinngait Studios of Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
Douglas McWilliams '12, of Sackets Harbor, NY, has returned to campus from a summer spent as a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jillian Reich '11, of Mendon, VT, is an intern with the Department of Homeland Security this summer, participating in bioterrorism research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Meredith Kenney '12, of Rensselaerville, NY, and Emma Kearney '12, of Rush, NY, participated in environmental research in Alaska this summer, with Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Jon Rosales. With funding assistance from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for the Environmental Education Initiative for Active Learning, Research and Advocacy, the trio went to two native villages experiencing environmental challenges caused by climate change.
An article by Associate Professor of History Donna Alvah, titled "Teaching 'The United States and the Vietnam War'," was published in the May 2010 issue of Perspectives on History, the journal of the American Historical Association. The theme of the issue was "Controversy In the Classroom."
Jacob Birchard '10, of Amherst, NH, has won the Marleigh Grayer Ryan College Student Writing Prize for best student paper dealing with Asia, from the New York Conference on Asian Studies.