Dr. Curtis Ferguson II will join Lawrence University on May 1 as the new dean of strategic enrollment. He will work with leadership across campus on enrollment strategies focused on recruitment and retention.
Ellen Baker '97 fell in love with American history while pursuing a psychology major at Lawrence. That background informs her writing of historical fiction, which is getting big attention with the release of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson.
Eleven Lawrence University faculty members will be among the leaders of seminars at Björklunden this summer. They say they get as much from the week-long teaching experience as they give.
A groundbreaking held March 7 for a new building in the 300 block of E. College Avenue marks a pivotal moment in a partnership that will support innovative academic spaces for Lawrence and a new home for the Trout Museum of Art.
Lawrence University students in a songwriting class are writing music to be considered for an upcoming film adaptation of a Michael Farris Smith novel. The author met with the students in Harper Hall.
Lawrence University alumnus Jack Nilles ’54 is front and center in Work Different, a new documentary that explores the history—and future—of remote work, something he has championed for more than 50 years.
Leila Ramagopal Pertl, instructor of music education at Lawrence University and pioneer of a Lab School partnership with an Appleton elementary school, is a recipient of the Fox Cities Chamber’s 2024 Excellence in Education Shining Star Award.
Lawrence University has opened a new ESports gaming lounge in the lower level of Memorial Hall. Available to students who want to gather for gaming, the lounge is open daily from 4 to 10 p.m.
See a gallery of images from the 2024 Cultural Expressions, held Feb. 24 in Warch Campus Center. It's an annual celebration on campus presented by Black Student Union (BSU).
Two one-act operas will be presented by Lawrence University’s Opera Theatre program. Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon and Melissa Dunphy's Alice Tierney will be featured in Stansbury Theater Feb. 29-March 3.
Robert Nowak is joining Lawrence University as its new associate vice president for enrollment management, providing leadership for the university's Admissions team. He will begin his duties on April 1.
Shola Adegbite has joined Lawrence University as its new assistant dean of Spiritual and Religious Life. Her work will be focused on serving students.
Excitement is ramping up as Lawrence's women's basketball team heads to Ripon this weekend for the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament. It's the Vikings' first tournament berth since 2007.
Lawrence University geosciences professor Jeff Clark and two students are building handheld spectrometers for use in research and hands-on instruction. It's funded by a $10,000 grant from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.
Ann Ellsworth (music), Julie Rana (mathematics), and Andrew Sage (statistics) have been awarded tenure at Lawrence University. All three will be promoted to associate professor at the start of the 2024-25 academic year.
The final two weeks of February and the first week of March at Lawrence University will feature events celebrating Black history, including BSU's two signature events: Black Excellence Ball and Cultural Expressions.
Directed by theatre professor Timothy X. Troy, Lawrence Theatre reimagined Shakespeare's As You Like It, with the setting and creative choices reflecting recent study abroad experiences in Ireland.
Registration is open for the 2024 summer seminars at Björklunden, Lawrence University’s northern campus and retreat center. The seminars, open to the public and available to all ages, cover a wide range of topics.
In 2020-21, women’s hockey started as Lawrence University’s 22nd varsity athletics program. Four years later, nine seniors who were present since the beginning are preparing to graduate. The memories are strong.
Seven Lawrence University students or recent graduates have advanced to the semifinalist round for a prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Award. Grantees will be announced in the spring.
Nearly three years after Raft of Stars, his debut novel, drew wide praise, Andrew Graff '09 has returned with True North, another much-anticipated adventure in Wisconsin's Northwoods.
Lawrence University voice professor Estelí Gomez and her vocal ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, won a Grammy Award on Feb. 4 in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category for the album Rough Magic.
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, speaking on the power of "viral justice," said consequential change can happen one person, one neighborhood, one community, one idea at a time. She spoke at Lawrence's Winter Term Convocation.