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Lawrence University senior Jonathan Bass and 2023 graduates Gunner Bauer, Miri Villerius, and Ayla Walther have been named 2024 Fulbright Scholars, a prestigious honor that provides funding to study or teach abroad.
Students from five colleges and universities in northeast Wisconsin will compete for $50,000 in prize money in a startup business pitch competition to be held April 24 in The Fox Club at Fox Cities Stadium.
Joseph Carpenter, a Lawrence University junior studying mathematics and physics, is the recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. He is the third Lawrentian to earn that honor in the past five years.
Lawrence professors Madera Allan, Sara Gross Ceballos, and Danielle Joyner, have spanned the disciplines in teaching about medieval Spain in class and on trips focused on the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Physics professor Megan Pickett will set up camp on April 8 in Austin, Texas, which is on the path of totality for the much-anticipated total solar eclipse. She plans to livestream for all to see.
Lawrence University theatre arts professor Timothy X. Troy ’85 wrote a play while spending a year in Ireland as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Run with the Hare (…and hunt with the hound) is the result of research surrounding the Irish War of Independence.
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.
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 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.
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.
Estelí Gomez, a voice professor in the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, is a 2024 Grammy Awards double nominee. She and the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth will be in Los Angeles Feb. 4 for the Grammy ceremony.
Lawrence faculty are providing leadership as academic spaces are mapped out for the coming 315 E. College Avenue building and the nearby Fox Commons development, two transformational capital projects that will add layers to the student experience.
Conservatory of Music faculty Estelí Gomez and Catherine Walby developed a new one-unit course focused on the art of practicing, and they've brought colleagues from across the College and Athletics into the conversation.