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.
Jon Greenwald, a former Lawrence University Scarff Distinguished Visiting Professor of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, will discuss Ukraine in an Oct. 10 lecture at Lawrence University. It is part of the 2023-24 Povolny Lecture Series in International Studies.
The Center for Teaching Excellence’s new interactive classroom in Briggs Hall is up and running, giving Lawrence University faculty an opportunity to hone their teaching skills.
Anmol Gupta ’18, Ada Stelzer ’21, and Sarabeth Brandt ’21 have been selected for prestigious fellowships in the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), providing funding to support their research.
Rosa Tapia, a professor of Spanish at Lawrence University since 2002, has begun a four-year term as the national leader for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish exam.
Lawrence University is mourning the passing of Ronald Mason, an accomplished archaeologist whose influence on the university’s anthropology program continues to be felt nearly three decades after his retirement from the faculty.
Lawrence University is welcoming nine new tenure-track faculty for the 2023-24 academic year. Another three have joined the faculty on long-term contracts. Two of the new tenure-track faculty have been hired into endowed positions.
Lawrence University is mourning the loss of Sumner “Sub” Richman, a professor of biology for 38 years before retiring in 1995. He taught aquatic biology during a brilliant career at Lawrence.
Lawrence professor Constance Kassor has debuted an online lecture series on Tibet with Wondrium. The 24-part series, which teaches about the history, culture, religion, and political contention of the Tibetan plateau, was two years in the making for the religious studies scholar.
Lawrence University’s Sydney Closson is rocking her undergraduate studies with help from a NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Scholarship. It ties in with her interest in studying other planets.
Betsy Schlabach, associate professor of history at Lawrence University, has followed the publication of her book, Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s Work in Chicago’s Policy Game, with news that she's received a travel grant to extend her research.
Five Lawrence University faculty members have been named to endowed teaching positions beginning in the 2023-24 academic year.
Three Lawrence University faculty members—Lori Hilt ’97, Megan Pickett, and Elizabeth Sattler—were honored during the June 11 Commencement ceremony with annual faculty awards.
Alex Freeman, a senior international relations major, is the recipient of a $30,000 Rotary Global Grant for graduate study in London. She will study global media and communications.
Lawrence University professors Madera Allan and Constance Kassor, giving the Honors Convocation address, shared their journeys in Spain and Kathmandu as they talked about the draw of Catholic and Buddhist pilgrimages.
Elizabeth Becker ‘04, associate professor of psychology at Lawrence University, has published research that explores using virtual reality (VR) games and exercise to help adults on the autism spectrum reduce stress.