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![Books that will be part of First-Year Studies beginning in Fall 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/FirstYearStudies%20books.jpg?h=72b4337c&itok=fjg5IaTn)
First-Year Studies continues to evolve. Beginning in Fall 2024, the course required for all first-year Lawrence University students will undergo a significant realignment, all aimed at making the program more focused.
![Faculty award winners, dress in regalia, include (from left) Matthew Stoneking, Kelly Culhane, and Matthew Michelic.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Commencement%20AwardFaculty%20web.jpg?h=5687c0e9&itok=47p9Al0a)
Three Lawrence University professors—Kelly Culhane, Matthew Michelic, and Matthew Stoneking—are recipients of the university’s 2024 teaching awards. They were honored at Commencement on June 9.
![Lawrence students interact with students in a schoolyard in The Gambia.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/Gambia1.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=FHGktPV8)
Sixteen Lawrence students and two faculty members traveled to The Gambia this spring for research and community outreach, part of the Field Experience in Development course. The students later showcased their research in poster presentations.
![Aerial photo of Main Hall and Memorial Chapel](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/aebr.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=USMU-fYX)
Lawrence University will honor five retiring faculty members at the 2024 Commencement: Psychology professor Beth Haines, anthropology professor Peter Peregrine, and music professors John Daniel, Matthew Michelic, and Steven Jordheim.
![A still from the video game Pentiment](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/JoshSawyerShipoffools.jpg?h=8f967d64&itok=2BhXJYNe)
Pentiment, the historical role-playing video game, has won a 2024 Peabody Award. Lawrence alumnus Josh Sawyer '98 led the design and history professor Edmund Kern and alumus Winston Black '99 were key consultants.
![Students Anna Cardon and Felix Spaniol do a dive while gathering data in the waters off of Bonaire.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/LUMP%20Felix_Anna_Diving%20web.jpg?h=ab6e298f&itok=6qGwFV7E)
A music element was added this spring as 14 students and three faculty members spent two weeks in the Caribbean doing field research on marine life, the latest academic adventure in the Lawrence University Marine Program.
![Edmund Kern poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/On%20Main%20Hall%20Ed%20Kern%20crop.jpg?h=172fb4e5&itok=Vs_LWcpj)
Meet history professor Edmund Kern, a specialist in early modern European history who has provided scholarly insights on contemporary topics ranging from Harry Potter to the development of a role-playing video game.
![Jose Lozano works with Annika Urness, a sophomore, to set up a virtual reality multiplayer game.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/Video%20game%20class%20VirtualReality_1.jpg?h=0c44e0c0&itok=qORk0OkV)
Lawrence University’s Film Studies 290 course, Introduction to Game Studies, allows students to pursue a passion and build community, all while gaining insights that touch on the history, culture, and business of video gaming.
![Joseph Carpenter poses for a photo in Steitz Hall of Science.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Carpenter%20Joseph_Goldwater_1.jpg?h=7394e25c&itok=vRBjTCx4)
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.
![Jodi Sedlock poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/On%20Main%20Hall%20Green%20Jodi%20Sedock.jpg?h=d7a3438e&itok=jjB4SAVp)
Jodi Sedlock, professor of biology at Lawrence University, has been listening to bats as she and students pursue research in sensory ecology in forests, caves, and biodiverse rice fields.
![Michelle Gibson](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Gibson%20Michelle%202%20crop.jpg?h=ef663ac2&itok=ipr_CRhr)
Dancer and choreographer Michelle N. Gibson will spend five days at Lawrence University, highlighted by a community event at Memorial Chapel that will get everyone moving. She will guest teach in multiple classes.
![Madera Allan, Danielle Joyner, and Sara Gross Ceballos pose for a photo in the 10th-century ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, the palace complex built outside of Córdoba.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Spain%20alumni%20trip%20web.jpg?h=f4d1b32d&itok=VwuNMFKn)
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.
![Nicolette Puskar '19](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Puskar_web.jpg?h=b5bca2b3&itok=o385bFIO)
Nicolette Puskar ’19 is keeping both science and music close to her heart. The Lawrence University alumna is working toward her Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She's also preparing to sing at Carnegie Hall.
![Timothy X. Troy (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/TimTroy_63.jpg?h=81ed0762&itok=ZAL1zMG3)
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.