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![Mattigan Haller swings a softball bat during a media day photo shoot.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/MattieHaller%20media%20day.jpg?h=8cd77aff&itok=YFR5C14G)
Mattigan Haller heads into her senior year on track to pursue a medical career. She has done so by following her academic passions while playing softball and connecting with the medical world while studying in Mexico.
![Lawrence University senior Charlie Bunch works in a science lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/CharlieBunch_web.jpg?h=2c864278&itok=9c9blHr9)
Following graduation in June, Lawrence University biochemistry major Charlie Bunch is headed to International Space University in France to pursue a master’s program in space science and exploration.
![Visitors to Biofest gather around students presenting their work on standing white boards.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/BioFest2_202205%20%281%29.jpg?h=6a83b953&itok=j_DH1_v2)
Biofest is an annual end-of-the-year tradition at Lawrence, giving biology students a chance to show their work to others and hone their communication skills.
![Head shots of Katie Kitzinger and Gus Lowry](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/KatieGus%20%281%29.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=W8Uisc4j)
Two Lawrence University alumni doing graduate school work in the sciences have been awarded highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
![Headshot of Katherine Meckel against a blurred background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/Katherine-Meckel-2%20%281%29.jpg?h=116367e6&itok=6FuPpvMZ)
Katherine Meckel ’11 is the recipient of a six-year, $447,000 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will allow her to continue her neuroscience research through her final two years as a doctorate student and then four years of postdoctoral work.
![Students work together during Introduction to Physics class in new Science Learning Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-02/physics_hero_1600x900_C.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=i1fc72dF)
A lecture hall has been remodeled into an interactive and technologically equipped classroom now called the Science Learning Commons. It's changing the way intro science classes are taught.
![Clayton Agler, wearing a Lawrence baseball uniform, runs toward a base.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Agler-Clayton-new-768x548.jpg?h=0bb481b0&itok=bIlx1wup)
Clayton Agler ’22 has found the perfect blend of academics and athletics, working as an EMT and shining on the baseball field.
![Finn Witt, wearing a brown patterned cardigan, smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/WittFinn-new2-768x818.jpg?h=a8f0c04d&itok=p3Z5m2ea)
Finn Witt ’21 interned with NASA’s Psyche Inspired program and helped spread the word about a particular asteroid.
![Kenya Earl, wearing a grey Lawrence basketball sweatshirt, stands with her arms crossed and smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/2-Minutes-KenyaEarl2-768x515.jpg?h=f3a48200&itok=iUdycGaT)
Kenya Earl ’21 is setting scoring records for the Vikings on the basketball court while also carving a path on the academic side.
![Sophie Dion-Kirschner, wearing a yellow sweater, speaks to a dark-haired girl.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/2MinutesWithSophie2-768x545.jpg?h=f68fe522&itok=m1GifZOb)
While Sophie Dion-Kirschner ’20 completes a double major in biochemistry and biology, she reaps the joys of giving back to her community.
![Brianna Wilson ’21 (left), a biology major, works with teaching assistant No’eau Simeona ’20 in a Morphogenesis of the Vertebrates lab](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/STEM-Brianna-2.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=3nONCSob)
Lawrence ranked No. 17 for STEM graduates who eventually earned a Ph.D., according to the Council for Independent Colleges.
![Summer Kopitzke squats in a creek, surrounded by greenery.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/SummerKopitzke2-768x751.jpg?h=e3c1a542&itok=rKSnbhd2)
Summer Kopitzke ’20 worked as a Great Lakes fisheries technician for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program.