St. Lawrence University and its faculty, staff and students are often cited in the national media; what follows is a listing of recent stories in the news that included St. Lawrence.

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• St. Lawrence's Adirondack Semester is featured on the Web site Higher Education Goes Green
  

• A program of the Diana B. Torrey '82 Health and Counseling Center was the lead story in "College Health In Action," the official newsletter of the American College Health Association (Vol. 47, No. 4). The story, "The College Breakthrough Series - Depression (CBS-D) Project: Transforming Depression Care on College Campuses - Part II," discusses the study in which the University's center participates, on screening for depression.
  

• Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Melissa Schulenberg's print, "Numb," was featured accompanying an article in the Denver Post April 17, about an exhibition titled "Varied Voices" at the Denver Art Museum.
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• St. Lawrence is included in Kiwi Magazine's list of "50 schools that will help your kids help the planet."
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• An editorial titled "A Different Way to Fight Student Disengagement," by Bringing Theory to Practice Project Director Donald W. Harward, ran on the Inside Higher Education Web site April 15, and cited St. Lawrence's Center for Civic Engagement and Leadership as an example.
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• St. Lawrence University, and Jonathan Edwards '09, were included in a March 23 story in the Miami Herald, about top Florida students increasingly looking beyond the Ivy League to small liberal arts colleges for better opportunities.
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• Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz was quoted in a front-page story in the New Orleans Times-Picayune on March 26, about his recently published study comparing the effectiveness of federal agencies versus the private sector in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Canada's National Post newspaper ran a story about the study on March 28. Horwitz was interviewed by Federal News Radio in Washington, D.C., on March 27 about the study, and an interview with Horwitz appeared March 31 on the "Homeland Security Today" Web site. Other outlets reporting on the study are ConsumerAffairs.com and MSN Money (April 2); the Rutherford Show, a live news radio show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (April 1); the national Mark Levin radio show (March 30) and Hispanic Business (March 28). News of the study has also been reported on a number of Internet blogs and Internet-only news sites, including Democratic Underground, FreeRepublic.com, Homeland Security Today, the Federal Times, National Review Online's "The Corner," and Reason magazine's "Hit and Run."
  Read the Times-Picayune story.
  Listen to the Federal News Radio interview.
  

• Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert Torres was quoted in a March 27 story in the New York Times, about how veganism is being marketed. Torres is the co-author the book Vegan Freak.
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• The St. Lawrence women's ice hockey team was featured on the National Public Radio show "Only A Game" on March 15, as they made their way into post-season play.
  Listen to the show.

• University Chaplain Kathleen Buckley and the "Build Your Own Beliefs" program that she initiated at St. Lawrence were included in a March 16 feature story in the Hartford (CT) Courant, about Americans seeking spirituality outside of traditional organized religions.
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• An item in the March 11 news blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education, about the annual lobby day held in Albany by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities coinciding with a convergence of news media anticipating the resignation of the New York governor, included a quote from Epiphany McGee '11, a participant in the lobby day events.
  

• St. Lawrence was included in a story in the March 10 issue of Greenwire, an energy and environmental policy publication, about how colleges and universities are incorporating sustainability education into their curricula and campus life.
  

• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and the fact that the increasingly popular musicians got their start at St. Lawrence, showed up in Fortune magazine managing editor Andy Serwer's blog, "Captain's Blog," on March 3.
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• A February 23 story in Newsday about the special election for the 48th district New York State Senate seat included comments from Professor of Government Calvin F. Exoo. A February 27 story quoted Exoo on the impact of the race's outcome.
  Read the Feb. 23 story.
  Read the Feb. 27 story.
  

• A study conducted by Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher, showing that students who pull all-nighters also have lower grade-point averages, was cited in the February 11 column by Yvonne Fournier, which runs on the Scripps Howard News Service wire. Fournier is an educator who gives advice on youngsters and hometown; the column was a response to a reader who sought advice about her teenage son who's a "night owl."
  

• Appleton Arena staff Joe Prashaw, Glen Dibble, Gabe Szafranski, Shawn Wright and Roger Woodard are pictured and highlighted in the "Industry Spotlight" column in the January/February 2008 issue of Rink Magazine; the column is a q-and-a with Prashaw, facilities manager for athletics.
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• Bruce Carlisle '78 was one of two media-industry experts called upon by Forbes in a February 5 article to comment on the efforts of Microsoft to purchase Yahoo.com.
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• Carleton University's student newspaper, The Charlatan, carried a February 1 story about Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher's study, published in the journal Behavioral Sleep Medicine that showed that students who have pulled all-nighters have lower grade-point averages.
  

• Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert Torres was a guest on the KDVS (Davis, California) radio show "Speaking In Tongues" on February 1; the entire hour-long show was devoted to a discussion of Torres' book Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights.
  

• Dana Professor of Biology David Hornung appeared in an episode of "The Nature of Things," the science program on CBC-TV in Canada. The program is carrying a series about the five senses; Hornung was featured in the episode, which aired January 24, on the senses of taste and smell.
  Read more about the program.
  

• A feature story about the spring semester program in France appeared in the Quebec City paper Le Soleil January 18, complete with a photo of the group. The semester begins with an immersion program in Quebec, before continuing in Rouen.
  

• The Newsblaze Web site recently carried a story about Sean Kane '05, serving in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment. Kane's family, in Lake Placid, NY, assisted the unit in raising money and donations of school supplies for the children of Kirkuk.
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• An essay by President Daniel F. Sullivan, titled "Why IT Matters To Liberal Education," is the "Leadership" column in the January/February 2008 issue of Educause Review, a national magazine for the higher education information technology community.
  Read the essay.
  

• Trustee Kenneth Okoth '01, a native of Kenya, was interviewed on the National Public Radio program "Bryant Park" on January 3, about the political unrest in Kenya; the interview included reference to his education at St. Lawrence.
  Read or listen to the story.
  He has also been interviewed by WUSA, the CBS affiliate television station in the Washington, D.C. area, where Okoth lives, and on the National Public Radio program "Talk of the Nation," on January 8.
  

• Tyler Hanson '09 and Doug Weaver '11, both of Jamestown, NY, made the front page of the sports section of their hometown newspaper, The Post-Journal, on Jan. 1, with a story about their selection as game officials for a scrimmage of the Buffalo Sabres.
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• An article titled "Flight of the Hunter: A Report on the State of Hunting in the Adirondack Park," in the December 2007 issue of Adirondack Life magazine refers several times to research conducted by Cynthia Green '01 for her senior honors thesis in economics. The research, by Green, former Assistant Professor of Economics Stephan Kroll and Therese Grijalva, was published in the journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
  

• New York Sun contributing editor Seth Gitell wrote a column published December 26, 2007, about the history of the song "I'll Be Home For Christmas," including a recent reference by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the song's connection to St. Lawrence through its composer Kim Gannon '24.
  

• An essay by Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Terry Cowdrey, advising high school seniors who apply to their first-choice colleges under "early decision" programs to have a back-up plan, was published in the Albany, NY, Times Union December 23.
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• The national Associated Press newswire carried a story, with photos, about Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher's study showing that pulling all-nighters does not help students achieve higher grades, December 14, was picked up by hundreds of news organizations' online sites, including CNN/Time, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the "Today" show, the New York Times, CBS News Radio, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, Inside Higher Education, the Wall Street Journal, the Hartford Courant and regional TV and radio newscasts across the nation. The story was among the 10 most-e-mailed stories from the Yahoo! News Web site on Friday, December 14. It has also been cited and appeared on hundreds of blogs. 
  
  
• St. Lawrence is well represented in the January 2008 issue of the national magazine Rowing News. The cover photograph, taken at the Head of the Charles, shows the St. Lawrence varsity men's 8+; the issue includes an essay about rowing at the University by Chelsea Isdell '07; and a photograph of Kathleen Oscadal '06 is included as an illustration with an article about technique.
  
  
• The December issue of Spirit, the in-flight magazine of Southwest Airlines, included a story about the bequest of Kim Gannon '24, designating that one-third of royalties earned by his compositions go to St. Lawrence; he was co-composer of the holiday classic "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Gannon also wrote the University's alma mater.
  

• Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher was interviewed on WJBC radio in Bloomington, IL, on December 5, about her study showing that pulling all-nighters doesn't help improve grades.
  Listen to the story.
  
  Thacher's study was also the subject of a story on the popular Web site WebMD on December 7, and cited in a Wilmington (DE) News Journal story on December 10, about what first-year students go through at the end of their first semester at college. The WebMD story was cited in the "Health Beat" column of the Lowell (MA) Sun on December 10.
  Read the News Journal story.
  

• Gilbert Maurer '50 was among individuals profiled in a December 1 story in the Financial Times of London, about "strategic philanthropy." The story included information about the Maurer Professorship of Speech and Rhetoric at St. Lawrence.
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• Associate Professor of History Anne Csete was quoted in a November 23 story in The Wall Street Journal, about efforts to save the culture of the Li people in China. Csete studies U.S. efforts to preserve the island culture and heritage.
  

• Vice President for Administrative Operations Thomas Coakley and his wife, Nellie, are among the interview subjects in the book Boom! by former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, and have participated in filming a documentary scheduled to air on the History Channel in conjunction with the book. Brokaw mentioned the Coakleys, both veterans of the Vietnam War who met at Walter Reed Army Hospital, in recent interviews on MSNBC with Tim Russert and CNN with Larry King.
  

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Web site and the Web site Inside Higher Education both included St. Lawrence in stories posted on November 8, about colleges that plan to submit proposals to the William J. Clinton Foundation, for funding of energy-efficient projects on campuses. The same story ran in the print edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education dated November 16.
  

• The New York Times ran a feature story about St. Lawrence's Adirondack Semester on November 7.
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• A columnist for The Daily Pennsylvanian, the independent student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, referenced the New York Times story on the Adirondack Semster in a November 13 story, and proposed that Pennsylvania consider implementing a similar program near its campus.
  

• A feature story about Associate Professor of Anthropology John Barthelme's course on Neandertals appeared in USA Today on November 6.
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• A positive review of Priest Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue's forthcoming book, The Sky Is Not A Ceiling appeared in the November 5 edition of America, the national Catholic weekly magazine.
  Read the review.
  

• "The Diane Rehm Show," on WAMU American University Radio (public radio) included in its October 29 broacast a panel discussion on "Going Green In the Private Sector." Among the show's guests was Jon Moore, CEO of Juice Energy, which supplies "green energy" to St. Lawrence; Moore discussed the firm's relationship with the University on the program, and cited St. Lawrence as an example of a customer that wants to be enviromentally responsible.
  Listen to the program.
  

• An October 28 Associated Press story about college courses that offer intensive, hands-on experiences included St. Lawrence's Adirondack Semester program.
  

• Sara Bernier '08 and Sal Cania '07 are both among the students offering "insider advice on the first year of college, from those who've been there" in the summer 2007 issue of Careers and Colleges magazine.
  

• The November/December issue of Sierra, the magazine of the Sierra Club, focuses on the "green" movement at colleges, and includes St. Lawrence's Adirondack Semester program in an article about hands-on environmental study.
  

• An article about Associate Professor of Anthropology John Barthelme's course on Neandertals, and comparing what students learn to the portrayals in insurance-company commercials and a network sit-com, appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education's issue dated October 19, 2007. Another story about the course was published in the Chicago Tribune on October 21.
  

• An essay by Graduate Assistant in Athletic Media Relations Megan Bernier '07, submitted to the New York Times' College Essay Contest, is included on the Times' online site.
  

• Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert Torres and Director of the Language Center Jenna Torres are quoted and pictured (in the University's Dana Dining Center) in an online story for Newsweek about vegans that was posted September 26.
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• An interview with Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz, about how high school students can better prepare for college-level work, aired on the September 22 edition of "College Connection," a program produced by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education that runs on 12 public radio stations throughout Oklahoma.
  Listen to the program.
  

• A study by Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher, showing that pulling all-nighters doesn't help improve grades, was cited in a September 17 story in USA Today, about sleep deprivation in college students.
  

• The Buildings and Grounds news blog on the Web site of The Chronicle of Higher Education September 13 included an item about St. Lawrence's student-published "Green Guide" and voluntary environmental audits conducted on residence hall rooms. The item also appeared in the print edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, in the October 26 issue.
  

• A story in the New York Times September 12, about colleges that notify parents when students abuse alcohol, included a mention of St. Lawrence as an institution that notifies parents when students are transported to medical facilities.
  

• The 2007-2008 Education special issue of Indian Country Today magazine includes photos of and a story about Karla General '07, selected to be one of 12 2006 Native American Congressional Interns.
  

• A commentary titled "Are Our Graduates College-Writing Ready? What High Schools Could Do To Help," by Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz, was published in the September 5 issue of Education Week magazine. The piece was cited on the "Great College Advice" Web site on September 8; the site is a project of Montgomery Educational Consulting.
  

• An article titled "Writing Programs That Work," by Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz and Director of the Munn Center for Rhetoric and Communication Hillory Oakes was published on the Web site of The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy on August 29.
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• Professor of Psychology Alan Searleman was quoted in a story about left-handedness that ran in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) and the San Bernadino Sun on August 13 -- International Left-Handers Day.
  

• An editorial in the July 10 issue of the Malone, New York, Telegram congratulated the University and two professors for grant awards they received for conducting research on local issues. Associate Professor of Geology Jeffrey Chiarenzelli and Assistant Professor of Biology Aswini Pai were each awarded grants from SUNY Potsdam's Center for Regional Research and Community Education's T. Urling and Mabel Walker Fellowship Program.
  

• The July issue of University Business magazine included an article about the University's annual Faculty College; Associate Professor of Government Karl Schonberg was quoted in the story.
  

• The Buffalo News ran a feature on July 25 about Michele Fazekas '93, a native of the region who has a successful career as a writer for television, including episodes of the popular show "Law & Order: SVU" and the upcoming CW show "Reaper." The story noted her St. Lawrence education.
  

• Associate Professor of Anthropology Celia Nyamweru was quoted in a July 24 story in National Geographic News, on an earthquake "swarm" in Africa.
  

• Assistant Professor of Education Peter Ladd's book, Mediation, Conciliation and Emotions, was positively reviews in Volume 22 of Negotiation Journal, published by the Harvard School of Law. A feature story about Ladd, his work and the review ran in the July 11, 2007, edition of The Thousand Islands Sun; the paper is based in Clayton, New York, where Ladd lives.
  

• President Daniel Sullivan was a guest on the National Public Radio show "The Best of Our Knowledge," produced by WAMC radio in Albany, New York, on July 9, on a program about higher education access and accountability. President Sullivan provided a four-minute commentary for the program, which is available for listening online.
  

• St. Lawrence's Faculty College was cited as an example of how American universities are re-emphasizing teaching as a priority in a June 29 article in The Times of London's Higher Education Supplement; Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Kim Mooney was quoted in the article.
  

• Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert Torres was quoted in a June 21 story in the New York Times on "freegans," anti-consumerists who scavenge items discarded by others.
  

• A "q-and-a" on college loans with Director of Financial Aid Patricia Farmer was published on the Higher Education Washington, Inc. Web site June 19.
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• The June issue of University Business includes an article by President Daniel Sullivan on sustaining the town-gown relationship.
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• A June 7 editorial in the Jacksonville, FL, Times-Union by SchoolMatch Institute Distinguished Research Professor William Bainbridge included a quote from President Daniel F. Sullivan's Commencement remarks, as evidence of the higher education community's criticism of U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. The editorial called for President Bush to replace Spellings in the position.
  

• The May 31 online edition of The Christian Science Monitor included a Letter to the Editor by St. Lawrence Chaplain Kathleen Buckley, responding to an earlier editorial in the Monitor. In the letter, Rev. Buckley discusses the University's Build Your Own Beliefs program.
  
  Read the letter.
  

• Vice President and Dean of Student Life Joseph Tolliver was quoted in a June 1 story in The Chronicle of Higher Education, about efforts to assist minority students academically, allowing them to reach their intellectual potential. Tolliver is on the Steering Board of the Consortium on High Achievement and Success, a group of colleges with programs that assist students of high ability who may be under-prepared for higher education.
  

• The Associated Press newswire carried a May 23 story about a new Vermont law that will provide $12 million for college scholarships and workforce training. The sigining ceremony included Caroline Bright '11, of Franklin Vermont, who had worked on the legislation as a member of the Next Generation Commission. In the story, she discussed her college selection process and why she ultimately chose to enroll at St. Lawrence. Papers that ran the story included the Boston Globe and several in Vermont, including the Rutland Herald and Burlington Free Press.
  

• On May 21, the New York State Associated Press newswire carried a story about President Daniel Sullivan's 2007 Commencement speech, in which he was highly critical of U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and her policies. Among publications that ran the story was New York Newsday. The online publication Inside Higher Education also ran a news item on the speech, which generated a number of readers to respond with comment. Regional newspaper the Watertown Daily Times ran a lengthy excerpt from the talk on its May 24 editorial page, as its weekly "North Country Perspective," and the Blogger News Network carried a story about the speech as well.
  

• The Syracuse Post-Standard carried a story May 20 about plans by Assistant Registrar Kevin MacKenzie and a friend to scale all 46 "high peaks" of the Adirondacks in nine days in July, as a fund-raiser for the neo-natal unit of a Syracuse hospital.
  

• Director of Financial Aid Patricia Farmer was quoted in a May 15 story on the Newhouse News Service news wire, with advice for students and parents navigating the student-loan process. Among outlets running the piece were the Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger and New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  

• University Chaplain Kathleen Buckley was quoted in a story about growing interest in spirituality on college campuses in the Syracuse, N.Y. Post-Standard on May 12; the story also discussed St. Lawrence's "BYOB" -- Build Your Own Beliefs -- program.
  

• Director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program William Short was quoted in a May 3 story in the Columbia Daily Spectator, an independent newspaper affiliated with Columbia University, about HEOP. Short is president of the New York State HEOP Professional Organization.
  

• An essay by President Daniel F. Sullivan, on merit aid and access to higher education, was published in the online newsletter Inside Higher Education on April 19.
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• Director of Health and Counseling Services Pat Ellis was quoted in an April 19 story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, about what colleges may and may not do to screen students for signs of mental illnesses, and what restrictions there are regarding notification of parents and others. An item about the program was also included in the May 15 edition of "UB Daily," a publication of University Business magazine.
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• Ellis was also quoted in the April 6 edition of Psychiatric News, in an article titled "Eight Colleges Collaborate to Improve Depression Care." The article discussed a new screening program beginning to be used at college health centers, including St. Lawrence's.

• St. Lawrence University's endorsement of a Code of Conduct regarding student loans was noted in a number of stories in the national news media on April 3 and 4; among those including the University as signatories of the agreement were the national Associated Press newswire, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
  

• Piskor Professor of English Peter J. Bailey was quoted in a March 18 story in the Reading, PA, Eagle about the film version of the John Updike book Rabbit, Run, which was filmed in Reading. Bailey's most recent book is an analysis of Updike's character Rabbit Angstrom.
  Read the story.
  

• The March/April issue of Adirondack Explorer includes an article by Henry Priest Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue, titled "Keep Us In The Dark," about light pollution and the Adirondack Park Association. Read the article.
  

• Images and text from the Nathan Farb photography exhibition "Summer of Love," in the University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, were the "End Paper" feature in The Chronicle of Higher Education's March 16 issue.
  

• An article about and photos of the Johnson Hall of Science is included in the February 2007 issue of Absolutely Business magazine; the focus of the issue is the construction business in northern New York State.
  

• A review of co:lor, an exhibition of work by Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Kasarian Dane at rowlandcontemporary in Chicago, appeared in the February issue of ArtForum magazine. The review, by James Yood, states "The artist often sets up situations in which a color seems to echo within a a painting, or even in a nearby work...his fidelity to the endless subtleties of tone, shape and pattern is both earnest and accomplished, exuding the sense of a knotty problem brought to hard-won resolution...the allure of Dane's project is that each subsequent instance will be as difficult to achieve and interesting to witness as the first."
  

• An article by Henry Priest Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue, titled "God In Machines," was published in the March 5 issue of America, the national Catholic weekly magazine.
  

• The Chronicle of Higher Education's February 23 "Campus Architecture" supplement includes information about and a photograph of the Diana B. Torrey '82 Health and Counseling Center in a section on new buildings at campuses around the country.
  

• The North Creek News Enterprise ran a feature story in its February 3 edition on astronomy research conducted by Jamie Lomax '07, of North Creek, NY, in Puerto Rico. A photo and information about Lomax's research, with Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue and Physics Lab Coordinator Jeffrey Miller, was also included in the December 2006 issue of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center/Arecibo Observatory (NAIC/AO) newsletter.
  Read more about Jamie Lomax '07.
  

• Louise Gava '07, of Clifton Park, NY, is quoted in a story in the February 2 edition of The Wall Street Journal, about colleges that offer domestic programs that are similar to study abroad. Gava compared her experiences in the Adirondack Semester and study in St. Lawrence's Kenya program.
  

• An opinion piece by Associate Professor of Global Studies John Collins, proposing a new policy on the Middle East, appeared in the Albany, NY, Times-Union on February 1.
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• Priest Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue was featured in a lengthy interview about science, especially astronomy, and faith on the January 7 edition of Provoke Radio. Provoke's mission is to engage listeners in "a reflection of important contemporary issues from the perspective of your own faith."
  Listen to the show.
  

• Professor of Government Calvin F. Exoo is quoted in a January 5 story in The Christian Science Monitor, on the likelihood of a woman or member of a minority group being elected president of the U.S. in 2008.
  Read the story.
  

• Associate Professor of Global Studies John Collins was interviewed January 2 on "Democracy Now!," as part of a round-table discussion on the execution of Saddam Hussein. Collins discussed how mainstream news media in the U.S. covered the event.
  Read the transcript.
  

• An essay by John Gursky '07, of Baldwinsville, NY, giving high school students advice on preparing for and getting through admissions interviews, appeared in the "Neighbors Northeast" supplement of the Syracuse Post-Standard on December 28.
  

• The Burlington Free Press, in Vermont, published an essay by Lindsey Wetmiller '07 on December 19, with advice for college students on how to survive at home during the break.
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• The New York Times published a letter to the editor by President Daniel F. Sullivan on December 15, responding to articles published previously on the costs of private higher education.
  Read excerpts of the letter.
  

• St. Lawrence University gets a mention in Nelson DeMille's latest thriller, Wild Fire, part of which is set in "upstate New York." (Check page 335 of the hardcover version.)
  

• The winter 2006/7 issue of the journal Chemical Heritage includes an article on Marie Curie's doctoral thesis; the article cites Radiochemistry and the Discovery of Isotopes by the late Emeritus Professor of Physics Alfred Romer as recommended for further reading on the topic.
  

• St. Lawrence's "Net Generation" faculty development program is cited in an article about information technology training for faculty in the November 2006 issue of Campus Technology.
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• A review of recent books about Canadian author Alice Munro in the December 21 issue of The New York Review of Books includes a positive review of Professor of Canadian Studies Robert Thacker's Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives, published in 2005.
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• The December 3 "My Life, My Words" column in the Rochester, NY, Democrat & Chronicle was by Harriet Newman '08, of Ithaca and formerly of the Rochester-area suburb of Fairport. Newman wrote about how her experiences hiking in the Adirondacks made her a hiking enthusiast.
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• A November 30 story in the New York Times, about students at sports academies that emphasize training in winter sports, noted that Vermont ski-racer Sasha Dingle has been accepted at St. Lawrence.
  

• An essay by Kaitlynn Reyell '09, of Saranac Lake, NY, about her experience in a community-based learning course, was published in her hometown newspaper, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, on November 18.
  

• An essay by Chris Kerr '07, of Manlius, NY, giving high school students tips on writing the personal statement accompanying college applications, appeared in the "Neighbors East" supplement of the Syracuse Post-Standard on November 16.
  

• A November 15 story in the Saratoga Springs (NY) Saratogian, about an organization that helps children from El Salvador come to the United States to become educated, made note of the fact that one such student, Terrance Julio, was adopted by Kevin and Diana O'Brien, of Saratoga, and is now a first-year student at St. Lawrence.
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• The Times Community Newspapers in Virginia, which includes the Fairfax County Times, the Centreville Times and the Reston Times, ran a story November 8 about retired Air Force Col. Richard Unser '71, who lives in Fairfax and is now pursuing a career as a teacher, earning certification in secondary education from George Washington University.
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• Jeffrey Miller, physics lab coordinator and information technology computer specialist, has been giving presentations on astronomy at the Adirondack Public Observatory; his work was commended in a November editorial in the Tupper Lake Free Press.
  

• Joseph Lekuton '91, M'94, who was recently elected to Parliament in his native Kenya, was the subject of a November 2 story on "Voice of America." The story includes information about his education at St. Lawrence.
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• The October 2006 issue of Security Management magazine includes an article about the electronic locking system in the senior townhouses, recommended by Director of Security and Safety Patrick Gagnon.
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• The September 2006 issue of Food Management magazine includes an article about how slip-resistant footwear can reduce the incidence of injuries to food-service employees. St. Lawrence is cited in the article as an example; a program providing slip-resistant footwear to employees has significantly reduced compensation claims.
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• On October 14 and 15, C-Span's "Book TV" featured North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann, speaking about his book, Welcome to the Homeland. The event was taped at St. Lawrence, in Sykes Common Room.
  Visit Book TV.
  

• St. Lawrence University's Center for Teaching and Learning is included in a new Educause E-Book, Learning Spaces.
  Read more about Learning Spaces
  

• A feature story in the September 29 edition of The Washington Post profiled Joseph Lekuton '91, M'94, a former teacher in the Washington area who is now a member of the Kenyan Parliament. The story included information about his education at St. Lawrence.
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• A story in the September 26 Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), about how colleges are considering dropping land phone lines because so many students have cell phones, includes quotes from St. Lawrence Manager of Telecommunications Gregory Stahl, who is the state's coordinator for the Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education.
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• Professor of Government Calvin F. Exoo was a guest on the New Hampshire Public Radio program "The Front Porch" on September 18, discussing the media and democracy.
  Listen to the program.
  

• An article on a five-year study of moose mortality written by Katherine ("Kat") Bagley '07 was published in the September/October issue of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department magazine, Wildlife Journal. Bagley, a resident of Manchester, NH, is a public affairs intern with the department, as well as an English (writing) and biology major at St. Lawrence.
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• Associate Professor of Global Studies John M. Collins is quoted in a September 11 story in the Tampa Tribune on how the events of September 11, 2001, changed the language.
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• Associate Professor of Global Studies John M. Collins was a guest on Chicago Public Radio's "Worldview" program on September 6, discussing the Bush administration's use of the word "Islamofascism."
  Listen to the interview.
  

• The September 4 (Volume 84, Number 36) issue of Chemical and Engineering News included a report on the July 28-30 conference on fluoride hosted by St. Lawrence University and organized by Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett.
  

• An article titled "Leaving the Nest," about local students and parents preparing for the journey to college, ran in several Massachusetts papers on August 31, and it included quotes from Ali Bond '10, of Weston, MA. The story was in the Sudbury Town Crier, the Daily News Tribune, Weston Town Crier and Wayland Town Crier.
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• An editorial in the Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle on August 31, advising parents and students not to become overly concerned about scores on standardized tests such as the SAT, noted that at St. Lawrence, as with other New York State colleges and universities, students have the option of not submitting scores when applying.
  Read the Editorial.
  

• A sports feature in the August 20 edition of the Gloversville, NY Leader Herald focused on an unusual team competing in the Fifth Annual Sand Classic King and Queen Volleyball Tournament: 69-year-old Carl Jurica and 19-year-old Jo Palmer '09. The story noted that Palmer is a student at St. Lawrence.
  

• An interview with Director of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Cathy Tedford was included in a special, titled "Travel Advisory: Trapped Behind the Lines," that aired on Discovery's Travel Channel on August 21. The program was about Americans who have been caught up in political upheaval or similar crises while traveling abroad. Tedford was with a group of St. Lawrence students on a University-sponsored study trip to Nepal several years ago when murders took place at the royal palace there.
  

• The Dover-Sherborn Press (VT) featured a story on August 17 about the experiences of Sherborn native G. Bowen Borgeson '07 during his Summerterm in Kenya, studying conservation techniques in national parks.
  

• A story about what students really need to bring to college with them (time-management skills, for example) and quoting Associate Dean of the First Year Steven Horwitz, ran in the Canyon Courier (Evergreen, CO) and Columbine Courier (Littleton, CO) on August 9 and the High Timber Times (Conifer, CO) on August 10.
  Read the article.
  

• The August 9 issue of Education Week included a story on the value of summer employment for students, according to admissions professionals; Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Terry Cowdrey was among those quoted in the article.
  

• On August 3, the Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle ran a story on difficulties that families have saying goodbye when it's time for a child to head off to college. Among those quoted were Jamie Perconti '10 and his mom, Kathy.
  

• Assistant Professor of History Melissane Parm is featured in the August 2006 issue of Self magazine, discussing how she was motivated to take steps to improve her health. The photo of Parm running was taken in the Ronald B. Stafford Fitness Center at Newell Field House on campus.
  

• The July 2006 fiction issue of The Atlantic features a short story ("Night Bus") by Ada Udechukwu, wife of Dana Professor of Fine Arts Obiora Udechukwu. Ada Udechukwu is a writer, artist and poet, and her work has been exhibited in the University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. The Atlantic Web site has an interview with Ada Udechuwu, which mentions that her husband is a professor at St. Lawrence.
  Read the interview.
  

• Deborah Geer '77 was profiled in the July 26 issue of the Auburn, N.Y., Citizen. Geer recently joined the staff of Auburn Memorial Hospital; she is a surgeon and women's health specialist.
  Read the story.
  

• Caleb Cross '01, who overcame life-threatening burns to over 90 percent of his body, sustained in an accident, and went on to compete in the Coeur d'Alene Ironman Triathlon, was profiled in a July 12 story in the Minnapolis Star-Tribune. The story was carried in several other papers as well, on the Scripps-Howard newswire. Cross and his wife, Jenny '02, are residents of Northfield, MN; both competed in Alpine skiing while undergraduates at St. Lawrence.
  Read the story.
  

• The July 2006 issue of Nonprofit Communications Report includes two stories about St. Lawrence. "Tell History With Timeline" is about St. Lawrence's Sesquicentennial Timeline, and quotes Director of Web Services Mark Mende. "Online List Spotlights Local, National Media Attention" focuses on the "In the News" page of St. Lawrence's Web site.
  

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics Michael Schuckers was quoted in a May 29 story in MarketWatch, on the increasing use of biometrics in everyday life.
  Read the story.
  

• Viggo Mortensen '80's speech at Commencement May 21, advocating an activist life, was reported in regional news media, as well as by the Associated Press on its state, national and international wires. In addition to stories in the Watertown Daily Times, Ogdensburg Journal, Courier-Observer, News 10 Now TV, WWNY-TV and WPDM radio, the story appeared in or on the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Time magazine, People magazine, USAToday.com, the York Dispatch (PA), the Toronto Star, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Philadelphia Daily News, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), San Bernadino Sun, Los Angeles Daily News, WSTM-TV (Syracuse), WCAX-TV (Vermont), the Post-Standard (Syracuse), the Houston Chronicle, Staten Island Advance, Newsday (New York), the Canton (OH) Repository, the Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, Worcester (MA) Telegram, San Jose Mercury News, Montana Standard (Butte), Buffalo News, Bismarck Tribune, Lowell (MA) Sun, Charleston (WV) Gazette Hilton Head Island Packet, Forbes.com, KRON (San Francisco), KVVU (Las Vegas), Ventura County (CA) Star, Victoria (BC) Advocate, the Reading (PA) Eagle, Seattle Post-Intellingencer, Rochester (NY) Democrat & Cronicle, Canandaigua (NY) Messenger, Little Falls (NY) Evening Times, Lockport (NY) Union Sun-Journal, Lancaster (PA) New Era, Norwich (CT) Bulletin, Lexington (NC) Dispatch, Claremont (NH) Eagle Times, Strasburg (VA) Northern Virginia Daily, High Point (NC) Enterprise, Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress, Kent County Daily Times (West Warwick, RI), Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Concord (NH) Monitor, Oswego (NY) Palladium-Times, Hudson (NY) Register-Star, Catskill (NY) Daily Mail, Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette, Gloversville (NY) Leader-Herald, Kansas City Star, Lynn (MA) Daily Item, Norwalk (CT) Hour, Taunton (MA) Daily Gazette, Greenwich (CT) Time, Middletown (CT) Press, Lumberton (NC) Robesonian, Athol (MA) Daily News, Northampton (MA) Daily Hampshire Gazette, New Britain (CT) Herald, Bennington (VT) Banner, Danbury (CT) News-Times, Woodbridge (VA) Potomac News, Manassas (VA) Journal Messenger, Troy (NY) Record, Herkimer (NY) Evening Telegram and White Plains (NY) Journal News.
  Read the text of Mortensen's speech.
  

• The Spring 2006 issue of Liberal Education, the journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, includes an article by Vice President of the University and Dean of Academic Affairs Grant Cornwell and Professor of Global Studies Eve Stoddard, titled "Freedom, Diversity, and Global Citizenship," and an essay by President Daniel Sullivan, titled "Milton's Areopagitica and Freedom of Speech on Campus."
  AACU's Liberal Education
  

• A May 20 story in the New York Times, about prospective students making deposits at more than one institution, included an example of a student who deposited at both St. Lawrence University and Allegheny College.
  

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Marc Beard was quoted in two stories about The DaVinci Code in the May 16 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times; in one of the stories, he separates fact and fiction in the novel.
  Read the stories.
  

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Marc Beard was quoted in a May 12 story in the Biloxi (MS) Sun-Herald, on why the novel The DaVinci Code has caused so much controversy.
  Read the story.
  

• Professor of Psychology Alan Searleman is quoted in a May 5 story about left-handedness in the Allentown, PA, Morning Call newspaper. The story also ran in the South Florida Sun-Sentinal.
  Read the story.
  

• The April 25 edition of the Washington Post included a list of 23 schools, out of the 101 top liberal arts institutions ranked by U.S. News & World Report, that do not require applicants to submit standardized test scores; St. Lawrence is included in the list.
  

• An opinion piece by Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett appeared in the Rutland Herald (VT) on April 19, opposing fluoridation of the water supply in that community.
  

• A column by educational consultant Dennis Barden '79 in the April 18 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education reflected on the legacy of the late Frank P. Piskor at St. Lawrence.
  

• The Providence Journal (RI) included a story on April 15 on a panel discussion held on "Voices in Wartime"; one of the participants was Assistant Professor of English Ngoc Quang Huynh, a former Providence resident.
  

• An April 11 article on the front page of the business section of the Richmond, VA, Times-Dispatch profiled Jennifer Hunter '94; in the article, she discusses her decision to attend St. Lawrence.
  Read the story.
  

• An April 7 article in the Poughkeepsie Journal on an exhibition of Rembrandt's art at Vassar College noted that the scholarly catalogue that accompanies the exhibition, "The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment," was co-written by Lynn and Terry Birdsong Associate Professor of Fine Arts Dorothy Limouze.
  

• St. Lawrence was included in an April 5 story in USA Today, about the increasing number of liberal arts institutions that have made the submission of standardized test scores optional for applicants.
  Read the story.
  

• Professor of Psychology Alan Searleman is quoted in an article in the April 2006 issue of Psychology Today, about photographic memory.
  

• "Nocturnal," a poem by Piskor Professor of English Emeritus Albert Glover, was read by Marion Roach '77 on her show "The Naturalist's Datebook" on Martha Stewart Living Sirius Radio on March 14.
  

• St. Lawrence's "green bikes" program is mentioned in a story in the March/April 2006 issue of Sierra magazine, the magazine of the Sierra Club. It appears in the section called "The Green Life: Ideas for Living Well and Doing Good."
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel was quoted in a February 21 article in the Canadian national news magazine Maclean's, on a dispute between the U.S. and Canada over military presence in the Northwest Passage.
  Read the article.
  

• Pittsburgh native Kate Michael '06 was profiled on the Pittsburgh Penguins' Web site February 16. Read the story.
  

• A story about former Olympic biathlete Lawton Redman '98, in service in Iraq, appeared in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune on February 20; the story, which mentioned that he is a St. Lawrence alumnus, also ran on wire services and appeared in other papers, including the San Francisco Chronicle.
  

• The front page of the February 10 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun featured coverage of a talk given by Associate Professor of Government Assis Malaquias at Cornell's Institute for African Development.
  Read the article
  

• An article by Lora Wu '07, about the University's Habitat for Humanity chapter hosting an international photo exhibition from Habitat for Humanity, was published in the spring 2006 issue of Frameworks, Habitat's newsletter for campus chapter and youth programs.
  

• The February/March 2006 issue of Relix magazine features an article about St. Lawrence's Java Barn, written by Josh Potter '05.
  

• An article by University Chaplain Kathleen Buckley, SUNY Canton Director of Career Planning David Norenberg (former digital asset manager at St. Lawrence) and Heidi Dwyer '02, a computer science instructor at the Emma Willard School, about the University's "Build Your Own Beliefs" program, appeared in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of College & Character.
  Read the article
  

• Included in the January 30 edition of The Business Review (Albany, NY) was a profile of Trustee Joseph Richardson '63; he discussed his student experience and his volunteer work as a trustee at St. Lawrence in the article.
  The Business Review article
  

• Charlie Bour '05 is among the student leaders profiled in the Summer 2006 edition of Putney Student Travel Guide; in addition to studying in Spain and Costa Rica while a student, he pursued other educational travel opportunities and plans to join a volunteer medical team in Guatemala.
  The Putney Student Travel Web Site
  

• Chelsea Isdell '07 was profiled in a recent issue of the newsletter for WorldWrite, an education charity in London. The story was about internships at the firm, and began with the sentence, "St. Lawrence University interns have consistently proved worth their weight in gold." Isdell participated in an internship with WorldWrite while studying in London in the fall 2005 semester.
  The WorldWrite Web Site
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel was quoted in a January 25 story in the Toronto Globe & Mail, on how the outcome of the Canadian election will likely affect U.S.-Canadian relations.
  

• Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett was quoted in two stories in the January 8 edition of the Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York, where a community has been discussing whether or not to add fluoride to the water supply; Connett opposes the practice.
  

• Artwork by Alexander "Sandy" Garnett '92 was the subject of a January 5 feature story in the Hartford Courant (CT).
  

• A group of former Binghamton High School students, including Devaun McFarland '09, who are now in college and are advising students at the school, were the subject of a feature story in the Binghamton (NY) Press & Sun-Bulletin on January 5.
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel was quoted in a December 28 story in the Toronto Globe and Mail, on how the outcome of Canadian elections will affect Canada-U.S. relations. The story ran in several U.S. papers as well, including the Bremerton (Washington) Sun and the Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel.
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Robert Thacker and his book, Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives, were the subjects of a major feature story in the December 17 issue of the Ottawa Citizen. The same story ran in the National Post (Toronto edition) on December 21. A feature story on the book and Thacker ran in the Toronto Star on December 24. A positive review of the book appeared in the Guelph Mercury (Ontario) on December 10.
  

• Tips from Director of Counseling Services Bill Burns on how parents and students can get along better during the long holiday break between semesters, included on the Web site Health on the Net, were noted in a December 20 story on the same topic in the Fresno Bee.
  

• The story of how the beloved song "I'll Be Home For Christmas," including the fact that composer Kim Gannon's alma mater is St. Lawrence, was told in a December 19 article in the New York Daily News.
  

• The January-February 2006 issue of Bicycling magazine includes a story on St. Lawrence's "Green Bikes" program.
  

• The California Telegraph and the Philadelphia Herald both ran an opinion piece by Professor of Government Calvin F. Exoo, about President Bush's performance, on December 12.
  

• A December 15 story in The Christian Science Monitor, on the college selection process, encourages students and parents to focus on what institutions have in place for first-year students. The story includes reference to the Policy Center on the First Year of College's listing of effective initiatives, which includes St. Lawrence's First-Year Program. The online version of the Monitor story includes a link to the center's listings.
  

• St. Lawrence's participation in a $3.1 million interdisciplinary biometrics research project funded by the National Science Foundation with support from the Department of Homeland Security was noted in a story on the physorg.com Web site December 12. The site collects science, technology, physics and space news; the story detailed how fingerprint-scanning devices may be "spoofed."
  

• Greg Stahl, manager of telecommunications, duplication and mail services, was quoted in a December 1 story in the online publication In-Plant Graphics, on new technology being used for mail services.
  

• St. Lawrence's skiing program was cited as among the best in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the December issue of Ski Racing magazine.
  

• St. Lawrence University's Student Center was selected to appear in the 2005 American School & University Architectural Portfolio issue, one of 201 projects to be selected.
  

• St. Lawrence was included in an article titled "The Flavors of Diversity" in the fall special issue of Campus Dining magazine. Director of Dining and Conference Services Cynthia Atkins was quoted in the story, discussing the University's vegan and organic options.
  

• Professor of Education Arthur Clark is quoted in a story in the December issue of Self magazine, on defense mechanisms and how people use them. Clark is also the coordinator of the University's counseling and human development program.
  

• Positive reviews of Professor of Canadian Studies Robert Thacker's new book, Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives, appeared in the Toronto Star (November 27); the London, Ontario, Free Press (November 26), the Toronto Globe & Mail (November 26) and the Guelph Mercury (December 10).
  
  Listen to a North Country Public Radio interview with Professor Thacker on Canadian politics.
  

• A commentary piece by Kira Krumhansl '06, on the University's "green bikes" program, ran in her hometown newspaper, The Cabinet in Milford, NH, on November 17.
  

• The New York Times Sunday Book Review's "Paperback Row" on November 20 featured Assistant Professor of English Robert Cowser's novel, Dream Season.
  

• Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett was interviewed on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" on November 14, for a story on a ballot proposition in Bellingham, Washington, to stop the practice of fluoridating water.
  The All Things Considered Web site
  

• A November 11 story in the Boston Globe about musician Grace Potter includes information about how her band formed at St. Lawrence.
  

• In a November 6 profile of Pamela Musk '85 in the Boston Globe, about her recent ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, it was noted that she first learned to speak Swahili while participating the University's program of study in Kenya.
  

• St. Lawrence Coordinator of Electronic Communications Mark Mende was quoted in a November 4 story in University Business, on how colleges are incorporating new features into their Web sites to stay attractive to prospective students.
  

• Magna Publication's "Eye on Students" November 1 newsletter ("for higher education professionals who interact with students") included Director of Off-Campus Programs Nancy Pierce's advice to parents of students who return from study abroad.
  Read the University Press Release including Pierce's advice.
  

• Associate Vice President for University Relations Lisa Cania was quoted in a story in the October 2005 issue of Currents, the magazine of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), on how community relations have changed at colleges across the country. The article included information on the University's Canton Initiative.
  

• David Ellison '80 was the subject of a profile in the October 31 issue of Forbes magazine, which noted his St. Lawrence degree in economics. Titled "Tech Tyro Makes Good," the story focused on Ellison's research into tech firms in the post-bubble era. He is a fund manager with Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co.
  

• St. Lawrence's Peak Weekend is Number 7 on the Sports Illustrated list of "102 More Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate," a follow-up to a similar 2003 story.
  Read the list.
  

• Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue was featured on the cover and is the subject of a feature story in the October 28 issue of National Catholic Reporter; the story focuses on the ways O'Donoghue brings faith and science together.
  Read the Story
  

• University Archivist Mark McMurray was quoted in an October 24 story in the Montreal Gazette, about a Montreal-based specialty-paper supplier. McMurray also owns and operates the book-arts Caliban Press.
  

• The October 21 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education included a story about alumni events that include community service; events organized in Denver by Betsy Kolber '78 for St. Lawrence alumni were included in the story.
  Kolber and other members of the Colorado Saints Network received the 2002 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Alumni Association.
  

• A letter to the editor of the Montreal Gazette by Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett, opposing fluoridation of water, was published on October 19.
  Read Professor Connett's letter on the newspaper's Web site.
  

• An excerpt from President Daniel Sullivan's speech welcoming new students was included in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education's October 7 issue.
  Read President Sullivan's speech.
  

• An October article in "University Business," on the difficulty some colleges and universities are having getting Web sites included in a specific type of Internet search engine, includes a quote from St. Lawrence Coordinator of Electronic Communications Mark Mende.
  

• In September, both the print and Internet versions of Campus-Technology.com included an article about schools that use electronic portfolios to assess student work, including St. Lawrence.
  

• Associate Director of Admissions Al Gotsch was quoted in a September 24 story in the Tampa Tribune, in a story about the annual convention of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
  

• Examples of artwork from the Richard F. Brush Gallery exhibition "Far North: Inuit Prints and Drawings from Cape Dorset," and an excerpt from an essay by Trustee Allan Newell, appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education's September 23 issue.
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel is among four experts quoted in a September 18 story in the Montreal Gazette, in which each was asked to compile a list of the best Canadian prime ministers.
  

• Assistant Professor of Global Studies John Collins was quoted in a September 14 story in the Dallas Morning News, on difficulties the United Nations is having agreeing on language to define "terrorism."
  
• An opinion piece on the state of labor unions by Professor of Government Alan Draper ran in the Watertown Daily Times on September 2 and the Syracuse Post-Standard on September 5.
  

• Associate Professor of Chemistry Ning Gao's collaborative research project funded by NOAA was featured on Plattsburgh's NewsChannel 5 on August 29. The report detailed the sampling work on the lake and it mentioned the University as a partner.
  Watch the report.
  

• President Daniel Sullivan's remarks to the Class of 2009 at the University's Matriculation Ceremony held August 22 were excerpted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune newspaper.
  

• An episode of the Bravo TV series "Queer Eye" that featured a coach and basketball players at Frederick Douglass Academy in New York included the information that student Ivan Rodriguez is a member of the Class of 2009 at St. Lawrence. The episode began airing in August.
  

• Assistant Professor of Global Studies Vernadette Gonzalez was recently interviewed by community radio station KBOO in Portland, Oregon, about the global trafficking of women and an article she co-authored, "Filipinas.com: Wives, Workers and Whores on the Cyberfrontier" (published in the anthology AsianAmerica.Net: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cyberspace). The program is scheduled to air on Tuesday, July 26, from 1 to 2 p.m. Pacific time, on KBOO.org. Information on the anthology, from Routledge.
  

• The July 11 issue of Sports Illustrated includes a photo essay on "sports tribes" -- groups of enthusiasts committed to a particular endeavor. Among the "tribes" profiled is the semi-pro football team the St. Lawrence Valley Trailblazers, of which Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser is a member; the issue also includes a short interview with Cowser. The paperback edition of Cowser's 2004 book about playing football, Dream Season: A Professor Joins America's Oldest Semi-Pro Football Team, will be released on October 10; the cover photo of Cowser was shot by University Photographer Tara Freeman.
  

• Jeffrey Campbell Graduate Fellow in Music Timothy Mangin was interviewed on a recent edition of the National Public Radio show "Afropop Worldwide," about Senegalese hip-hop. Read the interview, and see Mangin's photos, on the Afropop Web site
  

• The July issue of Real Simple magazine included a feature story on Camp Timberlock, owned and operated by Holly '83 and Bruce Catlin '84; it mentions that the two met while students at St. Lawrence.
  

• The June issue of Washingtonian magazine included a feature story on Joseph Lekuton '91 and the students from the Langley School that he has taken to his native country of Kenya.
  

• According to a story in the June 22 edition of the Toronto Globe & Mail, newly installed U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins will include Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph T. Jockel among those chosen to give him an introduction to Canada, its politics and its bilateral relationship with the U.S.
  

• The New York Times Magazine carried a feature story in its June 12 edition on Romentics, a business venture co-created by Scott Pomfret '90, and noted his alma mater. The St. Lawrence Web site NetNews carried this feature story about him in 2004.
  

• Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser's book Dream Season was included in a group of "also recommended" books about college sports in a June 10 story in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  

• The Greenwich Post (CT) carried a large feature story in its June 9 edition on the fourth annual lacrosse tournament created to honor the memory of Katie Higgins '00. Emerita Professor of Sport and Leisure Studies Dotty Hall, who had been Higgins' lacrosse coach at St. Lawrence, was quoted in the story.
  

• Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett's comments at a waste-management conference were quoted in a May 13 story in the Toronto Star.
  

• Associate Professor of Physics Daniel Koon was quoted in a May 1 column by New York Daily News writer Lenore Skenazy, about how Einstein's theory of relativity doesn't help explain why ordinary things go missing around the house. The same column ran in the Christian Science Monitor on May 13.
  

• Associate Professor of Physics Daniel Koon's research, debunking popular myths about the fiber-optic qualities of polar bear hair, was detailed in a feature story in the April 24 edition of the Anchorage Daily News.
  

• A March 20 story in The Seattle Times, about two memoirs that include details of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's time in Oregon, included details from Professor of English Natalia Singer's book, Scraping by in the Big Eighties. An interview with Singer about the book appeared in The Bellingham (WA) Herald on March 24.
  

• The Philadelphia Inquirer carried a story on March 21 on a decision to postpone voting on whether or not to fluoridate water in Trenton, New Jersey; Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett, an opponent of the practice, was cited in the story.
  

• St. Lawrence's decision to make the reporting of standardized test scores optional for applicants was noted in a story about the new version of the SAT that ran on the Associated Press newswire the weekend of March 4 through 6. Among the many news outlets that ran the story were USA Today, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Norwalk (CT) Hour, Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, Marin (CA) Independent-Journal, KOMO-TV (Seattle-Tacoma, WA), Portland (ME) Press Herald, Salt Lake Tribune, The Day (New London, CT), Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, Times Argus (Vermont), Lexington (KY) Herald Leader, Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, New York Newsday, Stamford (CT) Advocate and the San Diego Union Tribune.
  

• Prime Minister Paul Martin's announcement that Canada will not join the U.S. in ballistic missile defense, along with the start of the term of Frank McKenna, Canada's new ambassador to the U.S., brought commentary in the news media from Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel March 1. Jockel's comments about the controversy were quoted in a story that ran on the CanWest news wire, and appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, Windsor Star, Montreal Gazette, Regina Leader-Post (Saskatchewan) and National Post. Jockel was also quoted in a March 5 story on the topic in the Toronto Star.
  

• Elm Leaves, a newspaper in Elmwood Park, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), carried a feature story on February 9 about Kelly Nipp '07 and her experience in St. Lawrence's Adirondack Semester.
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joesph Jockel was quoted in a February 3 story in the Montreal Gazette, on topics to be discussed at the American Assembly's conference on U.S.-Canada relations, being held in Harriman, N.Y., February 3-6. Jockel is co-director of the conference.
  Read more about the conference at its Web site.
  

• A live Web cam, showing the construction of a sand mandala in St. Lawrence's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery by the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, January 21-23, was linked from National Public Radio's art page on its Web site.
  

• Joseph Lekuton '91, M'94 was featured in the January 24 edition of People magazine, in it's "Teacher" section. The story detailed how Lekuton, a Maasai tribesman, annually takes his students from the Langley School, along with their parents, to see how and where he grew up in Kenya.
  

• Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser's book Dream Season was the subject of an article/review in the January 18-25 edition of the Niagara Falls Reporter in Niagara Falls, New York.
  

• A profile of Jeffrey Seely '76, chairman and CEO of ShareBuilder, appeared in the Money section of USA Today on January 10. The piece noted that he holds a degree from St. Lawrence.
  

• "The Beat," an arts show on National Public Radio station KUOW in Seattle, Washington, featured an interview with Professor of English Natalia Rachel Singer on January 11 -- Listen to "The Beat" Interview
  

• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted an upcoming reading and workshop taking place in the area by Professor of English Natalia Rachel Singer in a January 7 story.
  

• Associate Professor of English Bob Cower's book Dream Season was included in a round-up article on books about football in the January 2 edition of The New York Times Book Review. It was the "Editor's Choice" in the January 9 edition.
  

• Associate Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue was quoted in a piece in the November/December issue of the journal Science & Spirit, on the role that Islam has played in the history of science.
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Robert Thacker was quoted in a December 27 story in the Toronto Globe and Mail on the higher media profile of author Alice Munro; Thacker is the author of a forthcoming Munro biography.
  

• The December 17 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education included a story about composer J. Kimball Gannon '24's bequest to the University of a portion of the royalties to his works, including his most famous song, "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Gannon also composed the University's alma mater, "The Scarlet and the Brown."
  

• Professor of Canadian Studies Joseph Jockel was quoted in November 30 story on the Knight-Ridder news service, on President Bush's visit to Ottawa. The story was carried on numerous radio stations and in many newspapers that subscribe to the service, including the Contra Costa Times (CA), Philadelphia Inquirer, Salt Lake Tribune, Miami Herald, Bradenton Herald, Ft. Wayne News Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Kansas City Star, Biloxi Sun Herald, Myrtle Beach Sun News, San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA), Centre Daily Times (PA), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA), Monterey County Herald and Macon Telegraph (GA). On November 20, Jockel was quoted in a story in the Toronto Star, on the same topic.
  

• A review of Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser's book, Dream Season, appeared in the November 1 issue of Sports Illustrated. Reviews also appeared in the Boston Globe (November 7) and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (November 9). Radio stations that have run recent interviews with Cowser about the book include KYW in Philadelphia, PA; KMSR in Dallas, TX; WPHM in Detroit, MI; WGY in Albany, NY; WCWA in Toledo, OH; WDRC in Hartford, CT; KMJE in Sacramento, CA; WKQZ in Flint, MI; KMTT in Seattle, WA; and WGTD in Milwaukee, WI. He has also appeared on the syndicated radio programs "Cable Talk" on Cable Radio Network; "Daybreak USA" on the USA Network; and "Business Talk This Morning" on the Business Talk Radio network. An interview with Cowser aired on the National Public Radio show "Only A Game" on November 6.
  Visit the "Only A Game" Web Site to Read More and Listen To the Show.
  

• Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Roy Caldwell was quoted in a story on the Fox News Web site October 25, about the influence of American popular culture on France.
  Read the Story.
  

• In the October 22 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, four scholars were asked "to discuss the book or books that have most influenced their fields" for an article called "The Short List." The four scholars included Professor of English Natalia Rachel Singer, who cites works by George Orwell, James Baldwin, Susan Griffin and Alix Kates Shulman.
  

• In a story on "the secret lives of academics" in the October 15 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser's "other career" as a semi-professional football player is detailed.
  

• Professor of Psychology Alan Searleman was quoted in an October 10 story in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, on tips for remembering computer passwords, PINs and other necessities of modern life.
  

• A story about Associate Professor of English Bob Cowser's book Dream Season appeared in the New Orleans Times-Picayune on October 10.
  

• The October 1 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education included an excerpt from Associate Professor of English Natalia Rachel Singer's new book, Scraping by in the Big Eighties.
  

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Updated: May 8, 2008