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  1. A photo of St Lawrence student Hannah Markey posing in front of a lush green landscape with her arms outstretched.

    Deconstructing Underlying Assumptions

    RYAN DEUEL

    “What is women’s empowerment?” For Hannah Markey ’19, this research question cannot be answered until we challenge some underlying assumptions.

  2. A photo of Catherine Bennett sifting through a set of cabinets.

    From Soil Saviors to Sanctuaries

    CATHERINE BENNETT ’16

    When I was 10 years old, a St. Lawrence student asked if I was going to continue my parent’s organic farm. “No,” I replied. I have great respect for agriculturists, but a career at Bittersweet Farm...

  3. A photo of students scaling the side of a rocky cliff.

    Politics and the Outdoors

    CHLOE MITCHELL ’21

    Students' academic experience becomes a service learning operation, teaming with volunteers to protect parks and environment during government shutdown

  4. An overhead view of students climbing up rocks at Joshua Tree.

    Politics and the Outdoors

    Chloe Mitchell '21

    What began as the Modern Outdoor Recreation Ethics course winter field trip to explore Joshua Tree National Park in San Bernardino County, California, turned into an unexpected and complicated lesson in the real-world consequences of the country’s longest-ever government shutdown.

  5. Seven Saint Lawrence students.

    First Person: Finding Home

    EMMA STECHSCHULTE '19

    For the past four years, when asked where I go to college, the responses are the same. “Woah,” they’ll say getting wide-eyed, “You weren’t kidding when you said Upstate New York.” Nope, I wasn’t, but...

  6. A photo of volleyball player Grace Kelly cheering with her arms raised while on the court.

    Finding Her Voice

    CALEIGH BURCHFIELD ’22

    To succeed on the volleyball court, Grace Kelly ’19 joined the Singing Sinners.

  7. A photo of students at rail jam in brightly colored clothes. In the foreground is a person in rainbow clothes skiing on the rail as everyone behind him watches.

    How to Survive North Country Winters

    MADELINE HOGAN ’20

    Madeline Hogan '20 gives tips on how to survive Canton winters

  8. A photo of students holding up signs in front of their face, each with a different journalism group on campus' logo printed on it. One for Nature up North, one for Weave News, one for The Hill News, and one for NCPR.

    St. Lawrence Launches Citizen Journalism Incubator

    MORGAN BRASHEAR ’19

    Four Local Organizations, One Goal

  9. Student Research Informs Energy Master Plan

    SHANICE ARLOW ’20

    Students research and inform how St. Lawrence University can function in a more sustainable manner

  10. An aerial view of the sustainability farm.

    Sustainable Living at SLU

    CHLOE MITCHELL ’21

    St. Lawrence University named to The Princeton Review's 2018 list of sustainable colleges