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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.
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.
Lawrence seniors Amber Newman and Madeline Taylor took the research they did last summer with geosciences professor Relena Ribbons and presented at the recent American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in Chicago.
Geosciences professor Jeff Clark continues to push his students to do hands-on research. That includes using new technologies to study renewable energy, solar power, and changes in the Earth's surface.
Geosciences professor Marcia Bjornerud takes us on a fascinating geologic tour of Lawrence's Appleton campus. There are stories embodied in stones in the built environment, as well as in the landscape itself.
Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities, a new book from geology professor Marcia Bjornerud, is a celebration of the fascinating vocabulary – and backstories – in the study of the natural world.
Two Lawrence seniors spent much of Winter Term 2022 on a voyage in the Pacific. The six weeks on a ship involved designing and carrying out oceanic research.
Led by biology professor Israel Del Toro, pollinator research at Lawrence is helping the No Mow May movement gain national attention as more communities adopt the practice that started in Appleton.
Senior Gaston Kaisin did summer research on climate change through an REU with Oregon State University. His work became part of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Lawrence student Katie Mahorney was honored at the recent Geological Society of America national conference for research she began in the summer.
Lawrence University has launched a new Environmental Science major, giving science-minded students with an interest in environmental research a more concentrated path.
Marcia Bjornerud’s deep interest in the Earth—what rock formations tell us about the health of our planet and its history, for example—has led to scholarly work that has drawn accolades far and wide.
Erin Lesser and Jose Encarnacion receive awards for teaching in the Conservatory of Music. Marcia Bjornerud receives award for scholarship in geosciences.
New tenure-track faculty join Lawrence in statistics, vocal performance, German, geosciences, and English.