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![Lawrence University students gathered for an impromptu performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/Elijah_014-768x514.jpg?h=bb1dd82a&itok=gGEIivRV)
Music School Central named Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music one of the best “hidden gem” music schools in the country. The top-10 ranking placed Lawrence at No. 3.
![Eight alums, eight stories](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Alumni-meet-ups8-1.jpg?h=2ed28e94&itok=_6cYH2km)
2019 has been full of visits from notable alumni all year round. Here are the featured alumni you should check out.
![Campus aerial during fall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-11/aerial.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=YM-2Oz_e)
AASHE awards Lawrence a silver rating as students take initiative to raise campus sustainability. Campus is aiming for gold status.
![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.
![Lawrence University graduates at the 2019 commencement ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Gradpic-1024x732.jpg?h=0a74e834&itok=QdtBVVah)
Grateful Grads Index places Lawrence at No. 26 nationally. Here's how much alumni love Lawrence, and how they show the love.
![Lawrence on ‘Best Value’ list](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/Biofest2019-2-825x510.jpg?h=5c9e63ba&itok=bUWDDAiE)
Lawrence University is ranked among the Best Value Schools in the country in a report released by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Best Value Schools rankings placed Lawrence at No. 37 among national liberal arts colleges.
![Aerial of Alexander Gym with text in foreground that says, "Alexander Gym is often referred to as Alex. What other Lawrence phrases, words, or nicknames do you need to know?"](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/alex%20gym.jpg?h=0c49b2bf&itok=q32ke4zo)
Lawrence has its own fair share of shorthand for places and things on campus. Here's a list of the most common words and phrases.
![Leila Ramagopal Pertl. music educator from Lawrence University, speaks into a microphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/Mile-Leila%20%281%29.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=_xQME9NX)
Lawrence music education and Mile of Music has been a team effort of community enagement since festival was founded.
![Evening image of campus center](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-10/Hurvis_Crossing_092020.jpg?h=9f4b31f0&itok=4bFwOpk4)
Reunion Weekend 2019: events that are happening, old things to revisit, new things to see, and places to go nearby.
![Three Lawrentians in black cap and gowns with clear plastic rain ponchos smile for a selfie.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/ab-grad2-825x510.jpg?h=5c9e63ba&itok=rsnY26hD)
Rain doesn't phase commencement ceremony. President Burstein, Jordyn Pleiseis, and Lee Shallat Chemel deliver graduation speeches.
![Daniel Green '21 performing at LUaroo 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/LUaroo7-825x510.jpg?h=5c9e63ba&itok=EkA9m3qY)
Students enjoy music and dancing with friends at annual music fest before finals week. Midwest and campus bands featured.
![Israel Del Toro prepares to release honeybees to an observational hive of Lawrence University’s Warch Campus Center](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/bee_study_7Z3A0804-824x1024.jpg?h=0aaa6352&itok=bQ9o_vMJ)
Biology professor Israel Del Toro aims to make Lawrence a designated bee-friendly campus, and the No. 2 bee-friendly habitat in Wisconsin.