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![Constance Kassor poses for a portrait on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-10/KassorConstance_202210%20%281%29.jpg?h=dda1bc9a&itok=4XkzMbkd)
Constance Kassor, associate professor of religious studies, focuses much of her teaching on Buddhist thought and Asian religious traditions and has been a frequent collaborator across departments since arriving at Lawrence in 2016.
![Linda Morgan Clement leads a lesson in Tai Chi during the Doing Nothing course.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-10/DoNothing1_202210%20%281%29.jpg?h=ac85b22e&itok=qdECpsTz)
Doing Nothing, a newly launched weekly course aimed at teaching students about best practices in disconnecting from technology and being fully present, is drawing wide interest on and off campus.
![Professor Garth Bond talks about Natasha Tretheway's Native Guard during a First-Year Studies course in Main Hall. (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/FirstYearStudiesBond_202209.jpg?h=58057962&itok=lB7AP3JK)
It's not just students who are in learning mode during a First-Year Studies class. Faculty are stretching themselves well beyond their comfort zones, learning alongside their students.
![Incoming students carry the red Class of 2026 flag as they lead the processional under the arch.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/PresidentsWelcomeBanner_202209%281%29.jpg?h=4cadfad3&itok=EcsHzj6Z)
Lawrence University is ranked as the No. 1 liberal arts college in Wisconsin and one of the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges rankings.
![Danielle Joyner poses for a photo outside the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/JoynerDanielle_202208%20%281%29.jpg?h=edfbf314&itok=IgD-fqBp)
Art history professor Danielle Joyner, a scholar of medieval studies, is an active proponent of interdisciplinary teaching. The International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, reinforced that.
![Photo of books and other First-Year Studies materials lined up on a shelf.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/FYSWorks_202208%20%281%29.jpg?h=34bbd072&itok=U8Atn7-q)
With two new entries in the First-Year Studies syllabus, Martyn Smith takes us on a journey through the works the Class of 2026 will be exploring.
![Physics professor Matthew Stoneking poses for a photo with research equipment in his lab in Youngchild Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/MattStoneking_202207%20%281%29.jpg?h=13cefaf9&itok=1oBwZwIR)
Physics professor Matthew Stoneking received a three-year, $431,200 grant from the National Science Foundation. He will expand his research on thermal equilibrium in non-neutral plasmas.
![Eleanor Meng and Reese Lavajo cruise Trout Lake in a small boat as do research.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/Trout%20Lake%20Meng%20Lavajo%202022%202crop%20%281%29.jpg?h=a628216d&itok=pX8geZIk)
A summer research project at Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin on migration patterns of the microscopic zooplankton species Daphnia brought together Lawrence students, faculty, and alumni.
![Graduates walk to the 2022 Commencement ceremony in their caps and gowns.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/Commencement_202206%281%29.jpg?h=f37c2d7b&itok=iiTMb5Ky)
Lawrence University is recognized in two recently released rankings: The Fiske Guide to Colleges and College Raptor both included Lawrence in their annual lists of best colleges.
![Lawrence students scuba dive in the waters of Bonaire as part of their research into marine life.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-07/Meng%20scuba%202%20Bonaire%281%29.jpg?h=5b74db99&itok=epz-O6Ha)
Sixteen students and two biology professors spent two weeks on the Caribbean island of Bonaire doing field research. It continued a four-decade effort through the Lawrence University Marine Program (LUMP).
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.
![Graduates applaud the faculty as they walk the processional during 2022 Commencement.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/Commencement%202022%281%29.jpg?h=2a06030b&itok=YZAscgcO)
We caught up with some of our 2022 graduates in their final days on campus to talk about their next steps. Here’s what they had to say as they begin writing that next chapter.
![Graduates walk through the faculty line as faculty applaud during the processional at the start of Commencement.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/CommencementProcessional_202206%20%281%29.jpg?h=90c074db&itok=enbVS-Qm)
With Marvel actor Anthony Mackie joining the celebration as commencement speaker, the Lawrence community applauded 332 graduates in a beautiful Commencement ceremony on Main Hall Green.
![Jin Han leans against a window of the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/JinHan%20Profile_202206%20%281%29.jpg?h=84ced5d1&itok=ajRdhOOg)
Inspired by a class with history professor Brigid Vance, junior Jin Han set out to explore the history of some of the Wriston Art Galleries' East Asian artifacts.