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![Faculty award winners, dress in regalia, include (from left) Matthew Stoneking, Kelly Culhane, and Matthew Michelic.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Commencement%20AwardFaculty%20web.jpg?h=5687c0e9&itok=47p9Al0a)
Three Lawrence University professors—Kelly Culhane, Matthew Michelic, and Matthew Stoneking—are recipients of the university’s 2024 teaching awards. They were honored at Commencement on June 9.
![Nicolette Puskar '19](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Puskar_web.jpg?h=b5bca2b3&itok=o385bFIO)
Nicolette Puskar ’19 is keeping both science and music close to her heart. The Lawrence University alumna is working toward her Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She's also preparing to sing at Carnegie Hall.
![Graham Sazama sits on a bench outside of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/SazamaMHG_2.jpg?h=02c0aa34&itok=WdmxPjXA)
Graham Sazama, affectionately known as Dr. Saz, brings enthusiasm and curiosity to his teaching in chemistry. He leads research at Lawrence that bridges the fields of organic materials and inorganic chemistry.
![Head shots of Katie Kitzinger and Gus Lowry](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/KatieGus%20%281%29.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=W8Uisc4j)
Two Lawrence University alumni doing graduate school work in the sciences have been awarded highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
![Students work together during Introduction to Physics class in new Science Learning Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-02/physics_hero_1600x900_C.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=i1fc72dF)
A lecture hall has been remodeled into an interactive and technologically equipped classroom now called the Science Learning Commons. It's changing the way intro science classes are taught.
![Avery Greene stands on a sidewalk decorated with chalk drawings of constellations.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/AveryGreen_202109.jpg?h=55156e01&itok=Jutn32lx)
Avery Greene '24 is collecting stories and histories about constellations in the night sky as part of a research project.
![Outside Main Hall in spring](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/MainHall-new-825x510.jpg?h=5c9e63ba&itok=kgFI1a7u)
Lawrence University has announced the hiring of 10 new tenure-track faculty, all beginning at the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
![The front of Main Hall is seen after a recent snowfall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/MainHall_202201%20%281%29.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=8OShpGPh)
![Allison Fleshman, wearing a blue hat and red scarf, smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/120420_MHGAllison_001-4K.jpg?h=e36f4407&itok=GE2aB3VF)
We caught up with Allison McCoy Fleshman, an associate professor of chemistry, to talk about interests in and out of the classroom.
![Emily Harper, wearing a yellow button-up shirt, smiles against a backdrop of greenery.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/Emily-Harper-768x575.jpeg?h=ae8937ff&itok=1gZRBDUz)
The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium awarded Emily Harper ’22 a stipend for a summer research program via the NASA Space Grant Program.
![Deanna Donohoue sits on a stone bench and crosses her legs.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/MainHallGreen_Deanna-768x503.jpg?h=0473b528&itok=pcNM8AXn)
Deanna Donohoue developed ARTEMIS to monitor and learn about air quality and the effects of things like oil and gas activity and sand mining.
![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.
![Megan Pickett, associate professor of physics](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-08/NobelPrize-Pickett.jpg?h=3b841809&itok=k4VRaNZ1)
Nobel Prizes awarded in chemistry and physics inspire professors Allison Fleshman and Megan Pickett in their scientific studies.
![Stefan Debbert smiles at the camera, standing against a backdrop of deciduous trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/MainHallGreen_Stefan-small-768x524.jpg?h=75a6b311&itok=8xLwAnAx)
Stefan Debbert is leading the way in reshaping the school’s teachings in the sciences to better engage students of all backgrounds and identities.