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Cristyn Oliver, a standout cross country and track athlete now in her fifth year at Lawrence University, is looking to put lessons learned on and off the track to work in a career focused on sports psychology. A psychology major from Redondo Beach, California, Oliver's passion for running has led to her interest in sports psychology over the past few years. She capped off her cross country career at Lawrence in record-setting fashion.

Lawrence University senior Emma Jacobs has been researching the Teakwood Room in Chapman Hall for more than two years, part of her majors in history and art history. A presentation delivered recently in the historic space on Chapman's second floor was a culmination of her work to date.

Sofia Sandberg is a recipient of Lawrence University's Henry Merritt Wriston Scholarship.

Helin Wang is the recipient of Lawrence University's Ralph White Prize in Mathematics. It is awarded to a sophomore student excelling in the study of mathematics.

Wynter Burns is a recipient of Lawrence University's Student Life Award. Established in 1978 and sponsored by the Lawrence University Alumni Association, it is given to a senior in recognition of leadership and service.

Theresa Gruber-Miller is the recipient of Lawrence University's Pi Kappa Lambda Music Education Teaching Award.

Commencement celebrates Lawrence University's 2024 graduates.

Congratulations on making the 2023-24 Dean's List at Lawrence University. The Dean's List is an annual honor roll of students demonstrating exemplary academic performance.

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Khazen, who graduated in June from Lawrence University with majors in business & entrepreneurship and government, for being the recipient of the college's Ruth Bateman Award.

Evan Ney, a Lawrence University fifth-year dual degree student, won the annual Lawrence University Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition. He then presented a recital featuring newly commissioned music.

Lawrence University senior Safiya Grant, a biology major, won LU Launch, an annual business startup competition for Lawrence students. That qualified her for The Pitch, a regional competition for students from five colleges and universities. She finished third, placing in the money. Grant pitched her idea for Muse, an all-natural skin-care line of products.

Maddy Tevonian, a senior religious studies and art history double major from Wilmette, Illinois, studied in India and Nepal. She is now preparing a senior capstone analyzing Buddhist art through the lens of religious studies.

Two Lawrence University students, Sydney Closson and Kat McClain, are working with geosciences professor Jeff Clark in building 10 handheld spectrometers for use in research and hands-on instruction. The work is funded by a $10,000 grant from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.

Charles Brailovsky, a Lawrence University psychology major with a longtime fascination with space, has found exciting ways to combine his passions in a NASA internship. He is taking a break from his senior year at Lawrence to work as a virtual environments lab intern at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. His job is to help program and design virtual and augmented reality simulations for NASA projects.

Maria (Marife) Entenza Sierra, a senior at Lawrence University, won a pitch contest for her Chandler Senior Experience art project at the recent Self-Employment in the Arts (SEA) conference. The global studies and studio art double major from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was one of four student winners in the contest held in Chicago during Fall Term.

Twenty-four Lawrence University students were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. They were honored at the 2022 Honors Awards & Prizes ceremony.

Lawrence University students were named to the 2021 Dean's List, an annual honor roll of students demonstrating exemplary academic performance. The Dean's List is compiled at the end of the academic year once all grades have been recorded. To make the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 36 units in Lawrence courses during the academic year and have earned a GPA of at least 3.5