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Microscopy Images at the Science Library

Each semester, the St. Lawrence University community votes to select their favorite confocal microscopy images created by students in Biol 392 Research Methods in Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy class. Launders Science Library has teamed up with the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery to create a revolving display of these stunning images in the library. All are welcome to come check out the students' favorite images!

Many thanks to Catherine Tedford, Carole Mathey and Jo Skiff for helping the library put together this exhibit of student work.

Summer Reading Recommendations

Looking for a smart beach read?  The SLU library staff put together a list of some of our new and classic favorites.  You can find all of these in the display area near the Browsing Collection in ODY:

North Country Research Award 2024

The St. Lawrence University Libraries are seeking entries for the annual contest for outstanding undergraduate research projects focusing on Northern New York, including the Adirondacks.  Three awards are presented each year for research in the Arts & Humanities, the Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences.  To be considered for this prize, the student work must focus on topics, issues, or concerns having to do with Northern New York or with St.

Library Top Twenties for 2022

Interested in what SLU students, faculty, and staff read and watched in 2022?  Here are the top 20 most used items in the libraries by category.

New in Special Collections

Over the last few months we’ve acquired a number of things of local regional interest in Special Collections.  Of particular interest is the third volume of Daniel Reiff’s biography of his father Harry Reiff.  Dr. Harry Reiff taught at St.

Mike Ranger Special Collections Endowment

Michael W. Ranger is a 1980 graduate of St. Lawrence University, and while a student was active in student government and served as the President of the Inter-fraternity Council. As it turned out, this was but the start of his Laurentian journey, as Mike served as a St. Lawrence University trustee for a total of 22 years, between 1993-2004 and 2012- 2023. In 1993, Michael and his wife Virginia established the Michael W. Ranger ’80 and Virginia Ray Ranger Scholarship, and in 2016 they established the Michael W. Ranger ’80 and Virginia R. Ranger P’17 Professorship in Government.

New in the Libraries

ODY Renovation

The Owen D. Young Library got a dramatic makeover with new carpet and furniture as part of the university’s Facilities Enhancement Initiative. 

University Librarian Pete Peterson Remembered

Mahlon “Pete” Peterson died on April 29, 2024, at the age of 86. He was university librarian at St. Lawrence from 1973 to 1986. During his tenure at St. Lawrence he pursued two major initiatives. The first and more visible was the construction of the Torrey Wing of the Owen D. Young Library; the second, equally important but less obvious, was building a staff capable of carrying the library into the life of the students.

New Photo Exhibit at Launders

Launders Science Library is proud to host a selection of photographs from "Through the Narrows: Meditations on an Adirondack River" by Kristin V. Rehder. The exhibit features a selection of photos that were previously shown at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery in 2018. Rehder's black and white photos are an exploration of the East Branch of the Oswegatchie River. These ethereal photographs were captured using a vintage 1945 Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex film camera, many taken from the artist's kayak!