April 2, 2016 Belles Top Comets for First Conference Win SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Saint Mary's tennis team earned a 7-2 win over Olivet for the Belles' first conference win on Friday. April 1, 2016 Saint Mary’s College Presents the Musical "Chicago" The Saint Mary’s College Department of Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre is proud to present the Broadway hit “Chicago” under the direction of associate professor of theatre Mark Abram-Copenhaver in the O’Laughlin Auditorium, Moreau Center for the Arts. Performances will be Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday April 17 at 2:30 p.m. March 31, 2016 Belles Outlast Eagles in Overtime LISLE, Ill. - Emilie Vanneste won the overtime draw control and took little time to end the game with a goal 30 seconds into the extra period to lift the Saint Mary's lacrosse team to a 14-13 victory over Benedictine on Wednesday. March 29, 2016 Belles Split with Spartans NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Saint Mary's softball team earned a 9-0 (6 innings) win in game one before ending on the wrong side of an 8-6 final in game two at Manchester University on Monday evening. March 28, 2016 Event Planned on the Education and Celebration of Autism The Department of Communicative Science and Disorders at Saint Mary’s College invites the public to “An Evening of Education and Celebration of Autism” on Saturday, April 9 at 5 p.m. in Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts. Admission is free of charge. The evening will start with a screening of “Stay Then Go,” an independent dramatic film about a mother raising a son with autism. It will be followed by a panel discussion with the screenwriter and others. There will then be a reception in the lobby of O’Laughlin Auditorium that features an art exhibition by accomplished artist Jimmy Reagan, son of Saint Mary’s College alumna Peg Schneeman Reagan ’82. March 28, 2016 Chemistry Professor Named a 2016 Cottrell Scholar Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) named Kathryn Haas, assistant professor of chemistry, 2016 Cottrell Scholar. She is among just 24 outstanding teacher-scholars to be recognized as 2016 Cottrell Scholars for their research, academic leadership, and contributions to their scientific communities. Other recipients include professors from Duke University, the University of Southern California, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Her award includes a $100,000 research and education stipend to further her research, with students, on copper in the human body and to develop with students what Haas calls a video web—an educational video series linked to one another by topic. Haas explained the grant “will provide research and travel funds for undergraduate women at Saint Mary’s College and fund classroom technologies.” March 28, 2016 Biology Professor Receives Office of Naval Research Award Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has honored Laura Kloepper, assistant professor of biology, with a 2016 Young Investigator Program (YIP) award. YIP is a competitive research development program that recognizes professors in the first five years of their academic careers. Kloepper’s submission, “Biologically Inspired Approaches to Overcome Mutual Interference by Active Sensor Systems,” was one of 47 projects chosen. Kloepper’s award includes a $500,000 research grant to research bat echolocation with two Saint Mary’s students during the summer over the next several years. March 27, 2016 Belles Split with Cardinals SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Saint Mary's softball team claimed a 10-2 win in six innings in game one before falling 8-6 in game two against North Central on Saturday. March 25, 2016 Belles Fall in Heartbreaker to Scarlet Hawks SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Visiting Illinois Tech scored four of the final goals of the game to hand the Saint Mary's lacrosse team a heartbreaking 12-11 loss on Thursday night.