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The following is a selection of recent media coverage spotlighting Lafayette students’ distinctive academic opportunities, experiences, and achievements in their hometown newspapers.Connecticut
News-Times, July 2
Republican-American, June 16
Julie McNeish ’09, who graduated on May 23 with an A.B. in biology, was named a finalist for the 2009 George Wharton Pepper Prize, awarded annually to the senior at Lafayette “who most nearly represents the Lafayette ideal.”
New Jersey
CourierPostOnline.com, July 21
Eric Henney ’11 (Clarksboro, N.J.), an English major, is performing EXCEL research assisting Alessandro Giovannelli, assistant professor of philosophy, on a book project titled Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers.
New York
Floral Park Dispatch, July 10
Caitlin Flood ’12 (Bellerose Terrace, N.Y.), a government and law major, is working as an EXCEL Scholar with Jennifer Kelly, assistant professor of music, on research for a forthcoming book and DVD on unsung female composers.
Pennsylvania
Times Leader, July 30
Frank Sabatini ’09, who graduated on May 23 with an A.B. in English, has been selected from more than 1,000 students nationwide to receive a 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship.
Reading Eagle, July 19
Lucas Zmroczek ’10 (Leesport, Pa.), an electrical and computer engineering major, has received a $2,000 scholarship from Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi scholarships are awarded on the competitive criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Delaware County Sunday Times, July 19
News of Delaware County, June 24
Daniel Stefan ’10 (Havertown, Pa.), a policy studies major, is a 2009 recipient of the Caine Scholars Award in Global Leadership, Business, and Policy. He will complete a summer internship at the Global Data Group at Bloomberg LP in Princeton, N.J.
Reading Eagle, July 5
Sara Walter ’09, who graduated May 23 with an A.B. with majors in Spanish and history and government & law, was named a finalist for the 2009 George Wharton Pepper Prize, awarded annually to the senior at Lafayette “who most nearly represents the Lafayette ideal.”
Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, July 3
Grayson Sipe ’10 (Lititz, Pa.) a neuroscience major, presented research focusing on the turtle’s iris and its sensitivity to light at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology last month in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sipe’s research is part of an ongoing EXCEL project under the guidance of James Dearworth, assistant professor of biology.