Innovation
Transformational ideas comes from our classrooms, labs, art and music studios, and alumni community. They shape how we look at the world. Big ideas deserve big stories. Here’s a look at some of them.
Improving Driverless Cars
Students work on simulations to enhance technology for autonomous cars and prevent collisions with animals.
Featured Alumni
Charles “Chip” Bergh ’79
When innovation stops, brands decline
More From Innovation and Research
Sep 29, 2026
Putting a spin on cricket ball aerodynamics research
With the help of Prof. Tobias Rossmann and Lafayette’s subsonic wind tunnel, Tendai Ankude ’28 explores firsthand the forces behind cricket ball motion
Aug 11, 2026
Unearthing the story behind Lafayette’s College Writing Program
Digging through decades of archival material, students and faculty to uncover and preserve the 40-year legacy of the College Writing Program
Oct 9, 2025
A lens into the past
In her most recent photo exhibit, artist Karina Aguilera Skvirsky uses her camera lens as a time machine to the ’80s.
