Dec 5, 2018
First-Year Seminars
Lafayette’s First-Year Seminar (FYS) program gives new college students the opportunity to think critically, write clearly, and contribute to thoughtful…
News & Features
Nov 27, 2018
Melissa Shusterman ’89 Wins Office for First Time
Melissa Shusterman ’89 will serve District 157 in the state House of Representatives.
Nov 16, 2018
Are You Ready for Some Football?
Story by Katie Neitz, photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz On the eve of the 154th edition of the most-played college football rivalry, Lafayette’s facilities…
Aug 2, 2018
Contributing to a Digital Future
By Stephen Wilson In 2004, Google, it seemed, was ready for its next big project. According to an article in The New York Times about the search engine…
Aug 1, 2018
Energy Stars
By Stephen Wilson It takes 300 hours of electricity, which is about 12 days, to make one simple cotton T-shirt. If that doesn’t sound like a lot of energy…
Jul 30, 2018
The Innovative Utensil That’s Improving Lives
By Stephen Wilson Lifting a spoon to your mouth. For most, a simple and routine task. For others, a source of ridicule and embarrassment. For engineer…
Jul 9, 2018
Documenting DACA Stories
By Bill Landauer When Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again” in 1940, he wasn’t thinking about a 21st century American president or a film…
Jul 6, 2018
Simply Sustainable
By Bryan Hay Students in Mary Wilford-Hunt’s Sustainable Solutions class traveled to Cuba this past semester to take a deep look at how traditional rural…
Jul 5, 2018
Shedding Light on the Dark
By Katie Neitz Christopher J. Lee, associate professor of history, has been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend…
Jun 22, 2018
Innovative Instructor
By Bryan Hay Polly Piergiovanni, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has won the prestigious and competitive William H. Corcoran Award…