Jun 18, 2018
Doing the Math
By Katie Neitz At the heart of every school’s academic scheduling, every Google Maps route calculation, and every Amazon Prime delivery order are mathematical…
News & Features
Jun 17, 2018
Lights, Camera, Community
By Bill Landauer “We’re the people that live,” Ma Joad says at the end of John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath. “We’ll go on forever, Pa. We’re…
Jun 14, 2018
The Art of First Grade
By Stephen Wilson Giving 7-year-olds sharp tools may not always be a good thing. Yet they sit transfixed as Nestor Armando Gil, assistant professor of…
Jun 13, 2018
An Abundance of Grace
By Stephen Wilson A presidential election crisis. Mass demonstrations. Political unrest. Police crackdowns. Sounds like scenarios across the globe over…
Jun 12, 2018
Golden Oars
By Katie Neitz The Lafayette Crew Club won two gold medals at the Dad Vail Regatta in May, the largest collegiate rowing event in North America, which…
Jun 11, 2018
Sharing His Expertise
Research by James Dearworth, associate professor of biology and neuroscience, on the cranial nerves of turtles is featured in the June edition of Journal…
Jun 11, 2018
Making a Global Impact
By Bryan Hay A group of senior chemical engineering majors and their advisers recently returned from a whirlwind trip to the Dominican Republic where they…
Jun 4, 2018
“Poetry is Flourishing”
By Bill Landauer Jill Bialosky, the acclaimed poet, novelist, memoirist, and editor, stood before an assembly of Lafayette students on April 24 and proclaimed…
Jun 2, 2018
Speaking of Success
By Katie Neitz The thought of giving an off-the-cuff impromptu speech is enough to rattle seasoned CEOs and leaders. But not Aaron Walker ’18. He has…
Jun 1, 2018
Dark Matter Matters
Assistant Professor of Physics Brooks Thomas‘ research on dark matter is featured on PBS Nova Next. Read “Does Dark Matter Ever Die?” You can also learn…