Aug 4, 2017
Meet the New Dean of Equity and Inclusion
By Kathleen Parrish If you want to know Chris Hunt‘s approach to life and work, you need only look at a piece of art hanging in his office. It depicts…
News & Features
Aug 4, 2017
Eugene DeLoatch ’59 Named Black Engineer of the Year
When Eugene DeLoatch ’59 graduated from Lafayette, less than 1 percent of all engineering graduates in the country were black. His desire to change that…
Aug 4, 2017
The Next Evolution of Portlock
In 1970, it was a white wooden house on the east end of the Quad. In 1989, it was a brick house on McCartney Street. With today’s plans of growing enrollment…
Jul 25, 2017
Long Journey
Some roads into higher education are longer than others, but the commitment to pursue a Lafayette College degree seems somehow more significant when the…
May 25, 2017
College Mourns Loss of Joe Kirkpatrick ’19
By Kathleen Parrish When Joseph Kirkpatrick ’19 asked someone “What’s up?” or “How are you doing?” it wasn’t a gratuitous question. He genuinely…
Jan 26, 2017
Math’s Best Friend
If you haven’t spent much time on the second floor of Pardee Hall, a snapshot on the wall of a faculty member of the Math Department might make you look…
Jul 1, 2016
Lafayette Mourns Passing of Walter Oechsle ’57
Walter Oechsle ’57, trustee emeritus, died Thursday, but his legacy of commitment to the College lives on through the various capital projects, academic…
Jan 12, 2016
Lafayette Mourns the Passing of Prof. Bryan Washington
With deep sadness, Lafayette College announces the passing of Bryan Washington, associate professor emeritus of English, after an 18 month struggle with…
Aug 31, 2015
Common Knowledge
“We begin by building affinity,” says Provost S. Abu Rizvi. “We want students not only to connect with each other, but also with all kinds of groups…
Aug 6, 2015
Increasing Perspectives
A liberal education introduces a wide range of methods of inquiry: “ways of knowing” the human condition and the world. These methods include, for…