Global classrooms
For 159 Lafayette students, January interim meant taking the classroom from College Hill to another part of the world.
Academic News
Academic News
Mar 31, 2025
Inside the classroom: Women and the Economy analyzes gender roles, economics of marriage
The course has been a favorite at Lafayette, taught nearly every semester for the last 20 years.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Brazil
Fourteen students traveled to Brazil over the winter interim to explore both urban and sustainable processes.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Combining geology and biology, students traveled to the high Andes mountains in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: England and Ireland
The world was a stage for students in London and Dublin Theater.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Italy
Bringing ancient history to the present, the Journey to Rome course guided students across Western Europe during the winter interim.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Madagascar
The Lafayette Initiative for Malagasy Education rang in its 15th year over the winter interim.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: New Zealand
Twenty-two students traveled to one of the most geologically active landscapes on the planet, New Zealand.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Peru
Twenty-three students spent the interim in Peru.
Mar 27, 2025
Global classrooms: Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany
Students spent the break hopping trains between Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
Mar 20, 2025
Hafsa Kanjwal to deliver Jones Faculty Lecture
As the keynote speaker delivering the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Faculty Lecture April 1, Prof. Hafsa Kanjwal will highlight how strategic claims…