Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
Academic News
Academic News
Oct 8, 2013
$200,000 NSF Grant Will Enhance Interdisciplinary Science Research
Lafayette has secured a $205,020 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a state-of-the-art desktop scanning electron microscope. The microscope…
Oct 3, 2013
Professor Robert Mattison Writes Catalog for Painter Bill Scott’s New York Exhibit
Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has written an exhibition catalog for Philadelphia artist Bill Scott’s exhibit In Arcadia…
Oct 1, 2013
Photo Gallery: START Initiative Steams Forward
Earlier this month on the Quad, Lafayette kicked-off STEAM!, a semester-long celebration of origami and its applications in science, technology, engineering…
Sep 26, 2013
Derrick Hargwood ’14 Explores Design Engineering at West Pharmaceutical Services
Mechanical engineering major Derrick Hargwood ’14 (Metuchen, N.J.) got hands-on experience in his field as an intern at the product design and innovation…
Sep 24, 2013
Prof. Donald L. Miller To Lead National History Seminar on WWII
By Sean Grim ’14 Donald L. Miller, John Henry McCracken Professor of History, will join ranks with America’s most prestigious historians when he presents…
Sep 20, 2013
Alyson Shumeyko ’14 Experiences Magic of Nickelodeon
For Alyson Shumeyko ’14 (Vestal, N.Y.), every day at Viacom brought a surprise. One morning during her summer internship at its NickMom division, she…
Sep 20, 2013
Cancer Research is Personal for Kyle Tucker ’14
For Kyle Tucker ’14 (Los Angeles, Calif.), cancer research allows him to explore multiple fields of science, but it also touches him on a personal level…
Sep 20, 2013
Marquis Scholars Use Their Talents to Connect to the World
Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is as comfortable with a tenor saxophone in his hand as a telescope. At Lafayette, he has found plenty of opportunity…
Sep 20, 2013
Students Study History, Culture, and Politics in South Korea and Japan
After taking a history course focusing on East Asia, James “J.D.” Moore ’14 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) wanted to learn more. He had the perfect opportunity…