Dec 13, 2012
Sarah Hardy ’14 Receives EPA Fellowship to Research Cleaner Ways to Treat Wastewater
As essential as wastewater treatment facilities are to a modern society, not many people want to spend time in close proximity to these typically loud…
Academic News
Academic News
Dec 7, 2012
Media Features Franz Kline Exhibit Curated by Professor Robert Mattison
Franz Kline: Coal and Steel, a major exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum curated by Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has…
Dec 3, 2012
Leaders Mentor Students Interning at Nonprofits
Six students who served internships in the nonprofit sector gained additional insight into the inner workings of nonprofit organizations through the Leadership…
Nov 30, 2012
Trading Places: Project Boma Allows Students to Experience Different Cultures
Friends and roommates Sam Stuart ’13 (Wichita, Kan.) and Chao Wang ’13 (Changchun, China) grew up in different hemispheres and met on campus. As first-year…
Nov 30, 2012
Building on Success: New Initiatives in Engineering are Under Way
Traditionally strong as problem-solvers, engineers are now also problem-finders. The increasingly interconnected, global world demands that engineers not…
Nov 30, 2012
Kelsey Lantz ’13 Takes on Water Management in Uganda
By Shehtaz Huq ’14 As a sophomore EXCEL Scholar, Kelsey Lantz ’13 (Washington, Pa) wanted to find empirical raw data to plug into the computer model…
Nov 30, 2012
Student-Faculty Team Explores Effects of Video Chat on Toddlers
With online communication options such as Skype and FaceTime becoming increasingly popular, people can keep in touch all over the world through real-time…
Nov 30, 2012
Professor Mary Armstrong Receives NSF Grant to Study Underrepresented Minority Women in STEM Fields
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $100,000 grant to Mary Armstrong, associate professor of English and chair of women’s and gender…
Nov 30, 2012
Lafayette Community Helps Theater Director Michael O’Neill Prepare New Play
In the world of theater, growth equals success, says Michael O’Neill, associate professor of English and director of theater. That’s why he is always…
Nov 30, 2012
Student-Faculty Team Researches Effects of Gravitational Waves on Pulsars
David Nice, associate professor of physics, and a team of students are bringing the role of gravitational waves—ripples in space-time generated by very…