Jul 13, 2012
Grand Challenges: Students Take on Water Issues in Haiti, Uganda, and Pakistan
The challenges facing society in this century are large, but not insurmountable, as three teams of Lafayette students are learning firsthand this summer…
Academic News
Academic News
Jul 13, 2012
Students Study Engineering and Spanish Culture in Faculty-led Semester in Madrid
Twenty-five students, mostly sophomore engineering majors, spent the spring semester in Madrid, Spain, as part of Lafayette’s faculty-led semester-abroad…
Jul 9, 2012
Engineering and Chemistry Students Collaborate on Environmental Research
Through hands-on collaboration, students in chemistry and engineering classes have teamed up to complete comprehensive research focusing on environmental…
Jul 1, 2012
Samantha Jordan ’13 Receives Pickering Fellowship to Pursue Foreign Affairs in Grad School
When Samantha Jordan ’13 learned she had won a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, her aspirations of a career in the Foreign Service took…
Jun 30, 2012
Sarah McGorry ’12 and Jim Mower ’12 Receive Victory Scholarships to Study in Europe
Sarah McGorry ’12 and Jim Mower ’12 have each received Victory Scholarships to continue their basketball-playing careers as graduate students in Europe…
Jun 27, 2012
Lafayette Will Enhance Study Abroad Opportunities with Support from Mellon Foundation
Lafayette will enhance its global education offerings with a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. During the next three years, the College…
Jun 27, 2012
Christa Martinez ’13 Receives National Scholarship for Photography
When Christa Martinez ’13 (Houston, Texas) took a break from art, art found its way back to her. Martinez’s interest in art began in childhood, when…
Jun 22, 2012
Paige Triola ’14 Explores Environmental Conservation in the Costa Rican Rainforest
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Paige Triola ’14 (Chalfont, Pa.) remembers the moment she stepped into a rainforest for the first time. “It’s really humid…
Jun 19, 2012
Prof. Ingrid Furniss Appointed to Study Music Archaeology at Institute for Advanced Study
Some of the world’s intellectual giants have served as faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., including Albert Einstein, J.…
Jun 18, 2012
Nicholas Boyes ’13 Places Third in Statewide Writing Competition
Economics major Nicholas Boyes ’13 placed third among more than 180 entrants in this year’s statewide Student Writing Competition sponsored by the…