Sep 15, 2011
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes 11 new professors, bringing the College’s total to 213 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several years…
Academic News
Academic News
Sep 15, 2011
Rose Bayer ’14 Researches Parkinson’s Disease at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
By Michele Tallarita ’12 What do you do when you love learning about how the mind works in psychology, but can’t resist the call of the microscope? Rose…
Sep 14, 2011
Strong Results: More Than 80 Students Present Research from Summer Projects
Earlier this month, more than 80 students from all four of the College’s academic divisions presented the results of their summer research projects at…
Sep 12, 2011
Emily Tanenbaum ’12 Spends Her Summer Working for Google
By Michele Tallarita ’12 According to the world’s most popular search engine, Google, Emily Tanenbaum ’12 is BOLD. That stands for Building Opportunities…
Sep 8, 2011
It’s Only Brain Surgery: Monica Manglani ’13 Explores How the Brain Recognizes Sound During 10-Week Research Fellowship
By Michele Tallarita ’12 This summer, performing neurosurgery was Monica Manglani’s favorite part of the day. A neuroscience major, Manglani ’13…
Sep 7, 2011
Tricks of the Trade: Laura Hammer ’12 Learns About Fashion and Publishing at Harper’s Bazaar
For anthropology and sociology major Laura Hammer ’12, the ways that societies function, down to even their fashions, have always been of great interest…
Sep 6, 2011
Students Learn from World-Class Scholars though Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Each semester, the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in the Life Sciences brings six world-class scholars to campus to speak on a subject in their field…
Sep 6, 2011
College Theater Explores Civil Rights on Stage and in Classroom
During its 2011-12 season, Lafayette College Theater will present the hit musical Rent, along with a play that introduced the word “robot” into the…
Aug 31, 2011
Shannon Moran ’14 Organizes World Trade Center Remembrance Week
By Michele Tallarita ’12 When Shannon Moran ’14 (Levittown, N.Y.) rides the bus back from Lafayette to her home state of New York, she can’t help…
Aug 31, 2011
Professor Lauren Sefcik Anderson ’04 Knows Both Sides of the Lafayette Classroom
When her grandmother had knee replacement surgery, Lauren Sefcik Anderson ’04 was only in elementary school, but she remembers wanting to help. Though…