Jan 6, 2012
Professor Rebekah Pite Cooks Up New Historical Perspective on Argentine Food Icon
It’s all connected for Rebekah Pite. Her honors thesis at Amherst College fostered an appreciation for historical research. A move to Barcelona to teach…
Academic News
Academic News
Jan 6, 2012
Students Spend Winter Break Learning All Over the Globe
More than 120 students are studying in England, Hawaii, Japan, Kenya, Peru, Russia, and Tanzania during the winter break. This is the 34th year in which…
Jan 6, 2012
Professor Alessandro Giovannelli Encourages Students to Search for Clarity and Truth
In many ways, teaching undergraduates is more inspiring than teaching at the graduate level, a colleague at one of the best philosophy graduate programs…
Jan 6, 2012
Technology Clinic Applies Interdisciplinary Approach to Local Fish Farming
A Technology Clinic class is using the wide-ranging expertise of its members to make a fish-farming operation more economically and environmentally efficient…
Jan 6, 2012
Students Learn Biology through Problem-Solving in New Interdisciplinary Course
This spring, a new course combining biology and computer science will provide students with ways to build connections between disciplines and new techniques…
Jan 6, 2012
Brooke Kohler ’13 Tracks Effects of Iguana Population Growth on St. John Island
What began with an anthropology class that Brooke Kohler ’13 took on a whim turned into a summer studying iguanas on a Caribbean island. Kohler (Flemington…
Jan 5, 2012
Floating Elephants: Students Install Temporary Sculpture in Farinon
Students in the Dynamics of Sculpture course installed giant, floating elephants in Farinon College Center as their final class project. Taught by Nestor…
Jan 4, 2012
Spotted on Campus With…Alexandria Brannick ’12
Geology major and swimmer Alexandria Brannick ’12 (Point Pleasant, N.J.) discusses her major, training, and becoming a paleontologist. What do you enjoy…
Dec 22, 2011
Photo Galleries: Student Ensembles Present Holiday Performances
The music department celebrated the holidays with winter season concerts from its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of…
Dec 21, 2011
Lafayette Will Infuse the Arts Throughout Curriculum with Mellon Foundation Support
With major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lafayette’s vision of infusing the arts throughout the curriculum will become a reality. The…