Dec 17, 2010
Hydraulic Flume Lab Brings River Studies to Life
Students aren’t the only ones who benefit from Lafayette’s high-tech science labs. There are villagers in El Convento, Honduras, whose need for clean…
Academic News
Academic News
Dec 16, 2010
Lafayette Places Second in National College Fed Challenge
Lafayette took second place in the national College Fed Challenge held Nov. 30 in the boardroom of the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors in Washington…
Dec 16, 2010
Students Will Spend Winter Break Learning All Over the Globe
More than 150 students will be studying in Australia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, the Galapagos Islands, Madagascar, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey…
Dec 9, 2010
Men’s and Women’s Soccer Honored for Academics by National Coaches Association
The men’s and women’s soccer teams have been honored with Team Academic Awards by the National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA). The men…
Dec 8, 2010
Students Present Research at National Conference on Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Earlier this month, four Lafayette students presented research at the Fifth Undergraduate Conference in Medieval & Early Modern Studies at Moravian College…
Dec 3, 2010
Students Help Developing Communities in Honduras through Engineers Without Borders
Someday soon, the residents of El Convento, Honduras, will be able to enjoy what people in the developed world take for granted: fresh clean water in their…
Dec 3, 2010
Acopian Engineering Center Provides Collaborative Student-Faculty Experiences
Lafayette’s 90,000-square-foot Acopian Engineering Center includes laboratories designed specifically for student-faculty research, high-tech classrooms…
Dec 3, 2010
Samantha Pollard ’11 Gets a Sneak Peak at Her Future at BNY Mellon
Samantha Pollard‘s summer internship with BNY Mellon helped solidify her plans to pursue a career in banking. “I’ve been much more proactive in planning…
Dec 3, 2010
English Professor Alix Ohlin Encourages Student Writers to Take Risks
When Alix Ohlin was in graduate school at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, she had an idea for a novel, but lacked the confidence to start…
Dec 3, 2010
Professor John McCartney Uses Political Experiences in Bahamas to Enlighten Students about Democracy
When John McCartney talks about the political struggles of the Bahamas and other Caribbean nations, he’s not reciting facts from a textbook. That’s…