Oct 28, 2010
Students Will Tackle Grand Challenges Facing Society
The people who will solve the challenges currently facing our society are most likely sitting in classrooms right now. And the National Academy of Engineering…
Academic News
Academic News
Oct 26, 2010
New Interim-Abroad Course Merges the Art and Technology of Ancient Egypt
Standing for 5,000 years in the Egyptian desert, the pyramids and other grand monuments constructed by the ancient Egyptians are marvels of art, archaeology…
Oct 15, 2010
Students Bring Honduran Coffee Project Full Circle
For the past several years, members of the College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project (EEGLP) have collaborated with rural villages in…
Oct 15, 2010
Professor Polly Piergiovanni Brings the Conceptual to Life
When Polly Piergiovanni, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was in high school, the track coach recruited her to run the 100-yard-dash…
Oct 15, 2010
Katherine Whitman ’11 Explores International Sports Marketing at ESPN
Katherine Whitman ’11 (New Hope, Pa.) spent her summer as an intern in the international advertising and sales department at ESPN in New York City. An…
Oct 15, 2010
Brian Selvarajah ’12 Collaborates with Professor James Dearworth to Unravel Mystery of Turtles’ Response to Light
Even in elementary school, Brian Selvarajah ’12 (Kendall Park, N.J.) saw the living world as an unsolved mystery. Now pursuing a B.S. in biology and…
Oct 15, 2010
Student-Faculty Team Explores Why Vertebrates Developed Backbones
Forget Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. When Rob Root and his research assistants watch videos of sharks swimming, they are looking for clues to help…
Oct 14, 2010
Spotted on Campus With…Meghan Cicchi ’11
Field hockey player and chemistry major Meghan Cicchi ’11 (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) sat down and talked about her future plans, studying in Italy, and…
Oct 14, 2010
Ritesh Maharjan ’13 Has a Passion for Engineering and Art
Ritesh Maharjan ’13 (Kathmandu, Nepal) spent a good part of his summer designing and building a waterfall, picking mushrooms, framing drawings, figuring…
Oct 13, 2010
Lafayette, Reigning National Champion in College Fed Challenge, Will Host Regional Competition
The College Fed Challenge team will begin its quest for the College’s second consecutive national championship Nov. 1, when Lafayette, in conjunction…