Academic News
Fifteen Lafayette students will present research papers with their biology faculty mentors at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science…
Last summer, Rachael Oleski ’06 (Erie, Pa.) conducted tests on soil from landslides during a National Science Foundation-sponsored Research Experience…
Lafayette students and faculty monitor the health of the Bushkill Creek and the region draining into it through field laboratories, class projects, and…
As a child, Lindsay McCarthy ’06 (Peabody, Mass.) loved to take things apart to see how they worked and put them back together. As an A.B. engineering…
Paul Cefalu, associate professor of English, has published two interdisciplinary books that offer significant new insights into English literature. Moral…
With a grandfather who was a prominent general during the Armenian Genocide inflicted by Turkey in World War I, Sara Nersesian ’06 (Sparta, N.J.) has always…
Marquis Scholar Hannah Tuson ’06 (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) has conducted research in a number of areas within chemistry and biochemistry, but her current…
Psychology major Jenny Boyar ’08 (Hillsborough, N.J.) analyzed epilepsy in literature and gained new insights into the representation of the disease in…
Trustee Scholar Samuel Hetzel ’06 (Metuchen, N.J.) arrived at Lafayette planning to study medicine, but after some soul searching and scheduling conflicts…
“It brings what students are learning about alive; it’s a way of getting them to look at their writing and take it seriously,” says Beth Seetch, coordinator…