Academic News
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…
An English class had 15 students writing for the big screen this past fall. Taught by critically-acclaimed author Alix Ohlin, assistant professor of English…
When a family friend suggested that Catherine Herchenroder ’06 (Breezy Point, N.Y.) explore her interest in biomedical engineering by redesigning the vaginal…
Pursuing honors in philosophy, Trustee Scholar Scott Wisniewski ’06 questioned “whether what we can imagine can ever serve as a guide to what is physically…
The research of W. Mark Crain, William E. Simon ’52 Professor of Political Economy, is featured in leading business publications and mainstream media on…
When Jessica Fennell ’06 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) began a term paper for a course on 20th-century French civilization last fall, she planned to write about luscious…
This past fall, 15 Lafayette students spent the semester in Dijon, France, studying French culture, language, literature, and business in a program affiliated…
Marie Berninger ’06 (Gaithersburg, Md.) is using modern methods to contribute a new addition to centuries of knowledge about a renowned French church.…