Academic News

Apr 7, 2003

Sarah Gately ’03 Seeks Discoveries about Earth’s Structure

Senior Sarah Gately (Mount Bethel, Pa.) has the world at her fingertips as she maps subsurface geology in hopes of making discoveries about the structure…

Apr 4, 2003

Christine Bender ’04 Receives Scholarship from Pittsburgh Panhellenic Council

Junior Christine Bender (Gibsonia, Pa.) has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship from the Pittsburgh Panhellenic Council for her outstanding academic achievements…

Apr 4, 2003

Geology Professor Dru Germanoski Will Discuss NSF-Funded Research in Bolivia Today

Dru Germanoski, professor and head of geology and environmental geosciences at Lafayette, will present a lecture entitled “Heavy Metal Contamination from…

Apr 4, 2003

Jill Krapf ’03 Studies Baby Chicks to Understand Human Anxiety and Fear Responses

Marquis Scholar Jill Krapf ’03 (Downingtown, Pa.) is exploring how baby chicks respond when they are afraid in order to understand the neurochemicals involved…

Apr 4, 2003

Neuroscience Chair Wendy Hill One of Four Professors in Nation to Receive James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship

Wendy Hill, Rappolt Professor and chair of neuroscience, is one of just four professors in the United States to receive a 2003 James McKeen Cattell Fund…

Apr 3, 2003

Jean Corrie Winners and Poet BJ Ward Will Read Works at Ice Cream Social this Afternoon

Student winners of the annual Jean Corrie Poetry Competition will join poet and competition judge BJ Ward in reading their work at an ice cream social…

Apr 3, 2003

English Professor Patricia Donahue Will Collaborate with Other Outstanding Faculty as 2003-04 Carnegie Scholar

Patricia Donahue, associate professor of English at Lafayette and director of its College Writing Program, is one of 26 outstanding faculty members chosen…

Apr 3, 2003

Guangxi Wang ’03 Excels among Graduate Students, Earning Third Place at Sarnoff Symposium on Advances in Wired and Wireless Communications

Senior Guangxi Wang (Shanghai, China) presented a paper that took third place, topping all but two submitted by Ph.D. students, at the 2003 Sarnoff Symposium…

Apr 2, 2003

Seniors Derek Marston and Peter Susi Improving Computer Network Used by Electrical Engineering Classes

Seniors Derek Marston (Morristown, N.J.) and Peter Susi (Greensboro, N.C.) are conducting an intensive research project this semester that could improve…

Apr 2, 2003

Class of 2007 Orientation to be held Aug. 21-24, 2003

Orientation for students in the Class of 2007 will be held Aug. 21-24, 2003. The class is divided into small groups according to the First-Year Seminar…