Academic News

Apr 11, 2003

Physics Professor Lyle Hoffman Will Talk about “The Life Stories of Galaxies” at Noon

Lyle Hoffman, professor of physics, will give a lecture entitled “The Life Stories of Galaxies” noon-1 p.m. today in Gagnon Lecture Hall (room 100), Hugel…

Apr 11, 2003

John Meier One of Two Professors in Nation to Receive Prestigious 2003 Centennial Fellowship from American Mathematical Society

John Meier, associate professor of mathematics, is one of just two people in the nation to receive a prestigious 2003 Centennial Fellowship from the American…

Apr 11, 2003

English Professor Laura Dassow Walls Authors New Work on the Key Role of Science in the Life and Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Laura Dassow Walls, associate professor of English at Lafayette, is author of a new book entitled Emerson’s Life in Science: The Culture of Truth, published…

Apr 10, 2003

Government and Law Professor Helena Silverstein Will Discuss Legal Status of Affirmative Action in Higher Education Tomorrow

Helena Silverstein, associate professor of government and law, will speak on “Diversity in the Balance: The Uncertain Future of Affirmative Action” noon…

Apr 10, 2003

Lafayette Professor Howard Bodenhorn Authors Second Major Book on Banking in Early America

Howard N. Bodenhorn, associate professor of economics and business at Lafayette, is author of a new volume on the history of banking in the early United…

Apr 9, 2003

James Mangarillo Jr. ’03 Works on New Way to Predict Drought

Senior James Mangarillo Jr. (Hampton Bays, N.Y.), who will attend the environmental engineering graduate school program at University of Massachusetts…

Apr 8, 2003

Study of Optical Fiber by Carlos Chai ’03 May Impact Engineering Program

Electrical and computer engineering major Carlos Chai ’03 (Montego Bay, Jamaica) is conducting an honors thesis that may impact the future of engineering…

Apr 7, 2003

Jonathan Cohn ’04 Presents Economics Paper at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Junior Jonathan Cohn (Binghamton, N.Y.) presented his research on the complexity of reaching a market economy in Hungary and Poland at the 17th Annual…

Apr 7, 2003

Seniors Sarah Deitsch and Giselle Edwards Curate Exhibit for Renowned Philadelphia Artist

Seniors Sarah Deitsch (Norwood, N.J.) and Giselle Edwards (Brooklyn, N.Y.) are collaborating with a world-renowned artist and helping curate his exhibit…

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…