Academic News
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $144,058 grant to Robert Kurt, assistant professor of biology at Lafayette, and the biology department for…
Trustee Scholarship recipient Angela Coxe ’03 is participating in a study that some would find odd for the season. Using the mathematical concepts of Fuzzy…
“Embracing the Challenges of Globalization” is the theme of the new student orientation that will be held Aug. 22-25 for members of the Class of 2006.…
Government and law major Emily Francis ’03 (Hummelstown, Pa.) is conducting a summer-long research project to determine whether Southern juvenile courts…
Physics major Timothy Bragdon ’04 (Rahway, N.J.) is using the Doppler Effect to investigate the fundamentals of atomic collisions this summer in an EXCEL…
Marquis Scholar Matt Rausch ’03 (Cranford, N.J.) is laying groundwork during a summer-long research project that eventually may help lead to a cure for…
Senior English majors Lindsey Harkness (Boulder, Col.) and Heather Bastian (Hamburg, Pa.) are gaining insight into the writing process this summer through…
As an EXCEL Scholar this summer with John Greco, associate professor of electrical engineering, Christopher David ’04 (Newtown, Conn.) is working to link…
Marquis Scholar Katrina Gibbons ’03 (Ocean Pines, Md.) is researching ways to make railroad crossings safer in the state of Missouri. Gibbons is working…
Mayank Lahiri ’05 (Bombay, India) is working this summer as an EXCEL Scholar with Andrew Dougherty, associate professor of physics, on “The Emergence of…