Academic News

Mar 31, 2020

New Studies Show Higher Costs of Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity leads to even higher costs than previously thought, according to two newly published studies by a Lafayette economics professor.

Mar 29, 2020

Research Aims to Advance Foam Glass in U.S.

For her senior honors thesis, Rebecca Blocker ’20 (civil engineering) is conducting strength and density testing on foam glass to better understand how…

Mar 26, 2020

ITS and CITLS Tackle Challenges with Creativity

Instructional support and design teams are working around the clock to make the shift to remote instruction.

Mar 25, 2020

Scholarship Stories

Lafayette students share how scholarships opened up new, meaningful educational journeys.

Mar 25, 2020

Scholarship Story: Zachary Martin ’21

Zachary Martin ’21 shares his experience as a recipient of Department of Defense SMART Scholarship.

Mar 25, 2020

Scholarship Story: Guen Geiersbach ’21

Guen Geirsbach ’21 shares experience as a recipient of Saint Andrews Society of Philadelphia yearlong study abroad scholarship for Scotland (University…

Mar 25, 2020

Scholarship Story: Xavier Walker ’22

Xavier Walker ’22 shares experience as a recipient of US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute.

Mar 25, 2020

Scholarship Story: Katie Kavanagh ’21

Katie Kavanagh '21 shares experience as a recipient of Boren Scholarship to study Arabic and other subjects in Jordan.

Mar 23, 2020

Prof. Lindsay Ceballos Receives Grant for Book Project

"I’ve been working hard my whole life trying to follow my interests and make a career out of it. I’m super thrilled and very grateful for the opportunity…

Mar 16, 2020

College Responds to Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Challenges

Lafayette takes measures to support health and well-being of campus community.