Academic News
The Lafayette Forensics Team finished third among 19 teams in the recent West Chester University Rose Bowl Tournament, building on the strong performances…
Before taking literature courses at Lafayette, English major Brendan Cotter ’02 (Deansboro, N.Y) knew much more about American sports than about American…
The death of a relative from childhood leukemia has given a Lafayette student a personal interest in the anti-cancer research she launched this semester…
Three times last summer, Skye Harris ’02 traveled to Syracuse, N.Y., to slog through the shallows of mercury-contaminated Onondaga Lake and collect samples…
Susan Basow, Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology, recently published “Androcentrism” in Encyclopedia of Gender, Volume One, pages 125-135, edited by…
Leanne Speitel ’02, a philosophy major from Ocean City, N.J., is exploring the implementation and impact of parental consent requirements on abortion in…
After 23 years of visiting the remote 2,000-person Chinantec Indian village of San Pedro Yolox in the Sierra Juarez Mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, Dan Bauer…
As an undergraduate, Lorenzo Traldi fell in love with mathematics, taking only math courses his last three years of college and earning 88 credits in the…
“Conducting research means you continue to learn and stay curious, which creates enthusiasm that you can bring into your teaching,” says Robin Rinehart…
Comets are interesting astronomical phenomena today, but centuries ago they were considered harbingers of disaster. Andrew C. Fix, professor and head of…