Academic News

Oct 7, 2001

EXCEL Scholar: Peter Totev ’04 Studies Thin-Shell Concrete Method at Pennsylvania Skating Club Arena

Peter Totev ’04 (Oberursel, Germany) is uncovering the secrets to a dramatic construction method called thin-shell concrete in an analysis of one building…

Oct 5, 2001

Lafayette Society for Neuroscience Founded

Lafayette Campus News (www.lafayette.edu), October 5, 2001 — The Lafayette Society for Neuroscience received official recognition from Student Government…

Oct 4, 2001

Lafayette College Theater Will Portray Personal Dramas in 19th-Century Ireland in Its Staging of Translations Oct.31-Nov.3

Lafayette College Theater will perform Translations by Brian Friel on the main stage of the Williams Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Tickets…

Oct 3, 2001

Geology and Environmental Geosciences Professors will Present Work to Geological Society of America

Lafayette Campus News (www.lafayette.edu), October 3, 2001 – Two professors from the department of geology and environmental geosciences will present their…

Oct 2, 2001

Amanda Ohs ’03 and Abby O’Connor ’03 Win Praise for Symposium Presentations at University of Vermont

Biochemistry major Amanda Ohs ’03 (St. Paul, Minn.) and chemistry major Abby O’Connor ’03 (Newton, N.J.) received praise for the EXCEL Scholars research…

Oct 1, 2001

Shivani Malhotra ’03 Investigates Economics of the Antebellum South

Tax records from the mid-1800s tell much about the payers: not just what land they owned, but the amounts, values, and sources of other property, including…

Oct 1, 2001

The Lafayette Experience: Cliff Michaels ’02 Advances in Neuroscience

As an EXCEL research assistant, Cliff Michaels of Easton, Pa., a graduate of Nazareth Area High School, helped Wendy L. Hill, professor of psychology and…

Oct 1, 2001

Alexandra Pelberg ’02 Studies Artistic and Architectural History of the Synagogue

Alexandra Pelberg of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., a graduate of Lower Merion High School, traveled throughout Europe with her parents last summer, visiting Budapest…

Oct 1, 2001

Psychology Professors Spur Discussion of “Psychological Effects on a Nation”

Audience participation and some lively debate punctuated a discussion of “Psychological Effects on a Nation” at noon today in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights…

Sep 27, 2001

German Professor Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger Named Editor of Austrian Culture Series

Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, has been named general editor of the Austria Culture Series produced…