Academic News

Oct 17, 2001

Fix Uses Comets to Study Religion, Philosophy, and Science

Comets are interesting astronomical phenomena today, but centuries ago they were considered harbingers of disaster. Andrew C. Fix, professor and head of…

Oct 17, 2001

Martin Puts Emphasis on Teaching and Focuses Research on Polymers

“My emphasis is on teaching,” says J. Ronald “Bud” Martin ’66, associate professor of chemical engineering. “I enjoy it the most of all faculty duties…

Oct 17, 2001

Sheila Handy Will Present Findings on Student Learning Styles and Attitudes Toward Computers

Sheila Handy, assistant professor of economics and business, will present the results of her research on student experiences with learning accounting through…

Oct 17, 2001

Robert Libutti ’02 Researches How Pop Culture Portrays Prehistoric Ancestors

Robert Libutti ’02 (Sinking Spring, Pa.), a geology major and anthropology and sociology minor, is investigating how pop culture portrays our prehistoric…

Oct 15, 2001

Sixteen Students Will Represent Greece at European Union Simulation in Washington, D.C.

Sixteen members of the International Affairs Club will travel to Washington, D.C., in November for the European Union (EU) Simulation sponsored by the…

Oct 12, 2001

Joseph Sherma Writes on Research Advances in Thin Layer Chromatography

Joseph Sherma, professor emeritus of chemistry, published an article, “Recent Advances in Thin Layer Chromatography of Pesticides,” in Journal of AOAC…

Oct 10, 2001

Angela Guarino ’04 Explores Gender Identities in Works of Spanish Surrealist Writer

Marquis Scholar Angela Guarino ’04 of Springfield, Pa., is collaborating with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures…

Oct 9, 2001

Joseph Sherma Publishes Article in The Encyclopedia of Chromatography

Lafayette Campus News (www.lafayette.edu), October 9, 2001 — Joseph Sherma, professor emeritus of chemistry, recently published an article, “Optical Quantification…

Oct 8, 2001

Janna Pachuski ’02 Continues Research on Snail Parasite

Designing her own experiments and watching them work are real thrills for a student immersed in a biochemistry independent study this fall. Marquis Scholar…

Oct 8, 2001

Peter Vitiello ’02 Studies Main Cells of Immune System

A student who hopes to study immunology in graduate school got the chance to delve into cancer research this summer in a study of T-cells, the main cells…