Academic News

Apr 5, 2001

Lafayette Students Place in the Top 14 Percent and Earn a Rating of “Meritorious” in International Math Contest

A Lafayette trio of Lazar Nikolic, Daniel Swarr, and Guangxi Wang placed within the top 14 percent of participating teams and earned the second-highest…

Apr 1, 2001

Hovis Returns from Cambridge Visit to Explore Research Opportunities

To investigate research opportunities for the funds from his latest National Science Foundation Grant, Guy Hovis, John Markle Professor of Geology, went…

Mar 30, 2001

Student Winners of Jean Corrie Poetry Competition and Award-Winning Poet Len Roberts Will Read Their Works at Lafayette April 10

Lafayette’s celebration of National Poetry Month will begin with the winners of the College’s annual Jean Corrie Poetry Competition reading their work…

Mar 29, 2001

Lafayette’s Hillel and Jewish Studies Program Sponsor a Free Production of a Play on the Life of Hadassah Founder Henrietta Szold April 5

“Henrietta Szold: Woman of Valor,” a new play by Sarah Blacher Cohen and Joanne Koch, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the Williams…

Mar 23, 2001

Lafayette’s Meyner Center Will Host Cypriot Counsel of the Republic for a Two-Month Program on Federalism Beginning April 1

Marina Spiliotopoulou, Counsel of the Republic in the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus, will be hosted for a two-month education…

Mar 21, 2001

Date Set for Discovery Channel Program Featuring Lafayette’s Bernard Fried

The Discovery Channel plans to feature Bernard Fried, Lafayette’s Gideon R. Jr. and Alice L. Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology, one of the world’s…

Mar 21, 2001

Three Lafayette Students Will Play Key Roles in LVAIC Conference on Women’s Studies March 31

Three Lafayette students will play key roles in the seventh annual Undergraduate Conference in Women’s Studies from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March…

Mar 16, 2001

Lafayette Places In Top Ten Percent In 61st Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Guangxi Wang, a sophomore from Shanghai, China, led Lafayette to an extremely impressive showing in the 61st Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical…

Mar 16, 2001

Lafayette Professor William Jemison Will Explain His Research and Current Trends in Microwave and Wireless Technology March 26

William D. Jemison, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Lafayette, will speak on “Applications of Microwave and Wireless Technology…

Mar 2, 2001

Lafayette Students Will Make Presentations on Their Scholarly Work at the 15th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research March 15-17

Twenty-two Lafayette students have earned the distinction of being invited to make presentations on their scholarly research at the 15th annual National…