Academic News

Mar 27, 2025

Global classrooms: New Zealand

Twenty-two students traveled to one of the most geologically active landscapes on the planet, New Zealand.

Mar 27, 2025

Global classrooms: Peru

Twenty-three students spent the interim in Peru.

Mar 27, 2025

Global classrooms: Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany

Students spent the break hopping trains between Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

Mar 20, 2025

Hafsa Kanjwal to deliver Jones Faculty Lecture

As the keynote speaker delivering the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Faculty Lecture April 1, Prof. Hafsa Kanjwal will highlight how strategic claims…

Mar 13, 2025

J.H. Tarbell Lab (with Bloomberg terminals) opens global market information to Lafayette students

The J.H. Tarbell Lab (with Bloomberg terminals) offers 12 terminals that access real-time data from markets around the world.

Mar 12, 2025

Meghan Sullivan to deliver April 15 Jones Visiting Lecture

Notre Dame’s Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy to explore relevance of Christian ethics in AI debate.

Mar 6, 2025

Students preview career options during January externships

In January, hundreds of Lafayette students embarked on bite-sized career journeys through Gateway Career Center’s externship program.

Mar 4, 2025

Economics Profs. Adam Biener and Hongxing Liu named to boards of regional economics organizations

Two members of the Economics Department faculty, Adam Biener and Hongxing Liu, were recently elected to the boards of two regional and influential economics…

Feb 21, 2025

How one geology class led to a 10-day Alaskan adventure

In June 2024, geology students Ellie Spencer ’26 and Kate Marrs ’26 found themselves embarking on a journey to a remote island in Alaska.

Feb 20, 2025

New endowed professorship strengthens interdisciplinary scholarship and research

Lafayette College is pleased to announce the Birle Family Endowed Professorship in Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Research.