Sep 5, 2018
Economic Empowerment in Appalachia
Students in Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project, or EEGLP, traveled to Whitesburg, Ky., to help residents develop ways to use their cultural…
Academic News
Academic News
Aug 30, 2018
Listening to the Public Record
By Stephen Wilson Just after midnight Dec. 7, 1982, Charlie Brooks Jr. was the first man to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. While…
Aug 28, 2018
First Day of Class
By Bill Landauer Ed Kerns runs his fingers over the four edges of a rectangle of watercolor paper. “I used to have a teacher,” the Clapp Professor…
Aug 28, 2018
The Intern Chronicles
By Katie Neitz Summer might put some people in relaxation mode. But for many Lafayette students, it’s time to hustle—to try out a career, gain hands-on…
Aug 27, 2018
Coming Soon to Your Home
Story by Bryan Hay, photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz Not too long from now, 3D printers will likely take their place among other common household appliances…
Aug 24, 2018
Fulbright Takes Alex Barton ’18 to Colombia
By Kathleen Parrish Alex Barton ’18 has long held a passion for teaching. During her time at Lafayette she tutored school children in Easton through…
Aug 21, 2018
Epic Expedition
By Katie Neitz Twenty Lafayette students spent nearly three weeks this spring exploring the western United States, where they rafted the Colorado River…
Aug 20, 2018
Kung Fu Witch Train
By Stephen Wilson Mention the word “anime” to people and it conjures different images. None more striking than the associations between white and black…
Aug 17, 2018
Beautiful and Powerful
Professor Chawne Kimber stitches messaging about censorship, social injustice, and racism into layers of colorful cotton.
Aug 15, 2018
Biofilm Project Takes Aim at Erosion Control
By Bryan Hay An interdisciplinary group of students is tending to a bacteria nursery as part of an innovative research project aimed at controlling the…