Jul 23, 2018
Improving Driverless Cars
Two students are conducting research using a driving simulator to enhance technology that can help autonomous cars prevent collisions with animals. (VIDEO)
Academic News
Academic News
Jul 23, 2018
Our Students Share Their Research Discoveries
Twenty Lafayette students presented their research findings at this year’s National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). In a five-part series…
Jul 20, 2018
Reviving Ragtime, an American Original
By Bryan Hay There’s a certain nostalgic purity about ragtime, musical qualities that inspired Josh Kwak ’18 to complete some posthumous business on…
Jul 16, 2018
New York Times Cites Study by Prof. Matthew Larsen
The New York Times cited a study co-written by Matthew Larsen, assistant professor of economics, about the positive effects of reform efforts in New Orleans…
Jul 15, 2018
Learning Latin from Leopards
By Bill Landauer Markus Dubischar’s Elementary Latin class is seldom so elementary. Krista Yetter’s fifth-graders from Cheston Elementary School in…
Jul 11, 2018
Research is Gold Standard for Scholarship Winner
By Kathleen Parrish Chenyu Zhang’s passion for scientific research started with a bag of potato chips. A 15-year-old high school student in Singapore…
Jul 11, 2018
Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center Reaches Milestone
Story by Bryan Hay; photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center (RISC) reached another milestone July 5 as the construction crew placed…
Jul 10, 2018
Expert Analysis: Prof. John Kincaid on Supreme Court Nomination
President Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court seat being vacated by the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh is…
Jul 6, 2018
Students Showcase Research
By Bryan Hay, Bill Landauer, and Katie Neitz Research projects give students a valuable opportunity to work closely with professors to explore new concepts…
Jul 5, 2018
Shedding Light on the Dark
By Katie Neitz Christopher J. Lee, associate professor of history, has been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend…