Nov 27, 2018
New Jersey Closer to $15/hour Minimum Wage
Adam Biener, associate professor of economics, appeared on a recent WFMZ-TV 69 News report about how the proposed minimum wage raise in New Jersey might…
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Nov 9, 2018
Pizza and Politics
By Bryan Hay There’s nothing like pizza and conversation on Election Night to bring together civic-minded young voters from across the political spectrum…
Nov 9, 2018
The History and Media Portrayal of Thugs
By Kathleen Parrish In the 1939 movie Gunga Din, the villains were a secret society of turban-wearing assassins. For many western movie-goers, it was the…
Nov 8, 2018
‘I Enjoyed Every Single Minute’
By Bill Landauer Over four decades at Lafayette, Diane Cole Ahl has helped countless students around the world find their way through the sophisticated…
Nov 6, 2018
Troubled Water
By Stephen Wilson Fifth-grade students from Cheston Elementary use a salt shaker to sprinkle the roads on a plastic rural model and cover the roadways…
Oct 30, 2018
Uncovering Political History of NYC Subways
Ben Gordon '19 talks about his digital humanities research on the development of New York City's subway system, particularly how subway locations were…
Oct 29, 2018
An Internship for the Professor
By Bryan Hay Reflecting one day on his career as an academic, Steve Kurtz realized he was missing something. “I’m in the shower and thinking about…
Oct 28, 2018
A Fresh-Eyed Look at Empires
By Bill Landauer In the first half of the 20th century, two world wars shook the planet to its core. The handful of empires that controlled the largest…
Oct 25, 2018
Project Catches Deer in Headlights of Driverless Cars
By Bryan Hay Alex Brown encountered deer almost every night driving along rural roads of central Pennsylvania during his graduate and postdoctorate work…
Oct 16, 2018
Expansion Tube Project Takes Flight
By Bryan Hay Alyssa Devin ’19 and Andrew Schmid ’20 spend about a half hour gripping and turning socket wrenches with both hands as they tighten 12…