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…

Aug 13, 2018

Closing in on Rockwell

Precast concrete panels are now being installed on the $75 million Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center, future home to the biology, computer science, and…