Jan 9, 2018
Energy 2040
Hosted by the IDEAL Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Swarup discussed the energy equation that factors how people, population density, and cultural…
Academic News
Academic News
Jan 8, 2018
Prof. Gary Gordon Receives Prestigious Mathematics Award
By Katie Neitz The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is honoring Gary Gordon, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor and head of mathematics, for excellence…
Jan 3, 2018
A Galactic Alliance
By Katie Neitz More than 60 astrophysicists from prestigious universities and research facilities around the country and Canada spent three days at Lafayette…
Jan 2, 2018
Climate Drivers, Ecosystem Change
By Katie Neitz, Bryan Hay, and Stephen Wilson It might seem like a night of numbers! 14 years. 3 courses. More than 100 students. 32 posters. Over 80 judges…
Dec 29, 2017
Standing Avant-Garde
By Bill Landauer Throughout early fall, columns of gnomes guarded an entrance to campus. Their white plaster bodies resembled miniature, rifle-toting members…
Dec 27, 2017
Dr. Hope
By Stephen Wilson A 12-year-old girl sits in a Rwandan hospital. She’s been there for a month being treated for malaria. Because symptoms are strikingly…
Dec 22, 2017
Courage in Education
By Katie Neitz In honor of his efforts to promote political and intellectual diversity at Lafayette, the Steamboat Institute has presented Brandon Van…
Dec 22, 2017
Healing Racial and Economic Schisms
By Bill Landauer Hazleton needed entrepreneurs. The central Pennsylvania city wasn’t looking for someone to move to town and build a smartphone factory…
Dec 17, 2017
Greening Lafayette
By Katie Neitz You don’t have to look hard to see Lafayette’s commitment to sustainability. From new recycling bins and signage, to reusable dining…
Dec 16, 2017
Bridges Not Too Far
By Bryan Hay Thousands of drivers cross the Delaware River every day on two bridges connecting Easton and Phillipsburg, N.J., but not many have the time…