Jan 4, 2016
New Smart Geology Lab Reveals Minerals’ Mysteries
Tucked in Van Wickle Hall’s basement near a display of fossilized dinosaur bones and rock specimens, is Lafayette’s smartest new classroom—the Petrographic…
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Dec 21, 2015
It’s Race Time!
Student teams from the Manufacturing and Design course competed in a year-end drag race. The project challenges mechanical engineering students to design…
Dec 15, 2015
The Sounds of the Season
The Music Department celebrated the holidays with winter concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of groups…
Dec 3, 2015
The Science of Preserving Art
Through the IDEAL Center’s Cultural Conservation and Nanotechnology program, students learn to apply innovative methods to preserve art and cultural…
Dec 3, 2015
100 Years of Chemical Engineering
In the 1880s, decades before he started the chemical engineering program at Lafayette, Edward Hart was already at work building what would become its educational…
Nov 25, 2015
Fueling the Future
Biofuels – fuels derived from biological sources such as plants or algae – have a lot going for them, most notably their environmental friendliness…
Nov 3, 2015
Theater Presents Doubt
Last month, the theater department presented its production of Doubt, the winner of the Tony Award and Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play and…
Oct 16, 2015
The Role of Public Engagement in Democracy
Imagine that someone wants to build a parking lot in the middle of the Quad. Consider the issues that it would raise. Where would students throw Frisbees…
Oct 13, 2015
The Nuts and Bolts of Theater
By Geoff Gehman ’80 “Actors have three eyes. Did you know that?” Julian Sands let his curious statement hang for five seconds, a pause that could…
Oct 6, 2015
Jim Toia’s Latest Exhibit Featured in New York Times
Whether it is oil-sprayed spider webs, mushroom spore drawings, or a pewter-cast ant colony, nature has always been at the heart of Jim Toia’s art. His…