May 23, 2016
Back to School
In May 1966, J. Ronald “Bud” Martin graduated from Lafayette with a degree in chemical engineering. On Saturday, exactly 50 years later, he got another…
Alumni Profiles
May 21, 2016
Barbara Levy ’77 Awarded Lafayette Medal for Distinguished Service
Edward Ahart ’69, chair of the Board of Trustees, recognized Barbara Levy ’77 as the recipient of the Lafayette Medal for Distinguished Service during…
Feb 2, 2016
Confidence Leads to Ideal Career for Ladimer Nagurney ’72
At times, Ladimer Nagurney ’72 feels as if he’s never grown up. “Dealing with college students each day as a professor makes me feel only a bit older…
Jan 4, 2016
King of Cranberries
Americans consume more than 400 million pounds of cranberries each year, and Gordon Swanson ’66, CEO of Cran Chile, is the man behind the scenes of the…
Oct 13, 2015
Award-winning Photographer Kira Stackhouse ’02 Goes Viral
Quick: how do you turn an unpaid invoice into Internet stardom for your cat? Kira Stackhouse ’02 is perhaps the only person in the history of the world…
Sep 9, 2015
Asking the Hard Questions
Among the most famous ancient Greek aphorisms is “know thyself.” As an engineer, Colin Rementer ’12 is used to solving problems, but majoring in…
Sep 9, 2015
Connecting Population Dots
How important was the women’s and gender studies (WGS) major to Alexandra Behette ’13? Very. “If I didn’t take WGS courses, I would not be able…
Sep 9, 2015
Turning Great Thinking into Action
Jiselle Peralta ’13 remembers Mary Armstrong often telling her students that they were great thinkers, but that it takes physical action to use that…
Jul 16, 2015
“Sweighing” Public Opinion
Admit it. You’ve experienced road rage, right? So, what’s the most annoying driving technique? A “slow-moving left-laner” or a “cut off artist”?…
Jul 16, 2015
Portrait of the Artist Dwayne Alistair Thomas ’01
An audible buzz hummed around the conference room when the students learned that their presenter has acted in The Americans and Friday Night Lights. Guest…