Nov 18, 2011
Lance Podell ’86 Leads Global Expansion of YouTube
What do you get when you cross the video-sharing giant YouTube with the creative genius and marketing savvy of the web video company Next New Networks?…
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Nov 17, 2011
Joe Maddon ’76 Is Named American League Manager of the Year – Again
After leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a wild card berth in the wildest race in American League history, Joe Maddon ’76 has been named the league’s Manager…
Nov 15, 2011
Longest-Serving School Superintendent in Mass., Gerald Paist ’61 Ensures Balance of Technical and Academic Training
By Dan Edelen Caps sailing in the air. Hugs and high-fives shared between teens. Tears on the faces of proud parents. As the longest-serving school superintendent…
Nov 11, 2011
Rick Klau ’93 Leads Google Ventures’ Startup University
The journey from startup to thriving business is a road well traveled for Rick Klau ’93, of Mountainview, Calif. Now as partner in charge of Startup…
Nov 9, 2011
Farrell Sharkey ’06 Turns First Grade into a “Lafayette” Homeroom
By Kevin Gray For a recent homework assignment, Farrell Sharkey ’06 asked her first-grade students to answer a question: If you could go anywhere, where…
Nov 8, 2011
Konstantinos Bousmalis ’05 among 34 Google Fellowship Recipients Worldwide
By Samuel T. Clover ’91 Picture this: After a long day at work, you sit down at your computer, shoulders hunched, and a digitized voice coos, “You…
Nov 8, 2011
Morris Metz ’50 Receives French Legion of Honor
The French government has honored Morris Metz ’50 for his personal contribution to the liberation of France during World War II. On Oct. 13, he was named…
Nov 4, 2011
Re-Imagining Othello in Venice: Two Professors and Berrisford Boothe ’83 Collaborate to Create 10 Etchings
Working in the very city where the character Othello struggled against racial hostility, Curlee Holton has created a series of 10 images re-imagining Shakespeare’s…
Nov 2, 2011
John Gentile ’12 and Kevin McKernan ’98 Connect through Baseball and Internship
What does John Gentile ’12, co-captain of the Lafayette baseball team, think is the best part of the game? That it’s unpredictable. “Once the ball leaves…
Oct 28, 2011
College Dedicates Morel Field House
Lafayette dedicated its new, state-of-the-art indoor batting facility during a ceremony last week. The Morel Field House, located at the Metzgar Fields…