World-class performers to join Bicentennial celebrations
Lafayette College reveals headliners—featuring Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award, and Tony award-winning artists—joining Bicentennial events this fall.
Bicentennial
Sep 4, 2026
College community celebrates the Marquis de Lafayette’s birthday
The College honored the birthday of its namesake with food trucks, cupcakes, games, giveaways, and more as part of its Bicentennial
Sep 4, 2026
Celebrating Lafayette’s Bicentennial Across America: Evanston, Ill.
The Lafayette community came together in support of the field hockey program while celebrating alumni commitment to field hockey and neuroscience as part…
Jul 24, 2026
Lafayette to join prestigious international Entente Cordiale Challenge
Lafayette will engage with other prestigious U.S. colleges and universities and students from France and the U.K.
Jul 23, 2026
Field trip offers creative way for Easton fourth graders to explore the past
Easton Area School District fourth graders explored the American Revolution through the Bicentennial Art History Docent project
Jul 14, 2026
Lafayette to host Bicentennial Symposium on democracy
Honoring its rich academic heritage, Lafayette College will host a Bicentennial Symposium featuring talks by two leading scholars of democracy
Jul 6, 2026
Our future starts now
Here's to 200 years of "Why not?" and 200 more of "What's next?"
Jun 29, 2026
In the media: Philadelphia Inquirer covers commemorative Lafayette exhibition at National Archives of France
Paper quotes Olga Anna Duhl, Oliver Edwin Williams Professor of Languages
Jun 22, 2026
Prof. Kirk O’Riordan honors Bicentennial with new composition
“Two Hundred Moments,” inspired by the music of Samuel Barber, is based on fragments of the alma mater and the College’s fight song
Jun 12, 2026
A commemoration in France
Members of the College community convened in Paris for the opening of Lafayette Between France and America: History and Legend
May 24, 2026
Lafayette celebrates Class of 2026 at 191st Commencement
Throughout Lafayette College's 191st Commencement ceremony on Sat., May 23, more than 600 graduates were consistently reminded of one thing as they proceeded…