Mar 25, 2019
It’s Not Easy Being Green. Or Is It?
By Katie Neitz The vibrant colors and striking patterns of a bird’s feathers, a butterfly’s wings, or a fish’s scales aren’t just features we admire…
Biology
Mar 8, 2019
Science of Fun
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson A soda can dipped in ice water instantly crumples. Fifth-graders observing the demonstration gasp with shock. The student…
Nov 5, 2018
STEM Stars
The future of STEM is here: Meet Lafayette’s innovators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. They are creative thinkers and persistent…
Oct 8, 2018
The Octopus Meditations
Biology professors explain in this video why they wanted Prof. Ed Kerns' series of paintings on permanent display in Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center…
Aug 15, 2018
Biofilm Project Takes Aim at Erosion Control
By Bryan Hay An interdisciplinary group of students is tending to a bacteria nursery as part of an innovative research project aimed at controlling the…
Aug 14, 2018
Help for Those Planning Careers in Medicine
By Heather Morton When it came time to give back to Lafayette College, Jeff Wasserman ’86 turned his thoughts to a lost friend and classmate and a memorial…
Jul 11, 2018
Research is Gold Standard for Scholarship Winner
By Kathleen Parrish Chenyu Zhang’s passion for scientific research started with a bag of potato chips. A 15-year-old high school student in Singapore…
Jul 11, 2018
Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center Reaches Milestone
Story by Bryan Hay; photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center (RISC) reached another milestone July 5 as the construction crew placed…
Jul 2, 2018
Jessica Ackendorf ’19 Wins Prestigious Scholarship
By Kathleen Parrish If Jessica Ackendorf ’19 ends up finding a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, the movie Love and Other Drugs deserves a sliver…
Jun 28, 2018
Three Homes, One Heart
Jessica Ammous ‘21 maintains love for Syria, family, and Lafayette.