Jul 3, 2018
Return to College Hill
By Bryan Hay Lauren Anderson ’04 often returns to a very personal moment as a teenager when it became clear she was destined to become a bioengineer…
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Jun 22, 2018
Innovative Instructor
By Bryan Hay Polly Piergiovanni, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has won the prestigious and competitive William H. Corcoran Award…
Jun 11, 2018
Making a Global Impact
By Bryan Hay A group of senior chemical engineering majors and their advisers recently returned from a whirlwind trip to the Dominican Republic where they…
Apr 24, 2018
Hungry Cells
9:30 a.m. Tori Smith ’18, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, seems to be working alone in the mammalian cell culture facility but in fact…
Feb 13, 2018
From Persia to College Hill, Air Products CEO Seifi Ghasemi Credits Lafayette for Shaping Career
By Kathleen Parrish and Bryan Hay Seifollah “Seifi” Ghasemi first heard of Lafayette College in 1959 when he was one of nearly 6,000 high school students…
Feb 12, 2018
Philanthropic Support Endows Interdisciplinary Engineering Professorship
President Alison Byerly tonight announced multiple gifts totaling $3 million from the Air Products Foundation ($1.5 million), Air Products Chairman, President…
Dec 12, 2017
The Great Cookie Caper
By Stephen Wilson Most people don’t think of the Sesame Street cast as shady characters, but one of them stole Cookie Monster’s cookies. The two mains…
Dec 7, 2017
What Turtles Can Teach Us About the Winter Blues
By Katie Neitz If the dark days of winter make you feel blue, low-level signaling by melanopsin may be to blame. Melanopsin, a light-sensitive protein…
Dec 5, 2017
Futures for the Jet Set
By Bill Landauer Maybe your future job is thousands of miles away, working in education in a third-world nation or dealing with clients who don’t speak…
Nov 15, 2017
We Are Scientists!
By Stephen Wilson Sitting in the center of a table is a gallon-sized Ziploc bag filled with Rice Krispies, Cocoa Puffs, and Fruit Loops. Your task is to…