Aug 16, 2019
Student Bonds over Polymers
Trisha Pakkala, a 2019 graduate of Phillipsburg High School, is conducting National Science Foundation-funded research on polymers with Prof. Ryan Van…
Community-Based Learning and Research
Aug 4, 2019
Art of the Trail
By Stephen Wilson Regan Kinney ’20 stands on top of an overturned bucket so she can reach the top of her canvas—an exterior fiberboard panel 8 feet…
Aug 1, 2019
Service, Fun, and Community Building
By Stephen Wilson It’s a damp morning after an evening downpour, and dense gray clouds loom above the park pavilion. A car pulls up and two kids bound…
Jul 17, 2019
Building on Assets
By Stephen Wilson Nearly 10,000 people living within 1 square mile. The majority are younger than 43 years of age, two-thirds of whom are in rental properties…
Jun 20, 2019
Kids Who Code
By Stephen Wilson An astronaut and monster are having a polite conversation. After the astronaut rockets off, the monster eats a big bowl of cheese puffs…
Jun 18, 2019
Math in Everyday Life
By Morgan Strum ’19 Students of Math 306: Operations Research recently presented their final projects, offering mathematical solutions to real-world…
May 17, 2019
600 Lives Saved
By Stephen Wilson 207 units. That amount of blood can impact or save nearly 600 lives. For Lafayette faculty, administration, students, and staff, their…
May 16, 2019
Dear Pen Pal
By Stephen Wilson Twenty third-graders from Cheston Elementary sit eagerly in a college classroom as they wait to meet the college students they have written…
May 2, 2019
Connecting Communities
By Stephen Wilson Thirty-one poster presentations. Eight awards. One engaged campus. One grateful community. The 10th annual Landis Center for Community…
Apr 17, 2019
A Wee Bit of Learning and Fun
By Stephen Wilson What one wish would you make if you caught a leprechaun? That question for fifth-graders may be easier to answer than naming their favorite…