Dec 27, 2013
Nalven Summer Fellowship Provides Hands-on Learning Experiences
This summer through a distinctive biology fellowship, Lindsay Marko ’14 was able to roll up her sleeves and get her hands dirty, literally, while working…
Community-Based Learning and Research
Oct 30, 2013
Students and Faculty Work with Honduran Villagers to Minimize Effects of Flooding
By Michele Tallarita ’12 This summer, an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty worked with residents of Lomitas, Honduras, to help improve stormwater…
Oct 30, 2013
Closing the Food Loop: LaFarm Contributes to Student Learning and Campus Sustainability
On a Wednesday afternoon early in the fall semester, students from LaFarm delivered 175 pounds of fresh potatoes to Lafayette Dining Services. Those organic…
Oct 16, 2013
Students Learn about Nonprofit Management
It was not until this summer that Benjamin Triscuit ’14 (Erie, Pa.) truly understood what it means for an organization to be a nonprofit. He interned…
Oct 14, 2013
Max Jones ’15 Learns and Serves in Philadelphia City Government
Erik “Max” Jones ’15 hopes to take the skills he learned from his time in local government to a future of service outside the country. This summer…
Sep 20, 2013
Marquis Scholars Use Their Talents to Connect to the World
Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is as comfortable with a tenor saxophone in his hand as a telescope. At Lafayette, he has found plenty of opportunity…
Aug 29, 2013
First Class of Students Earns Health and Life Sciences Minor
“It may sound cliché, but I believe the health and life sciences minor chose me and not the other way around,” says Alec Eidelman ’13 (B.S. biochemistry)…
Aug 20, 2013
Tech Clinic Helps Easton Residents Eat Healthier Food
If you live in Easton’s West Ward neighborhood, it’s no easy task to run out for a bag of carrots or a head of lettuce or some crisp red apples. For…
Aug 6, 2013
Students Teach Grade-Schoolers about Science and Technology
Lafayette’s Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists hosted its annual STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Camp on the last…
Jul 19, 2013
Lindsay Majno ’10 Impacts Ghana’s Arts Community
By Kevin Gray In Accra, Ghana, Lindsay Majno ’10 created cohesion in a fractured arts community. She worked there for 18 months prior to her current…