Dec 16, 2011
Students Help the Local Community Using Math and Economics
Nine students combined their math knowledge with economics to help others in the community this semester. Through Case Studies in Math Modeling, a course…
Community-Based Learning and Research
Nov 4, 2011
Photo Gallery: Students Host Halloween Costume Party for Easton Families
Students in the Single Motherhood course held a Halloween costume party in the Marlo Room for the families they work with from the Easton community. View…
Nov 4, 2011
Community-Based Learning and Research Helps Students Apply Classroom Knowledge in Real-World Settings
Professors are always looking for ways to make classroom lessons more relevant to life beyond College Hill. Through Lafayette’s Community-Based Learning…
Oct 4, 2011
New Women’s and Gender Studies Major Prepares Students to be Leaders in Today’s Diverse Society
When Jiselle Peralta ’13 (Rego Park, N.Y.) took a course called Literary Women, her goal was to simply fulfill an English requirement. But that course…
Aug 31, 2011
Environmental Scientists: Mellon Scholars Program Provides Students with Hands-on Experiences Locally and Abroad
There are worse places to spend the summer break than on a Caribbean island. Brooke Kohler ’13 and Jephord English ’12 spent part of their summer on…
Jul 15, 2011
A Flowering Arts Scene: Technology Clinic Is Collaborating with Local Community to Create More Welcoming Public Spaces
By Michele Tallarita ’12 The biggest flower in Easton sprung up in the most unlikely of places. Nestled between brick houses and feet away from the passing…
Jun 24, 2011
A Green Harvest: Students, Faculty, and Staff Spend Summer Working the College’s Organic Garden
The Lafayette College Organic Garden covers two acres on Sullivan Trail just south of the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. One acre is a community garden…
Jun 3, 2011
Engineering Work in Rural Honduras Gives Students Fresh Perspectives on Life on College Hill and Beyond
When he was a first-year student, Juan Hernandez ’13 (Vineland, N.J.) remembers receiving tons of emails soliciting new members for student clubs and…
Apr 29, 2011
Student-Faculty Team Works to Boost Economy of Honduran Village through Cocoa Plantation
Perhaps you’ve read the book or seen the movie Like Water for Chocolate. In one small village in Honduras, it’s just the opposite: Villagers are learning…
Apr 21, 2011
Lafayette Team Presents Food Loop Project at National Sustainable Design Expo
A team of students and professors presented the College’s food loop project at the seventh annual National Sustainable Design Expo held in conjunction…