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…
Computer Science
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…
May 17, 2018
Beaming with Anticipation
By Bryan Hay Students, faculty, staff, and trustees on May 10 signed their names for posterity on a 10-foot I-beam for the Rockwell Integrated Sciences…
May 7, 2018
Eat. Hack. Nap. Hack.
By Stephen Wilson Wassim Gharbi ’19 is not a newbie to hackathons. As the name’s blend suggests, a hackathon is a marathon of exploratory programming…
May 2, 2018
Beam with Leopard Pride
By Bryan Hay Members of the Lafayette community will have an opportunity to be part of College history on Thursday, May 10, by signing a structural beam…
Apr 24, 2018
Driven by Data
10:40 a.m. Rain pounds the windows of the Computer Science Thinking Room, but it doesn’t seem to distract three groups of students working quietly on…
Apr 10, 2018
RISC on the Rise
By Bryan Hay On schedule and soon to take shape, Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center is entering a new phase with the arrival of a massive crane and the…
Mar 7, 2018
Confronting Fake News
It distorts the truth, sways opinions, and has the power to impact elections. Fake news is in the news and on the minds of people concerned about its influence…
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…
Nov 10, 2017
Positioning Students for Success
By Joseph McDermott As a West Coast native attending an East Coast college, Heidi Ludwick Hanson ’91 learned the challenges of being separated from family…