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Sep 3, 2019

Summer Scholars

Research at Lafayette doesn’t take a summer break. Here's a look at the work of six summer scholars.

Aug 20, 2019

Expert Commentary: Is a Recession Coming?

The U.S. stock markets suffered their worst day of the year, in response to the inversion of the yield curve, a key economic indicator.

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 5, 2019

Student Scholars

In April, 20 Lafayette students presented research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Kennesaw State University in Georgia…

Jun 5, 2019

Studying the Impact of Urban Renewal

By Bryan Hay The research: Urban Renewal Projects and Urban Inequality in Istanbul, Turkey The team: Idil Tanrisever ’19, economics major, and Rexford…

May 13, 2019

Sustainable Finance

By Bryan Hay Steven Swidler remembers visiting the cafeteria at Oberlin College when he was on a campus visit in high school.   He took three paper napkins…

Mar 29, 2019

How Can Marijuana Decrease Opioid Deaths?

By Bryan Hay A growing number of policymakers are calling for more research into alternative painkillers, including medical marijuana, to combat the opioid…

Mar 11, 2019

Prioritizing Pot Over Pills

Research conducted by Susan Averett, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics, and Emily Smith ’18 was cited in a recent article about the use of medical…

Mar 9, 2019

Why Gender Matters So Much in Policy Making

Susan Averett, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics, recently contributed to a blog hosted by Oxford University Press about how gender makes a difference…

Feb 21, 2019

Working Closely with Diplomats in D.C.

By Heather Mayer Irvine Mila Temnyalova ’19 spent the 2018 spring semester in Washington, D.C., as part of Lafayette’s Washington Semester program…

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