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…
Engineering Studies
Apr 19, 2018
The Greening of Hope
By Kathleen Parrish Reducing water consumption in college dorms. Using stored ice to reduce the cost of cooling academic buildings. Raising awareness about…
Mar 30, 2018
When in Rome
Story by Bryan Hay, photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz In one of the classic scenes from Monty Python’s Life of Brian, opponents of the Roman occupation of…
Feb 13, 2018
From Persia to College Hill, Air Products CEO Seifi Ghasemi Credits Lafayette for Shaping Career
By Kathleen Parrish and Bryan Hay Seifollah “Seifi” Ghasemi first heard of Lafayette College in 1959 when he was one of nearly 6,000 high school students…
Feb 12, 2018
Philanthropic Support Endows Interdisciplinary Engineering Professorship
President Alison Byerly tonight announced multiple gifts totaling $3 million from the Air Products Foundation ($1.5 million), Air Products Chairman, President…
Jan 25, 2018
Fake Food
By Bryan Hay “If it tastes like butter, but it’s not …” Since the rise of processed foods in the 19th century, Americans have been on the lookout…
Jan 2, 2018
Climate Drivers, Ecosystem Change
By Katie Neitz, Bryan Hay, and Stephen Wilson It might seem like a night of numbers! 14 years. 3 courses. More than 100 students. 32 posters. Over 80 judges…
Nov 30, 2017
Ending the Entrepreneurial Stigma
By Stephen Wilson It’s a common sight on a campus: a mentor with a whiteboard marker jotting down discussion ideas as students sit around a table with…
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…
Nov 6, 2017
A New Approach to STEM Education
By Katie Neitz How do you make a great thing greater? Make it more inclusive. Stats from the National Science Foundation show a dramatic disparity between…