May 12, 2019
Making Mozzarella
By Bryan Hay What would be the crowning gastronomical touch on a tempting spread of Italian cold cuts, olives, and marinated mushrooms? Fresh, still-warm…
Engineering
May 1, 2019
Lafayette Wins Regional Innovation Contest
By Stephen Wilson Turn any container into a measuring tool. That’s the basic concept that helped Alexander Homsi ’19 and Rebecca Adelman ’19 win…
Apr 22, 2019
Hope for Notre-Dame’s Reconstruction
By Bryan Hay Leonard Van Gulick, who was familiar with the “forest” of ancient timber in Notre-Dame’s attic, held his breath as swirling flames took…
Mar 20, 2019
$70 Innovation
By Bryan Hay There’s no limit to innovative expression when you bring together AAA batteries, microprocessors, and the vivid imaginations from Lafayette…
Jan 27, 2019
Bridge Building Starts Early at Lafayette
Story and photos by Bryan Hay Whether it’s a tied-arch, a girder, or a truss, steel bridges and sparks from welding joints get in the bloodstream early…
Jan 18, 2019
Built for Speed, Engineered for Precision
By Bryan Hay Things weren’t going quite as planned for Carolyn Pye and her teammates. Their miniature aluminum-framed dragster, representing the skills…
Jan 14, 2019
Amid Construction, Rockwell Already Inspires
By Bryan Hay Although Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center doesn’t open until fall semester 2019, it’s already providing unique learning opportunities…
Jan 6, 2019
Bringing Brownfields Back to Life
By Bryan Hay More than a month after Lafayette’s participation in a statewide brownfields conference, the experience is still inspiring students and…
Dec 6, 2018
Hidden Figures Week
Hidden Figures Week explored issues related to women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) through a roundtable faculty discussion, a lecture…
Nov 6, 2018
Troubled Water
By Stephen Wilson Fifth-grade students from Cheston Elementary use a salt shaker to sprinkle the roads on a plastic rural model and cover the roadways…