Oct 8, 2013
$200,000 NSF Grant Will Enhance Interdisciplinary Science Research
Lafayette has secured a $205,020 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a state-of-the-art desktop scanning electron microscope. The microscope…
Engineering
Sep 26, 2013
Derrick Hargwood ’14 Explores Design Engineering at West Pharmaceutical Services
Mechanical engineering major Derrick Hargwood ’14 (Metuchen, N.J.) got hands-on experience in his field as an intern at the product design and innovation…
Sep 20, 2013
Karen Pompanella ’88 Manages $6 Billion USPS Transportation Budget
“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” reads the inscription…
Sep 20, 2013
Marquis Scholars Use Their Talents to Connect to the World
Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is as comfortable with a tenor saxophone in his hand as a telescope. At Lafayette, he has found plenty of opportunity…
Sep 16, 2013
Lafayette Receives Gift of $27.9 Million to Support Science and Technology
Lafayette College has received one of the largest contributions in the College’s history from Trustee Kent Rockwell ’66. The gift, made to a trust that…
Aug 20, 2013
Students and Faculty Harness the Power of the Mind
A group of students and faculty is working to give some control back to those who have lost the ability to move. In research that brings together neuroscience…
Aug 20, 2013
Tech Clinic Helps Easton Residents Eat Healthier Food
If you live in Easton’s West Ward neighborhood, it’s no easy task to run out for a bag of carrots or a head of lettuce or some crisp red apples. For…
Aug 6, 2013
Students Teach Grade-Schoolers about Science and Technology
Lafayette’s Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists hosted its annual STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Camp on the last…
Jul 31, 2013
Engineering Students See Classroom Concepts in Action at Air Products Facility
Members of Lafayette’s student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) toured the Air Products facility in Hometown, Pa., earlier…
Jul 19, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Works to Improve Local Sewer Infrastructure
A student-faculty team is working on research to evaluate the condition of the local sewer system’s infrastructure and develop tools to help engineers…