May 12, 2017
Breaking Ground on the Future
Lafayette took a bold step into the future yesterday, breaking ground for the $75 million Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center, the largest capital project…
Environmental Science
May 9, 2017
Lafayette Begins Largest Capital Project in its History
Lafayette breaks ground on Thursday, May 11, for the $75 million Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center, the largest capital project in the school’s history…
Mar 28, 2017
Managing the Nitrogen Cycle
An interdisciplinary group of students researching the nitrogen cycle is considering composting as a way to relieve the effects of excess nitrogen on campus…
Jan 5, 2017
Integrating the Sciences
A pillar of Lafayette’s grand future, an energy-efficient, cutting-edge Integrated Sciences Center will break ground this May on the edge of the campus’…
Dec 12, 2016
Discovering Our Geologic Past
Not everyone drilling the ocean floor is looking for fossil fuel. Some like Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, are looking to tell our planet’s…
Nov 28, 2016
Shifting Expectations
James Roberts '18 took part in an InternShift with Joe Heaney '85, owner of Walden Associates environmental consulting firm. Through InternShift, Lafayette…
Jun 18, 2014
Serious Environmental Stewardship: Campus Community is Committed to Sustainability
At Lafayette, green is the new maroon. The only school in the Lehigh Valley that signed the Presidents Climate Commitment – a 2008 initiative that saw…
Jul 13, 2012
College Launches Two New Degree Programs in Environmental Studies
Each year during open house events, the faculty stationed at the environmental science poster field many questions from prospective students interested…
Jul 9, 2012
Engineering and Chemistry Students Collaborate on Environmental Research
Through hands-on collaboration, students in chemistry and engineering classes have teamed up to complete comprehensive research focusing on environmental…
Jun 22, 2012
Paige Triola ’14 Explores Environmental Conservation in the Costa Rican Rainforest
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Paige Triola ’14 (Chalfont, Pa.) remembers the moment she stepped into a rainforest for the first time. “It’s really humid…