Jan 27, 2017
It’s a Remarkable Time at Lafayette
President Alison Byerly sent the following message to the campus community on Jan. 27. As we begin the spring semester, I write to share some updates that…
Faculty and Staff
Jan 24, 2017
Going with the Flow
In a room on the bottom floor of Acopian Engineering Center, students cluster in the slim space around what looks like a mammoth fish tank draped in electronics…
Jan 20, 2017
Downtown Move First Phase of Affordability Initiative
Lafayette took the first steps toward its goal of becoming a more diverse, competitive, and affordable institution with the opening of its new offices…
Jan 17, 2017
A Taste of South America
Prof. Rebekah Pite uses Fulbright Grant to study food culture in Argentina.
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 19, 2016
12 Days of Lafayette
It's been a great year. Let's review.
Dec 12, 2016
Prof. Ian Smith Discusses Othello‘s Political Relevance
William Shakespeare wrote the play four centuries ago, but never has Othello seemed so current. According to Professor Ian Smith, recent tensions across…
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…
Dec 6, 2016
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7 marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. The “date which will live in infamy,” is the event that brought…
Dec 1, 2016
‘For All Time’
When most of the modern world considers the age of Shakespeare, it thinks of William Shakespeare – perhaps the greatest playwright of all time – and…