Oct 29, 2013
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes 12 new professors, bringing the College’s total to 210 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several years…
Faculty and Staff
Oct 11, 2013
Prof. Kira Lawrence Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Climate Change Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, a $159,291 grant to expand her study of how a warm interval…
Oct 10, 2013
Skillman Library Celebrates 50 Years of Providing Innovative Services and Resources
Skillman Library occupies a worthy place on Lafayette’s campus: the center. This academic year, it celebrates 50 years of being at the center of innovation…
Oct 9, 2013
A Historic Rivalry in Pictures
The 150th meeting of Lafayette-Lehigh football will be hosted by Lafayette at Yankee Stadium Nov. 22. College football’s most-played rivalry dates back…
Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
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…
Sep 30, 2013
Inauguration Virtual Conference Continues Dialogue on Future of Higher Education
When Alison Byerly is inaugurated as the 17th president of Lafayette College Friday, Oct. 4, there will be more on display than the rich history and tradition…
Sep 24, 2013
Watch the Inauguration of Alison Byerly Live at 3:45 p.m.
Lafayette will embark upon a new era Oct. 4 with the inauguration of Alison R. Byerly as the College’s 17th president. Watch the Convocation ceremony…
Sep 24, 2013
Prof. Donald L. Miller To Lead National History Seminar on WWII
By Sean Grim ’14 Donald L. Miller, John Henry McCracken Professor of History, will join ranks with America’s most prestigious historians when he presents…
Sep 20, 2013
All the World is a Lab (and a Stage) for Ecologist Nancy Waters
Nancy Waters shares three things with all of her students. One, energy flows and nutrients cycle. (“Energy is always one direction, but it moves by virtue…