Nov 30, 2012
Building on Success: New Initiatives in Engineering are Under Way
Traditionally strong as problem-solvers, engineers are now also problem-finders. The increasingly interconnected, global world demands that engineers not…
Faculty and Staff
Nov 30, 2012
Professor Mary Armstrong Receives NSF Grant to Study Underrepresented Minority Women in STEM Fields
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $100,000 grant to Mary Armstrong, associate professor of English and chair of women’s and gender…
Nov 30, 2012
Lafayette Community Helps Theater Director Michael O’Neill Prepare New Play
In the world of theater, growth equals success, says Michael O’Neill, associate professor of English and director of theater. That’s why he is always…
Nov 21, 2012
Andrew Griffiths Named Division I Field Hockey Coach of the Year
Field hockey head coach Andrew Griffiths has been named the Division I Coach of the Year by Synapse Sports. In addition, co-captain Deanna DiCroce …
Nov 9, 2012
Building on Success: Greater Innovation and Leadership in Engineering
Scott R. Hummel, Interim Jeffers Director of the Engineering Division, speaks with John Leone, Lafayette Sports Network broadcaster and associate director…
Nov 9, 2012
Professors Chronicle French Jewish Community of Dijon in New Book
Robert Weiner, Jones Professor of History, and Richard Sharpless, professor emeritus of history, have completed An Uncertain Future: Voices of a French…
Oct 31, 2012
Behind the Scenes of Lafayette’s Student-Run Election Night Broadcast
Election Day is quickly approaching. For Lafayette’s election-night broadcast team that means there isn’t much time before going on-air live to potentially…
Oct 23, 2012
Prof. Thomas Bruggink Uses World of Sports as His Laboratory
Sports fans should sit down for this one. Athletes are not overpaid, says Thomas Bruggink, but on average are paid what they contribute to team revenues…
Oct 23, 2012
Politics, Values, and Ideas Intersect in Professor Joshua Miller’s Classroom
Last year, Joshua Miller received one of the highest compliments a student can give a professor: “To have this type of course is why I came to college…
Oct 9, 2012
English Prof. Alix Ohlin Nominated for Two Major Canadian Literary Awards
Alix Ohlin, associate professor of English, is a finalist for two major Canadian literary awards for her latest novel, Inside, a story about three people…