Mar 30, 2012
Campus Memorial Service for Professor John T. McCartney Planned for April 4
A campus memorial service for John T. McCartney will take place 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in Colton Chapel. A member of the Lafayette faculty for 26 years…
Faculty and Staff
Mar 21, 2012
Professor D.C. Jackson Appears on PBS’ American Experience April 3
D.C. Jackson, professor of history, will appear as an on-camera expert on the PBS American Experience program “Grand Coulee Dam.” The segment is scheduled…
Mar 19, 2012
Biology Professor Bob Kurt Works to Unlock the Mysteries of the Immune System
Some say ignorance is bliss. But for Bob Kurt, associate professor of biology, what is not known is a doorway to discovery, especially when unlocking the…
Mar 9, 2012
Retired Civil Engineering Professor William Holstein Dies
William C. Holstein, associate professor emeritus of civil engineering, died March 6 at age 87. Services will be held 3 p.m. Monday, March 12, at Calvary…
Mar 2, 2012
Paul J. McLoughlin II Named Dean of Students
Paul J. McLoughlin II, former associate dean of Harvard College and senior adviser to the dean of Harvard College, has been named Lafayette’s dean of…
Feb 21, 2012
Lafayette Will Host Conference on the Future of the Liberal Arts College
President Daniel H. Weiss and Rebecca S. Chopp, president of Swarthmore College, will host a conference on the future of the liberal arts college in America…
Feb 21, 2012
Prof. Chris Phillips Explores Reading Habits of 19th Century Eastonians, One of the First Studies of Its Kind in the Country
Until a year ago, the emerging research field of the history of reading was largely circumstantial, based on diaries or sales figures. A public database…
Feb 21, 2012
A Global Professor: Joshua Smith’s Teaching and Research Have Taken Him all Over the World
Spin a globe and place your finger on it. Wherever it lands, it may not be far from where Joshua Smith, assistant professor of mechanical engineering,…
Feb 6, 2012
Art by Curlee Holton Featured in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit and Morris Art Museum
Two pieces of art by Curlee Raven Holton have been included in a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, African American art 1950-Present, and Celebrating…
Jan 30, 2012
Professor Art Kney Helps Students Take Ideas from the Drawing Board to Reality
When a first-year student came to him with an idea to bring composting to campus in 2007, professor Art Kney was skeptical. The College didn’t recycle…