If you don’t know where the Hagia Sophia is, that the English word “alcohol” comes from Arabic, or the fact that Saladin (a “hero” of the counter-crusade)…
At the end of each semester, Ed McDonald usually poses the same question to his students: “Who learned the most in this course?” He finds it amusing…
Li Yang believes in setting a high bar for her students. And apparently her teaching style pays off. Students in her introductory Chinese course begin…
As a second-grader, Jeff Liebner wanted to teach first grade. When he was in third grade, he was ready to teach second. So it’s no surprise that the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…