Aug 11, 2011
Professor Ed Gamber Analyzes Recent Market Drop on Channel 69 News
Ed Gamber, professor and head of economics, sat down with Channel 69 News at Sunrise to analyze the recent steep drop in the stock market. (The video is…
Faculty and Staff
Aug 5, 2011
Initiative to Grow the Faculty Will Position Lafayette as a Premier Liberal Arts Institution
When President Daniel H. Weiss unveiled the College’s strategic plan in the fall of 2007, he said it was designed “to secure a place for Lafayette…
Aug 5, 2011
Professor David Brandes and Interdisciplinary Team Receive Pennsylvania Conservation Award
As golden eagles travel through Pennsylvania along the Kittatinny Ridge on their migratory path between Quebec and southern Appalachia, some are wearing…
Jul 26, 2011
Bruce McCutcheon Will Take New Leadership Role to Advance Lafayette Athletics
Bruce McCutcheon, director of athletics, will take on a new leadership role in advancing the College’s 23-sport NCAA Division I intercollegiate program…
Jul 15, 2011
The One Who Had To: Professor Emily Musil Church Works to Make a Difference in the Classroom and the World
That little girl in the stroller at the anti-nuke rally? She grew up to be Emily Musil Church, assistant professor of history. Raised by parents who believed…
Jul 15, 2011
Professor Rebecca Kissane Helps Give Voice to the Disadvantaged
The lines above her brow etched deep by grinding despair, a woman shares her story of not having enough money at the end of the month. Across from her…
Jun 24, 2011
Video Profile: Professor Jenn Rossmann Receives National Attention for Wiffle Ball Aerodynamics Research
To provide her students a fresh way to look at fluid dynamics, Jenn Rossmann, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, began using Wiffle balls in…
Jun 24, 2011
A Green Harvest: Students, Faculty, and Staff Spend Summer Working the College’s Organic Garden
The Lafayette College Organic Garden covers two acres on Sullivan Trail just south of the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex. One acre is a community garden…
Jun 24, 2011
Professor Ilan Peleg Deals with Intractable Conflict in His New Book on Israel’s Palestinian Population
“But man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.”—Job 5:7 At Lafayette, one man has made it his life’s work to understand that trouble. Ilan…
Jun 10, 2011
Associate Dean Karen Clemence Named President of Northeast Association of Pre-law Advisors
When Karen Clemence joined the Northeast Association of Pre-law Advisors (NAPLA) in 2005, she wasn’t thinking about taking on a leadership role. But…