Feb 26, 2019
Expert Commentary: India’s Occupation of Kashmir
Hafsa Kanjwal, assistant professor of history, recently wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post about how India’s occupation of Kashmir is being…
Faculty and Staff
Feb 26, 2019
The Most Sinful States
Prof. John Kincaid was quoted in WalletHub’s recent piece about the most and least sinful states. In its 2019 Most Sinful States in America, the personal…
Feb 15, 2019
Developing New Ways to Make Molecules
By Katie Neitz The American Chemical Society has awarded Dan Griffith, assistant professor of chemistry, a two-year Undergraduate New Investigator Grant…
Feb 11, 2019
Kindergarteners & Clay
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson When Nestor Gil, associate professor of art, handed out pencils to kindergarteners, he asked them to notice what made…
Feb 9, 2019
Prof. Bob Mattison Traces Work of Artist Franz Kline
By Katie Neitz Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzger Professor of Art History, has been selected by the prestigious Hauser & Wirth Institute to oversee…
Feb 4, 2019
Denying Racism
By Katie Neitz “I’m not a racist!” cries nearly every public figure caught in racist behavior. Even self-identified white nationalist Peter Cvjetanovic…
Feb 1, 2019
Concrete Thinking
By Bryan Hay His designs are imprinted at Lafayette College and throughout Easton — City Hall, Sigal Museum, Simon Silk Mill, Williams Visual Arts Building…
Jan 31, 2019
Pagándolo Hacia Adelante (Paying It Forward)
By Bill Landauer During school breaks at Lafayette when the campus is mostly empty, Richard Shupp ’67 is there. In the winter months, the part-time professor…
Jan 28, 2019
The Class: “Understanding Happiness”
What’s it about? Why does the smell of chocolate chip cookies, the arrival of a loved one, or the sight of a puppy scampering across the Quad make you…
Jan 24, 2019
The Class: “The 1960s: Causes and Effects”
The gist: The 1960s is one of the most interesting, controversial, and discussed decades of the 20th century. The music, social changes, moon landing,…