Mar 17, 2018
How Tech is Making Us Tired
By Katie Neitz Associate Professor of History Chris Lee knows jet lag—well. In the past 12 months, his body clock has experienced its share of turbulence…
Faculty and Staff
Mar 16, 2018
Better Ideas for Fighting Crime
By Stephen Wilson If asked whether you support human trafficking, you’d probably shake your head in adamant disgust. But if asked whether you eat chocolate…
Mar 15, 2018
Rorschach District
By Stephen Wilson Maybe you see Goofy kicking Donald Duck. Maybe it’s an earmuff or an upside-down elephant. Maybe it is a pterodactyl with fractured…
Mar 15, 2018
Finding a Home Here
By Bill Landauer Two of the best-regarded novels of a Central American nation were at least partially written in and around Lafayette’s campus. Daniel…
Mar 10, 2018
Predicting Prosperity
By Katie Neitz A key factor economists study to better understand the economy and make forecasts about the future is the unemployment rate. When there…
Feb 24, 2018
Top Reads for Black Heritage Month
By Kathleen Parrish In celebration of Black Heritage Month, Randi Gill-Sadler, assistant professor of English, who teaches Blackness on Screen; Blackness…
Feb 17, 2018
The Academic Minute
Neha Vora (sociology), Sue Wenze (psychology), Brett Hendrickson (religious studies), Lisa Gabel (psychology), and Il Hyun Cho (government & law) each…
Feb 8, 2018
A Breakthrough on Shakespeare
The New York Times reports that June Schlueter, former provost and English professor, helped identify a new source of 11 of the Bard's plays.
Feb 7, 2018
What Happens in a Government Shutdown?
By Kathleen Parrish If Congress doesn’t pass a spending bill by midnight Thursday, the U.S. government will shut down for the second time in three weeks…
Jan 25, 2018
Globally Grounded
By Katie Neitz When you spend your childhood living in three different countries, adapting to three different cultures, and learning the history of three…