Sep 12, 2017
Hollis Ashby: Artist, Meet Venue; Venue, Artist
By Bill Landauer First thing one morning in late August, Hollis Ashby found a plea for help in her inbox. Elizabeth Field, a former Pesky Artist-In-Residence…
Faculty and Staff
Sep 12, 2017
What’s a College For?
By Mark Eyerly The start of an academic year brings opportunities for College leadership to remind the community of the values that underlie a liberal…
Aug 29, 2017
Physics Prof. Brooks Thomas Receives $120,000 NSF Grant to Research Dark Matter
By Stephen Wilson Brooks Thomas, assistant professor of physics, has received a three-year, $120,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to…
Aug 28, 2017
Yusuf Dahl Takes Helm of IDEAL Center
Entrepreneur Yusuf Dahl has been named director of Lafayette’s IDEAL Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dahl will work with the campus community…
Aug 4, 2017
Meet the New Dean of Equity and Inclusion
By Kathleen Parrish If you want to know Chris Hunt‘s approach to life and work, you need only look at a piece of art hanging in his office. It depicts…
Jul 18, 2017
Get to Know Sustainability Director Marie Fechik-Kirk
By Kevin Gray Marie Fechik-Kirk was introduced as Lafayette’s first director of sustainability last November. Fechik-Kirk came to Lafayette from the…
May 31, 2017
Kia Damon Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Kia Damon was introduced as the seventh head coach in Lafayette women's basketball program history on Wednesday morning. Damon spent 19 years as an assistant…
May 12, 2017
College Honors Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Service
Members of the Lafayette community were honored for distinguished teaching, scholarly research, and service to the College at the annual pre-Commencement…
Apr 10, 2017
Two-Day Presidential Symposium Looks at Race Through Shakespeare
Some of the country’s top Shakespeare scholars will gather at Lafayette April 19 and 20 for a symposium that will explore contemporary issues of race…
Feb 16, 2017
Video: Prof. Kira Lawrence Discusses Climate Change
The work that Prof. Kira Lawrence is doing today may help predict our planet’s climate in the near future. Lawrence, associate professor of geology, uses…