Dec 12, 2016
Prof. Ian Smith Discusses Othello‘s Political Relevance
William Shakespeare wrote the play four centuries ago, but never has Othello seemed so current. According to Professor Ian Smith, recent tensions across…
Faculty and Staff
Dec 12, 2016
Discovering Our Geologic Past
Not everyone drilling the ocean floor is looking for fossil fuel. Some like Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, are looking to tell our planet’s…
Dec 6, 2016
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7 marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. The “date which will live in infamy,” is the event that brought…
Dec 1, 2016
‘For All Time’
When most of the modern world considers the age of Shakespeare, it thinks of William Shakespeare – perhaps the greatest playwright of all time – and…
Nov 1, 2016
Engineering Looks to the Future
The ideals of Lafayette engineering have changed very little over the last century and a half. Early on, its founders made it the goal “to educate not…
Oct 4, 2016
Mark Eyerly Named VP for Marketing and Communications
Mark Eyerly, formerly chief communications officer at Temple University, has been named vice president for marketing and communications at Lafayette. The…
Oct 3, 2016
Our Dedication to the Arts
Lafayette did more than celebrate the completion of the Williams Arts Campus on North Third Street Friday. During a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the…
Oct 3, 2016
Building Bridges at Homecoming
For about four hours Saturday morning, the Quad was filled with the sounds of banging hammers and buzzing drills. Students, alumni, and faculty engineers…
Oct 3, 2016
A Stroll through the Arts
Lafayette’s campus hummed with creativity Saturday during an Open House that celebrated the College’s commitment to the arts through edgy dance and…
Sep 9, 2016
A Hub of Creative Interaction
More than three decades ago, the arts at Lafayette needed a new home. The entirety of the department operated out of Jenks Hall, an old biology building…