Jun 23, 2015
Prof. Neha Vora Studies Implications of American Higher Ed in Gulf Arab States
Neha Vora, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to launch a project to study American…
Faculty Profiles
Jun 16, 2015
Prof. Jessica Carr Mines Visual Culture for Clues to Jewish-American Religious Identity
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. For Jessica Carr, analyzing visual culture is a way to reveal the complexity of relationships…
Jun 2, 2015
Prof. Rebekah Pite Receives Fulbright to Research and Teach in Argentina
Rebekah Pite, associate professor of history, has received a Fulbright Fellowship to study the history of yerba mate, the most popular caffeinated beverage…
Feb 24, 2015
Students Introduced to DNA Sequencing
Eric Ho is employing the latest in DNA sequencing technology to uncover more effective treatments for Lyme disease and breast cancer. Lafayette’s first…
Jan 27, 2015
Major Grant Aids Faculty-Student Research on Diseases Like Alzheimer’s
Professor Justin Hines and his team of student researchers could be one step closer to understanding neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and…
Dec 10, 2014
Prof. James Dearworth Instills Research Confidence in Students
As a graduate student, James Dearworth became fascinated by the idea of doing experiments that address how a turtle’s eye and brain work. He also was…
Sep 16, 2014
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes nine new professors, bringing the College’s total to 212 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several…
Sep 12, 2014
Prof. Andrea Smith’s Research Uncovers Lost Easton Neighborhood
Like the best discoveries, this one happened by chance. While conducting other research, Andrea Smith became curious about an old Easton community known…
Aug 12, 2014
Neha Vora Explores Educational Paradox in Qatar
At the edge of Doha, Qatar’s capital city, lies a sprawling campus known as Education City. There you will find branch campuses of six American universities…
Jul 25, 2014
A Fulbright for Combining Fact and Fiction
Art professor Karina Skvirsky will teach and create a film in Ecuador placing her great-grandmother in a historical narrative. In 1906, Karina Skvirsky’s…