Dec 5, 2013
Prof. Markus Dubischar Bridges Ancient Civilization and the Modern World
When Markus Dubischar discusses teaching about classical civilizations, he uses exclamation points—lots of them. For him, ancient Greece and Rome are…
Faculty Profiles
Dec 5, 2013
Biology Prof. Mike Butler Introduces Students to the Tools of Science
The average person doesn’t care much for bird droppings, but biology major Melissa Homsher ’14 finds them pretty interesting. Under the guidance of…
Dec 2, 2013
Prof. Olga Anna Duhl Embodies the Liberal Arts through Teaching and Scholarship
It may not be common knowledge that the concept of a liberal arts education is based on classical and medieval models, but that fact perfectly illustrates…
Oct 30, 2013
Prof. Anthony Cummings Receives American Philosophical Society Award for Nino Pirrotta Biography
The American Philosophical Society has awarded Anthony Cummings, professor of music and coordinator of Italian studies, its 2013 John Frederick Lewis Award…
Oct 11, 2013
Prof. Kira Lawrence Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Climate Change Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, a $159,291 grant to expand her study of how a warm interval…
Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
Oct 8, 2013
$200,000 NSF Grant Will Enhance Interdisciplinary Science Research
Lafayette has secured a $205,020 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a state-of-the-art desktop scanning electron microscope. The microscope…
Oct 3, 2013
Professor Robert Mattison Writes Catalog for Painter Bill Scott’s New York Exhibit
Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has written an exhibition catalog for Philadelphia artist Bill Scott’s exhibit In Arcadia…
Sep 24, 2013
Prof. Donald L. Miller To Lead National History Seminar on WWII
By Sean Grim ’14 Donald L. Miller, John Henry McCracken Professor of History, will join ranks with America’s most prestigious historians when he presents…
Sep 20, 2013
All the World is a Lab (and a Stage) for Ecologist Nancy Waters
Nancy Waters shares three things with all of her students. One, energy flows and nutrients cycle. (“Energy is always one direction, but it moves by virtue…