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…
Faculty Profiles
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…
Sep 20, 2013
Prof. Carrie Rohman is Leading Scholar in Human-Animal Studies
Carrie Rohman, assistant professor of English, is quickly establishing herself as an influential voice in the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies…
Aug 20, 2013
Prof. Mary Jo Lodge Receives Fulbright Fellowship to Lecture and Conduct Research in London
Mary Jo Lodge, associate professor of English (theater), has received a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to lecture at the University of Roehampton in…
Jul 12, 2013
Professor Ian Smith Publishes Groundbreaking Article on Othello
What difference does the color of a handkerchief make in one of Shakespeare’s plays? A great deal, as it turns out. In the article “Othello’s Black…
Jul 12, 2013
Professor Brett Hendrickson Introduces Students to World’s Religious Diversity
Teaching introductory courses isn’t something Brett Hendrickson tries to avoid. While the material may be basic, it has the potential to help shape the…
Jun 3, 2013
Professor Rachel Brummel Combines Love of Natural World with Curiosity about People and Politics
Connection is at the center of everything Rachel Brummel does. And that makes her a perfect fit as Lafayette’s first professor hired specifically for…