Oct 14, 2025
Addressing bias in facial recognition
Prof. Deja Simon-Jennings is working with a team of students to understand the science behind facial recognition.
Faculty Research
Oct 9, 2025
A lens into the past
In her most recent photo exhibit, artist Karina Aguilera Skvirsky uses her camera lens as a time machine to the ’80s.
Sep 15, 2025
Building an enhanced student experience
EXCEL Scholar Mita Crane ’26 spent this summer creating a new way for students to visualize the economic concepts they’re learning in class.
Sep 5, 2025
Inside the classroom: Brewing up knowledge
Prof. Rebekah Pite's Global Stimulants course gives students a fresh perspective on some of the world’s most popular caffeinated brews.
Jun 27, 2025
Prof. Rogers Orock releases book, ‘Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa’
Prof. Rogers Orock releases new book on how rumors and conspiracy theories construct popular narratives about postcolonial elites, sexualities, and power…
Mar 31, 2025
Inside the classroom: Women and the Economy analyzes gender roles, economics of marriage
The course has been a favorite at Lafayette, taught nearly every semester for the last 20 years.
Mar 20, 2025
Hafsa Kanjwal to deliver Jones Faculty Lecture
As the keynote speaker delivering the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Faculty Lecture April 1, Prof. Hafsa Kanjwal will highlight how strategic claims…
Mar 5, 2025
New research sheds negative light on Daylight Saving Time
In co-authored research paper, Prof. Susan Averett finds DST and artificial time zones cause circadian misalignment.
Feb 21, 2025
How one geology class led to a 10-day Alaskan adventure
In June 2024, geology students Ellie Spencer ’26 and Kate Marrs ’26 found themselves embarking on a journey to a remote island in Alaska.
Jan 21, 2025
Prof. Christa Kelleher wins NSF CAREER award supporting stream temperature research
Prof. Christa Kelleher ’08 has received a NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award, the agency’s most prestigious recognition of…