Aug 10, 2022
Studying nanoplastics and antibiotics in aqueous environments
Student-scholars are investigating how nano- and microplastics might be carriers for other human pollutants—like antibiotics—and impact the environment…
Faculty Research
Aug 8, 2022
Studying Hungarian policies on violence against women and girls
Jacob Potter ’23 says his EXCEL Scholar experience has provided him 'the close, productive, and inspiring faculty-student relationship you’d hope to…
Aug 3, 2022
Studying global geography of forest carbon offsets
Areeb Atheeque '25 hopes to help further the fight against climate change by studying efficiency of carbon offset projects.
Aug 1, 2022
Unlocking Harriet Beecher Stowe
Madeline Marriott '24 has become an indispensable member of a team that has been piecing together a scholarly edition of Stowe’s A Key to Uncle Tom’s…
Jul 29, 2022
Studying eye-gazing data for dyslexia detection
Can a video game help detect dyslexia? Padmanabh Kaushik '25 is working through collected data to find out
Jul 5, 2022
Learning how to make AI more ethical
A Lafayette faculty-student research team is examining how algorithms can be written to prevent bias as part of a Google Research Scholar Program.
Jun 10, 2022
Prof. Caroline Séquin Wins Article Prize
Prof. Caroline Séquin's prize-winning article explores the world of white prostitution in colonial Dakar, Senegal
Jun 6, 2022
SoTL Scholars program will help students understand chemical concepts
Inaugural SoTL Scholar, Prof. Heidi Hendrickson, aims to have chemistry students develop demos that will help them help each other
May 24, 2022
Prof. Justin Smith receives Google grant for software ethics research
Computer science prof. receives highly competitive Google Research Scholar Program award to support research on making machine learning systems more ethical…
May 11, 2022
In the media: CNBC features Prof. Erin Cottle Hunt’s Social Security research
Assistant professor of economics featured in CNBC article about her recent research on shortcomings with Social Security benefits.