Oct 31, 2018
Gratitude From His Posse
Eleven alumni honor the former mentor of their New York Posse group, retired professor Javad Tavakoli, by creating a scholarship in his name to support…
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Oct 30, 2018
‘I Had the Confidence I Could Do It’
By Bill Landauer Angelika von Wahl posed a question to former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Tuesday night that might fill volumes and trouble…
Oct 30, 2018
Lafayette-Liberia Connections
By Roger Clow Diane Windham Shaw, director of special collections and College archives, illuminated Lafayette’s role in educating black students in the…
Oct 30, 2018
Uncovering Political History of NYC Subways
Ben Gordon '19 talks about his digital humanities research on the development of New York City's subway system, particularly how subway locations were…
Oct 29, 2018
Fall Fest
Students enjoyed food and painted pumpkins in the Farinon Center during the annual Fall Fest on Saturday. Photos by Bowen Hou ’21
Oct 29, 2018
An Internship for the Professor
By Bryan Hay Reflecting one day on his career as an academic, Steve Kurtz realized he was missing something. “I’m in the shower and thinking about…
Oct 28, 2018
A Fresh-Eyed Look at Empires
By Bill Landauer In the first half of the 20th century, two world wars shook the planet to its core. The handful of empires that controlled the largest…
Oct 28, 2018
Riyaaz Qawwali’s Encore Hits Lafayette Floor
By Bill Landauer Four years ago, Kamal Bookwala ’20 fell for Riyaaz Qawwali. Bookwala was in high school at the time, and she’d come to Lafayette’s…
Oct 27, 2018
Hunting Ghosts in the Stacks
By Stephen Wilson Consider your relationship with books. If that proves difficult in this age of reading on phones and tablets, consider your parents or…
Oct 27, 2018
1000 Nights
First-year students danced the night away at the first of the sister dances 1000 Nights and 100 Nights, which count down the days until graduation for…