Dec 9, 2017
Setting the Record Straight on Historic Failure
By Katie Neitz In-depth research and meticulous attention to detail are fundamental to successful historical narratives. But it takes engaging writing…
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Dec 8, 2017
Maureen’s Music
By Bill Landauer On the third floor of Pardee Hall, piano music sometimes drifts from a storage room. During breaks from her work as English department…
Dec 7, 2017
Percussion Ensemble Wows Williams Center
The Percussion Ensemble, boasting a record 42 student musicians, gave its fall recital to an appreciative audience at the Williams Center for the Arts…
Dec 7, 2017
What Turtles Can Teach Us About the Winter Blues
By Katie Neitz If the dark days of winter make you feel blue, low-level signaling by melanopsin may be to blame. Melanopsin, a light-sensitive protein…
Dec 6, 2017
Outcasts of Empire
By Katie Neitz When it comes to the history of the Japanese Empire, one event—Pearl Harbor—overshadows all others. (A day that lives in infamy, indeed…
Dec 5, 2017
Futures for the Jet Set
By Bill Landauer Maybe your future job is thousands of miles away, working in education in a third-world nation or dealing with clients who don’t speak…
Dec 4, 2017
Helping Moms of Multiples
By Katie Neitz Sue Wenze, assistant professor of psychology, has received a fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to research…
Dec 1, 2017
Traveling in Geology’s Time Machine
By Katie Neitz The razor-thin nearly transparent slide that’s under Justine Perrotti’s microscope lens used to be a hunk of rock. That used to be a…
Dec 1, 2017
Why Lafayette?
Nina Beltrami '21 shares her story about joining the Lafayette family. (video)
Nov 30, 2017
Ending the Entrepreneurial Stigma
By Stephen Wilson It’s a common sight on a campus: a mentor with a whiteboard marker jotting down discussion ideas as students sit around a table with…