Apr 10, 2017
Two-Day Presidential Symposium Looks at Race Through Shakespeare
Some of the country’s top Shakespeare scholars will gather at Lafayette April 19 and 20 for a symposium that will explore contemporary issues of race…
Humanities
Oct 10, 2016
Lafayette will Host 30-month Muslim Art Program
A grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) will help Lafayette fund a 30-month program to increase understanding among young adults…
Mar 2, 2016
Ross Gay ’96 Wins $100,000 Tufts Poetry Award
Ross Gay ’96 has won the Claremont Graduate University’s $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. The Tufts…
Jan 12, 2016
Jenn Rossmann Discusses Technological Citizenship in Public Books
Mechanical engineering professor Jenn Rossmann discusses the connections between the liberal arts and engineering in literature in her essay published…
Dec 15, 2015
The Sounds of the Season
The Music Department celebrated the holidays with winter concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of groups…
Dec 3, 2015
The Science of Preserving Art
Through the IDEAL Center’s Cultural Conservation and Nanotechnology program, students learn to apply innovative methods to preserve art and cultural…
Oct 16, 2015
Ross Gay ’96 Nominated for National Book Award
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, the latest book by Ross Gay ’96, has been named to the shortlist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. Gay is…
Oct 13, 2015
Award-winning Photographer Kira Stackhouse ’02 Goes Viral
Quick: how do you turn an unpaid invoice into Internet stardom for your cat? Kira Stackhouse ’02 is perhaps the only person in the history of the world…
Oct 13, 2015
The Nuts and Bolts of Theater
By Geoff Gehman ’80 “Actors have three eyes. Did you know that?” Julian Sands let his curious statement hang for five seconds, a pause that could…
Sep 29, 2015
Using New Technology to Answer New Kinds of Questions
Freedom of the press in Turkey. Ethiopian folk tales. An app for finding fresh produce. These are just some of the projects students designed during a…