Feb 12, 2019
Test-Driving Careers
By Katie Neitz Gateway Career Center’s January externship program provided Lafayette students with real-world career exposure and experience over winter…
Innovative Teaching and Learning
Feb 5, 2019
Student Research in the Spotlight
Lafayette’s EXCEL Scholars’ program gives students hands-on experience and the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors. Below is a sampling of…
Jan 28, 2019
The Class: “Understanding Happiness”
What’s it about? Why does the smell of chocolate chip cookies, the arrival of a loved one, or the sight of a puppy scampering across the Quad make you…
Jan 26, 2019
Destination: Weatherly, Pa.
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson The borough of Weatherly knows what time it is. The borough changed its name in 1848 to honor clockmaker David Weatherly…
Jan 24, 2019
The Class: “The 1960s: Causes and Effects”
The gist: The 1960s is one of the most interesting, controversial, and discussed decades of the 20th century. The music, social changes, moon landing,…
Jan 18, 2019
Built for Speed, Engineered for Precision
By Bryan Hay Things weren’t going quite as planned for Carolyn Pye and her teammates. Their miniature aluminum-framed dragster, representing the skills…
Jan 17, 2019
The Class: “A Plastic World”
The debate: Plastic: the greatest technological advancement of the 20th century or an ecological scourge? Plastics, or polymers, are so pervasive in our…
Jan 7, 2019
The Class: “Bread”
By Bill Landauer What’s it about? Whether it’s the bag of Wonder you find on the grocery shelf or the marble rye your grandmother baked, bread sops…
Dec 27, 2018
The Class: “The Year 1971-72 in Music, Art, and Literature”
By Bill Landauer Take us there: The war in Vietnam is hurtling toward its ambiguous end. The nation is still bruised from the Kent State massacre the year…
Dec 19, 2018
The Class: “Spectacles of Revenge”
By Kathleen Parrish The backstory: It was Shakespeare who wrote, “And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” Who hasn’t fantasized about raining…