May 12, 2015
Students Honored for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored 129 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 3 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized…
Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2014
Prof. James Dearworth Instills Research Confidence in Students
As a graduate student, James Dearworth became fascinated by the idea of doing experiments that address how a turtle’s eye and brain work. He also was…
Dec 8, 2014
Abby Williams ’15 Explores the Economics of Education with Peter Simon ’75
Abby Williams ’15 connected classroom learning with real-world experience during a 10-week internship at the William E. Simon & Sons investment firm…
Sep 12, 2014
Student Team Studies Neurodevelopmental Disorders
By Sean Grim ’14 Imagine yourself lying in bed, hearing and feeling sensations, but unable to move a muscle beyond blinking. This is a constant reality…
May 29, 2014
Rothkopfs’ Gift Honors Wendy Hill
Former Lafayette President Arthur Rothkopf ’55 and his wife, Barbara Rothkopf, have provided a gift to name the neuroscience lab in Oechsle Hall in honor…
Apr 21, 2014
21 Students Present at National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Twenty-one students presented their findings at the 28th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 3-5 at University of Kentucky-Lexington…
Oct 21, 2013
Balancing Work and Life in the Medical Field
By Bill Kline More than a passion play. It’s hard work. It’s grabbing opportunities. It’s discovering that there is more than one path to becoming…
Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
Aug 29, 2013
First Class of Students Earns Health and Life Sciences Minor
“It may sound cliché, but I believe the health and life sciences minor chose me and not the other way around,” says Alec Eidelman ’13 (B.S. biochemistry)…
Aug 20, 2013
Students and Faculty Harness the Power of the Mind
A group of students and faculty is working to give some control back to those who have lost the ability to move. In research that brings together neuroscience…