Aug 15, 2017
The Evolution of Jack Shaw ’17
By Stephen Wilson In a hotel lobby in London, two young men sit across from each other, sharing a drink. The conversation is easy and free flowing. One…
News and Features
Aug 14, 2017
Record Year for Produce at LaFarm
By Kirsten Dahl ’19 Tomatoes, eggplants, fresh flowers, oh my! LaFarm, Lafayette’s own local, student- and faculty-run farm, boasted a wide range of…
Aug 14, 2017
Standing with Charlottesville
President Alison Byerly emailed the following message to the campus community today: This past weekend, Charlottesville, Virginia and the University of…
Aug 14, 2017
Civil Engineering Majors Know How to Win
By Heather Morton Travis Shoemaker ’18 was confident that his research presentation went over well with the judges when they asked, “Are you a master’s…
Aug 8, 2017
Beautiful Scenes From Study Abroad
By their senior year, more than half of Lafayette’s students will have studied abroad. Here are photos submitted by students who took short-term Lafayette…
Aug 4, 2017
She’s a Pepper!
Valerie Melson ’17 calls the opportunities she received during her stellar college career a combination of “sheer luck and niceness.” The 22-year-old…
Aug 4, 2017
Meet the New Dean of Equity and Inclusion
By Kathleen Parrish If you want to know Chris Hunt‘s approach to life and work, you need only look at a piece of art hanging in his office. It depicts…
Aug 4, 2017
Eugene DeLoatch ’59 Named Black Engineer of the Year
When Eugene DeLoatch ’59 graduated from Lafayette, less than 1 percent of all engineering graduates in the country were black. His desire to change that…
Aug 2, 2017
Research Yields Key Findings on States’ Immigration Crackdowns
Do tighter controls on immigration improve the job market for American workers? The answer is no, according to research by Josh Silver ’17—at least…
Aug 1, 2017
Esther Flavian ’20 Awarded McDonogh Scholarship
By Kirsten Dahl ’19 Home has always been important to Esther Flavien ’20. That’s because she and her family came to America from Haiti in 2005 to find…