Jan 11, 2016
Collin Albershardt ’17 Named Academic All-Star
Collin Albershardt is one of 52 student-athletes in the nation named to the 18th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association…
News and Features
Jan 4, 2016
King of Cranberries
Americans consume more than 400 million pounds of cranberries each year, and Gordon Swanson ’66, CEO of Cran Chile, is the man behind the scenes of the…
Jan 4, 2016
New Smart Geology Lab Reveals Minerals’ Mysteries
Tucked in Van Wickle Hall’s basement near a display of fossilized dinosaur bones and rock specimens, is Lafayette’s smartest new classroom—the Petrographic…
Dec 21, 2015
A Helping Hand for the Holidays
Hundreds of members of the campus community chipped in this season to make the holidays a bit happier for Easton single parents and their children. Through…
Dec 21, 2015
It’s Race Time!
Student teams from the Manufacturing and Design course competed in a year-end drag race. The project challenges mechanical engineering students to design…
Dec 15, 2015
The Final Countdown
Skillman Library stays open for 24 hours. Students become hunched figures with book spines and laptop backs for faces. Finals week at Lafayette can be…
Dec 15, 2015
Lafayette’s Crepe Lady
Gloved hands fold a disk of fried batter over strawberries or bananas or Nutella (It’s almost always Nutella), and another bleary-eyed student swaps…
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 8, 2015
British Actor Paterson Joseph Inspires Students
Paterson Joseph sat in front of a portrait projected on a screen in a Lafayette classroom and told students and faculty of his ruse. The British-born actor…
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…