Jun 17, 2014
Pedal to the Metal: Engineering Students Compete in Drag Race
Student teams from the Manufacturing and Design course competed in a year-end drag race. The project challenges mechanical engineering students to design…
News and Features
Jun 16, 2014
Christopher Kelly ’13 Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Christopher Kelly ’13 is well on his way to becoming a paleoclimatologist. He has studied ancient algae preserved in deep sediment of the south Atlantic…
Jun 16, 2014
Pard Tracks: Meet Custodian and Cartoonist Joe Swarctz
Artist by day, Lafayette custodian by night, Joe Swarctz is hoping an animated cartoon he created called “NIGHTBAT: The Almost Hero of Echo City” will…
Jun 13, 2014
Kevin Mandia ’92 Leads Global Effort to Solve Cyber Crime
By Samuel T. Clover ’91 It’s been a landmark spring for Kevin Mandia ’92, founder of the cyber security firm Mandiant and now vice president and…
Jun 12, 2014
Reunion 2014: Creating a Supportive and Inclusive Community
By Margie Peterson In May 2013, about 450 Lafayette students, faculty, and staff turned out on campus for a rally for equality for people who identify…
Jun 11, 2014
Alex Karapetian ’04 Becomes Alumni Association President, Lisa Kassel ’79 Named President-Elect
At the Alumni Association annual meeting June 6 during Reunion Weekend, Lisa Kassel ’79 was named president-elect, succeeding Alex Karapetian ’04,…
Jun 11, 2014
Reunion 2014: More than 1,100 Return to Campus for a Celebratory Weekend
Alumni, particularly those in class years ending in “4” and “9,” and their guests enjoyed Reunion College sessions, socials, and more during the…
Jun 11, 2014
Reunion 2014: President Alison Byerly Gives First State of the College Address
In her first State of the College address, on opening night of Reunion Weekend, President Alison Byerly touched on her first impressions of Lafayette…
Jun 9, 2014
Reunion 2014: Celebrating Special Memories and Friendships
By Geoff Gehman ’80 More than 1,100 alumni returned June 6-8 to enjoy Reunion Weekend with their classmates, recall favorite times from their undergraduate…
Jun 9, 2014
Reunion 2014: 170 Years of Lafayette Athletic Tradition
By Geoff Gehman ’80 Once upon a time, in a hipper, hippier age, the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi put a sly psychedelic spin on the venerable tradition of…