Mar 4, 2014
Lafayette Celebrates Women’s History Month
Lafayette will celebrate Women’s History Month in March with lectures, discussion forums, film screenings, a trivia contest, and a reading by U.S. Poet…
News and Features
Mar 3, 2014
Can Garbage Solve Energy Issues?
What does a community in a developing country do with high volumes of trash and nowhere to put it? Possibly use it as an alternative fuel source. Over…
Mar 3, 2014
Pard Tracks: What Mutant Fruit Flies Have to Teach Us
You could say Elaine Reynolds, associate professor of biology, and Blaine Caslin ’13 are really fly. So were their research subjects. The pair used…
Mar 3, 2014
Matthew Schultheiss ’15 Learns about Career Possibilities at Cisco Systems
By Shehtaz Huq ’14 Matthew Schultheiss ’15 (Shaker Heights, Ohio) had a great chance to see how his interests in business and technology are combined…
Mar 3, 2014
Nicola Coakley ’15 and Kidane Kinney ’15 Explore Urban Studies around the World
For Nicola Coakley ’15 (Devon, Pa.) and Kidane Kinney ’15 (Staten Island, N.Y.), their semester abroad did not involve just one country, but four.…
Mar 3, 2014
Prof. Anne Raich Seeks to Minimize Damage Caused by Natural Disasters
How can a building have a fighting chance against a natural disaster? Anne Raich is seeking ways that active control systems can minimize the structural…
Mar 3, 2014
Rachel Pena ’14 Wins Patriot League Championship in Weight Throw
English major Rachel Pena ’14 (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) won the weight throw at the Patriot League Championships last weekend, tossing the weight 18.87…
Feb 27, 2014
Step Sinatra ’98 Succeeds in the Business of Living
By Robert S. Benchley In 2007, Step Sinatra ’98 was hospitalized, weighing 83 pounds. Life itself, not its quality, was in question. His ambition to…
Feb 25, 2014
Slam Dunk: Big Changes Enhance Kirby Arena
As Dillard ’81, P’13 and Jeff ’84 Kirby sat in an office within Kirby Sports Center late Sunday morning, their seats provided a view that any…
Feb 25, 2014
U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Visits Campus March 12
Natasha Trethewey, the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States, will give a reading 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104…