News and Features

Mar 30, 2001

Lafayette Professor Olga Anna Duhl Will Speak on Cultural Renaissance in the 19th-Century France in Jones Faculty Lecture April 9

Olga Anna Duhl, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures at Lafayette, will speak on “Playing with Words and Images: Renaissance Models…

Mar 30, 2001

David Hogenboom, Physics Professor Emeritus at Lafayette, Will Speak on Jupiter’s Moon Europa April 6

David L. Hogenboom, Lafayette’s Marshall R. Metzgar Professor Emeritus of Physics, will speak on “Europa’s Crust and Ocean: Hot Science on a Cool Moon…

Mar 28, 2001

Uri Caine Ensemble Will Reinterpret Mahler in the Final Event of the “Ancient Faiths, Modern Voices” Festival at Lafayette April 11

The Uri Caine Ensemble, including pianist and composer Uri Caine, violinist Diane Monroe, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, clarinetist Greg Tardy, drummer Jim Black…

Mar 27, 2001

Prize-Winning Lafayette Students and Alumni and Distinguished Guest poets Will Read Their Work During National Poetry Month in April

Lafayette’s celebration of National Poetry Month in April will feature readings by the winners of the annual Jean Corrie and MacKnight Black student poetry…

Mar 27, 2001

Lafayette’s Association of Black Collegians Will Hold Inaugural Student-Alumni Banquet March 31

Lafayette’s Association of Black Collegians (ABC) will hold its inaugural Student-Alumni Banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in the Bergethon Room, Marquis…

Mar 26, 2001

David Gergen, Advisor to Presidents and Well-Known Commentator, Will Speak at Lafayette April 10

David Gergen, adviser to four U.S. presidents and well-known political commentator and author, will deliver an address entitled “Eyewitness to Power: The…

Mar 20, 2001

Best Selling Author Bell Hooks Will Deliver Women’s History Month Keynote Speech at Lafayette March 27

Author, feminist, and cultural critic bell hooks will deliver the keynote speech for Women’s History Month at Lafayette on Tuesday, March 27. She will…

Mar 20, 2001

Lafayette Hosts Japanese Woodblock Prints Exhibit Through April 29, Along With Printing Demonstrations and Annual Dorian Lecture

A new exhibition entitled “Work, Pleasure, and Poetry: Japanese Woodblock Prints of the 18th and 19th Centuries” is on display in the gallery of Lafayette…

Mar 20, 2001

Lafayette’s “Ancient Faiths, Modern Voices” Festival Continues With a Performance by Steve Reich Ensemble April 4

Steve Reich Ensemble will perform “Different Trains,” “Drumming,” “New York Counterpoint,” “Nagoya Marimbas,” and other works at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April…

Mar 16, 2001

Soryteller and Artist Faith Ringgold Will Visit Lafayette for Reading, Discussion, and Book Signing March 22

Painter, quilter, and storyteller Faith Ringgold will visit Lafayette for a reading, conversation hour, and book signing on Thursday, March 22, as part…