Jun 1, 2018
Dark Matter Matters
Assistant Professor of Physics Brooks Thomas‘ research on dark matter is featured on PBS Nova Next. Read “Does Dark Matter Ever Die?” You can also learn…
Physics
Jan 3, 2018
A Galactic Alliance
By Katie Neitz More than 60 astrophysicists from prestigious universities and research facilities around the country and Canada spent three days at Lafayette…
Nov 10, 2017
Positioning Students for Success
By Joseph McDermott As a West Coast native attending an East Coast college, Heidi Ludwick Hanson ’91 learned the challenges of being separated from family…
Oct 10, 2017
On the Frontiers of Discovery
Undergraduates work alongside faculty on substantial research projects, like the effect of steroid hormones on male zebra finches or developing a solar…
Aug 29, 2017
Physics Prof. Brooks Thomas Receives $120,000 NSF Grant to Research Dark Matter
By Stephen Wilson Brooks Thomas, assistant professor of physics, has received a three-year, $120,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to…
Aug 17, 2017
19 Students Present Findings at National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Tawiq Alhamedi ’17 is among 19 Lafayette students who presented their findings at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Sharing his findings…
Sep 6, 2016
Meet the New Faculty
Lafayette welcomes 12 new professors this fall. Learn more about them.
May 5, 2016
Students Honored for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored 138 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 1 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized…
Feb 2, 2016
Confidence Leads to Ideal Career for Ladimer Nagurney ’72
At times, Ladimer Nagurney ’72 feels as if he’s never grown up. “Dealing with college students each day as a professor makes me feel only a bit older…
Apr 1, 2015
NSF Grant Will Help Prof. David Nice Unlock Mystery of Gravitational Waves
Thanks to a $14.5 million National Science Foundation grant, Professor David Nice and his team of student researchers may be one step closer to understanding…