Nov 8, 2019
STEM Stars: The Dark Matter Discoverers
Physics team is working to uncover information about mysterious dark matter that accounts for around 80% of the matter in our universe, but about which…
Physics
Mar 8, 2019
Science of Fun
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson A soda can dipped in ice water instantly crumples. Fifth-graders observing the demonstration gasp with shock. The student…
Dec 6, 2018
True Grit: Women in STEM
As part of Hidden Figures Week, organized by Lafayette’s student Women in Computing group, four female scholars in STEM fields discussed their professional…
Sep 10, 2018
Chris Hawley
Assistant Professor of Physics Ph.D., Drexel University
Sep 10, 2018
Annemarie Exarhos Hawley
Assistant Professor of Physics Ph.D., physics, University of Pennsylvania
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…
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…