Nov 8, 2019
STEM Stars: The Innovator
Innovative engineering prof is developing “smart” polymers and sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, including a plant-based glue.
Research
Nov 8, 2019
STEM Star: The Poet Scientist
How one student's love for poetry and creative writing enhances her work in the chemistry lab.
Nov 8, 2019
STEM Star: The Caretaker
Sarah Blitz '20 is recognized as a STEM Star for her achievements in neuroscience and biochemistry
Nov 8, 2019
STEM Stars: The Conservationists
How a faculty-student research team is investigating the impact light pollution has on wildlife.
Oct 19, 2019
Finding Cancer Earlier
Kathryn Haglich '19 uses advanced statistical techniques, biology, and computer coding to develop earlier detection of cancerous DNA. (VIDEO)
Oct 9, 2019
Hulking Figure Looms Again
Sculptor Ronald Bladen, whose major work Black Lightning stands outside Williams Center for the Arts, is now the focus of a professor’s new book.
Sep 30, 2019
Celebrating Rockwell
The Lafayette community gathered Friday to celebrate the grand opening of the new Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center.
Sep 29, 2019
Glue Made of Plants
By Bryan Hay It’s a sticky challenge for Clark Addis ’20 to come up with a safer, more sustainable wood glue, but he looks to plants for a possible…
Sep 15, 2019
Hands-On Research on House Sparrows
A student-faculty team is conducting research on how parasites affect growth and development in free-living house sparrows. (VIDEO)
Sep 13, 2019
Professors Debunk Link Between Medicaid Expansion and Opioid Deaths
Lafayette professors' research shows there is no evidence to support that Medicaid expansion is related to opioid deaths.