Jul 18, 2017
Get to Know Sustainability Director Marie Fechik-Kirk
By Kevin Gray Marie Fechik-Kirk was introduced as Lafayette’s first director of sustainability last November. Fechik-Kirk came to Lafayette from the…
Sustainability
Jul 6, 2017
Exploring Sustainable Management in Tanzania
A study abroad scholarship provided Aliza Furneaux ’17 with insights that brought clarity to her focus on sustainable development. Her Lafayette course…
Apr 25, 2017
Earth Week Energizes Campus
Starting with a carnival on the Quad followed by a visit with renowned ecologist George Woodwell, author of Visions of a Plundered Planet, Earth Week…
Mar 28, 2017
Managing the Nitrogen Cycle
An interdisciplinary group of students researching the nitrogen cycle is considering composting as a way to relieve the effects of excess nitrogen on campus…
Dec 12, 2016
Discovering Our Geologic Past
Not everyone drilling the ocean floor is looking for fossil fuel. Some like Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, are looking to tell our planet’s…
Apr 14, 2016
Lafayette Celebrates the Environment during Earth Week
During this month’s Earth Day celebrations, students will explore issues of environmental justice, campus sustainability, and energy alternatives through…
Oct 30, 2015
Carving on the Quad
Students had some fall fun carving pumpkins on the Quad. The picnic was hosted by the Environmental Science and Studies programs and featured produce grown…
Mar 26, 2015
The Sixth Extinction
A powerful account of the current wave of mass extinctions ushered the Class of 2018 into the intellectual life of the campus. Last summer’s reading…
Mar 26, 2015
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Lauren Cesanek ’15 Channels Passion for Environment into Research
Childhood vacations to the beaches at Wildwood, N.J., created more than fond family memories for Lauren Cesanek ’15 (Whitehall, Pa.)—ocean and beach…
Mar 26, 2015
Alaskan Paleontologists
David Sunderlin has a special connection to Alaska, one that dates back 55 million years. The associate professor of geology studies fossil leaves and…