Meet Rockwell’s New Residents
Professors moving into Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center share their enthusiasm for what the new space will bring as it opens for classes this fall.…
Sustainability
Aug 2, 2019
Sneak Peek: Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center
After Lafayette has spent months watching the most eagerly anticipated building on campus take shape, Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center is about to open…
Jun 18, 2019
Sustainable Sipping
By Kathleen Parrish Did you know 500 million plastic straws are used each day in the United States? Lafayette’s Office of Sustainability does and used…
Jun 4, 2019
On a Conservation Mission
By Katie Neitz Secretary Cindy Dunn, who leads Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, let Lafayette’s environmental sciences…
May 30, 2019
Green Move Out Benefits Community
By Katie Neitz The Office of Sustainability’s annual Green Move Out was a tremendous success. The program, which encourages students leaving campus to…
May 11, 2019
A Day of Service
Photos by Bowen Hou ’21 and Peter Keady are from painting the Rover room at Easton Area Middle School; organizing art supplies at The Journey Home, an…
Apr 29, 2019
Renowned Climate Scientist Michael Mann Speaks on Campus
By Katie Neitz Students, faculty, staff, and community members packed Colton Chapel April 16 to hear world-renowned climate scientist Michael Mann address…
Mar 12, 2019
Bin There. Scrap That.
Story by Stephen Wilson, photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz Forty percent of food in the United States is never eaten, according to National Resources Defense…
Feb 26, 2019
Lafayette College Pledges to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2035
Lafayette College has approved Climate Action Plan 2.0 (CAP), a major sustainability initiative that will guide the College on a path to achieve carbon…
Feb 3, 2019
A Win for the Environment
Photos and story by Bryan Hay Scoring points for hitting recycling bins and losing them for a strike in a gray trash can, about 20 fourth-graders lobbed…
Jan 30, 2019
Lafayette Study Helps Easton Understand its Climate Change Vulnerabilities
Easton is paying close attention to a vulnerability assessment prepared by Lafayette College and Nurture Nature Center (NNC), a detailed study that outlines…