Apr 6, 2018
Prof. Nandini Sikand Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
By Bill Landauer Nandini Sikand, associate professor of film and media studies (FAMS), has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete a documentary about…
The Arts
Mar 15, 2018
Finding a Home Here
By Bill Landauer Two of the best-regarded novels of a Central American nation were at least partially written in and around Lafayette’s campus. Daniel…
Mar 7, 2018
Confronting Fake News
It distorts the truth, sways opinions, and has the power to impact elections. Fake news is in the news and on the minds of people concerned about its influence…
Mar 3, 2018
Lafayette a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students
Lafayette is among the colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-18 U.S. Fulbright students, according to an announcement by the Department…
Feb 22, 2018
Disgraced Debuts
Story by Bill Landauer; photos by William Cohea The lightning bolt struck Abdul Manan Bhat ’18 two years ago. Youshaa Patel, assistant professor of religious…
Feb 13, 2018
French Films Cross Boundaries
By Bill Landauer The Tournées Francophone Festival might be a French import, but it touches more than language. That’s why the French Cultural Services-funded…
Dec 8, 2017
Maureen’s Music
By Bill Landauer On the third floor of Pardee Hall, piano music sometimes drifts from a storage room. During breaks from her work as English department…
Dec 7, 2017
Percussion Ensemble Wows Williams Center
The Percussion Ensemble, boasting a record 42 student musicians, gave its fall recital to an appreciative audience at the Williams Center for the Arts…
Nov 29, 2017
Shorter is Better
By Bill Landauer In a letter written in the mid 17th century, the French writer and physicist Blaise Pascal said, “I’m sorry I wrote you such a long…
Nov 27, 2017
A Bronx Tale
By Bill Landauer As a swing in the Robert De Niro-directed Broadway musical version of A Bronx Tale, Brandi Porter ’13 sings, dances, and acts at the…