What will you find during Founders’ Week?
Give our namesake and our founders the celebration they deserve with the new, extended Founders’ Week, coming special for the Bicentennial in March 2026…
News & Features
Honoring history, guiding the future: A look at 2025
Revisit some of Lafayette’s most memorable moments and stories from 2025.
Feb 24, 2026
Bill Nye chosen as 2026 Founders’ Day speaker
Science educator and television personality will address the Lafayette community March 30
Feb 23, 2026
Lafayette once again named a top producer of Fulbright students
Five seniors named grantees for 2025-26 as Fulbright program helps set them on a path toward fulfilling their career goals
Feb 20, 2026
Lafayette’s strong credit rating reaffirmed by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s; EVP for Finance & Administration Kahr renewed through 2030
Respected credit rating services continue to cite College’s strong operating performance, stable enrollment trend, and quality of faculty and senior…
Feb 18, 2026
“Opportunity and Art” with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Miranda discussed the creative process, the importance of mentors, and the drive to make art
Feb 13, 2026
All smiles and cheers at National Girls and Women in Sports Day at Lafayette
College hosted a free clinic for local girls to learn from Lafayette student-athletes
Feb 10, 2026
A mentorship that builds more than bridges
With genuine displays of mutual respect and informality Prof. Steve Kurtz has created an ever-widening community of students and alums that supports one…
Feb 6, 2026
Astrophysicist, folklorist Moiya McTier to present John L. Hatfield ’67 Lecture
McTier will discuss her path to becoming an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator
Feb 6, 2026
In the media: Prof. Tamara Stawicki’s research featured in Nature
Article highlights how sensors help Stawicki monitor her populations of zebrafish, which she uses in her research
Feb 4, 2026
Largest known collection of Lafayette/Washington letters now available digitally
Special Collections & College Archives digitized 201 letters written by the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington, the largest single repository of…
Feb 3, 2026
In the media: Local nonprofits helped by Prof. Gabrielle Kelenyi’s Writing & Community Engagement course
LehighValleyLive.com featured Prof. Gabrielle Kelenyi‘s Writing & Community Engagement course in a Feb. 2 article detailing how local nonprofits, such…