Sep 16, 2014
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes nine new professors, bringing the College’s total to 212 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several…
News & Features
Sep 12, 2014
Pard Tracks: Jon Dever ’13 on the Battlefield
Jon Dever ’13 donned the blue uniform of a Union soldier and headed into battle against Confederate troops at Camp Geiger in Whitehall, Pa. A Civil War…
Sep 12, 2014
Mapping Assets: Students Help Kentucky Nonprofit Maximize Strengths
They call it “Appalachian humanness,” the close-knit camaraderie and accepting attitude of people from the Appalachian region in eastern Kentucky.…
Sep 12, 2014
Expanding Williams Arts Campus Gives Students Tools for Innovation
A fundamental shift in how Lafayette does art is happening at the foot of College Hill. Home to the film and media studies program and theater department…
Sep 12, 2014
Student Team Studies Neurodevelopmental Disorders
By Sean Grim ’14 Imagine yourself lying in bed, hearing and feeling sensations, but unable to move a muscle beyond blinking. This is a constant reality…
Sep 12, 2014
Prof. Andrea Smith’s Research Uncovers Lost Easton Neighborhood
Like the best discoveries, this one happened by chance. While conducting other research, Andrea Smith became curious about an old Easton community known…
Sep 12, 2014
Dangerous Dust: Team Explores Biodegradable Treatment for Unpaved Roads
A fraction of dust seven times smaller in diameter than an average human hair can cause significant consequences both to the environment and human health…
Sep 12, 2014
Lafayette’s Food Loop: LaFarm Allows Students to Learn and Grow Together
On Sullivan Trail just south of the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex sits two acres of land where students work together spring through fall to grow healthy…
Sep 12, 2014
Photo Gallery: So Many Ways to Get Involved
Students got a chance to explore some of Lafayette’s organizations, clubs, and programs during the Involvement Fair on the Quad. The College boasts more…
Sep 10, 2014
Roethke Festival Examines Debate Over Fracking
The Roethke Festival will present a symposium Sept. 19 and 20 focused on the hot-button issue of hydraulic fracturing, more commonly referred to as fracking…