Apr 5, 2014
Administrative Appointments
President Alison Byerly emailed the following message to the campus community today: Colleagues: I write to update you on the plans underway to fill several…
News & Features
Apr 4, 2014
Spring Edition of Lafayette Magazine Focuses on Academic Life
In the spring edition of Lafayette Magazine, students, alumni, and faculty describe the many programs, facilities, and resources that contribute to the…
Apr 4, 2014
Healthy Attitude: Buffie Longmire-Avital ’02 Explores Psychosocial Factors
By Benjamin Gleisser Black women make up 13 percent of the population of women in the United States, but when it comes to new HIV infection cases, says…
Apr 1, 2014
Looking Back: Dean Frank Hunt Quietly Came to the Rescue
During finals at the end of Floyd Johnson’s junior year in 1948, his mother had a serious accident so he had to go to Pittsburgh to see her. “When…
Apr 1, 2014
Lafayette Celebrates International Culture During Extravaganza Week
The International Students Association hosted its annual Extravaganza cultural festival last week. Activities included brown bag discussions, a food…
Apr 1, 2014
Nicole Stodard ’99 Directs Award-Winning Theater That ‘Explodes with Thought’
By Kevin Gray A logo with a grenade image that declares “theatre exploding with thought” is a clue that Thinking Cap is not typical community arts…
Apr 1, 2014
Celebrating the Lafayette Family
By Geoff Gehman ’80 Megan Schmidt ’17 (Pottstown, Pa.) and Gary Flaum P’16 belong to the same extended family—the Lafayette family. She’s able…
Mar 25, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Paul Muldoon to Headline Poetry Month
This year’s celebration of National Poetry Month is jam-packed with talented writers as the College marks the 20th anniversary of the H. MacKnight Black…
Mar 25, 2014
Education Opens Doors for Malahat Mazaher ’16
Malahat Mazaher ’16 is eager to help connect young people in her home country of Afghanistan with educational opportunities. “Women’s education…
Mar 24, 2014
Learning About Print Journalism at Duke Magazine
Even though she is just a first-year student, Hong Ha Vu ’17 (Hanoi, Vietnam) got an in-depth look at a possible career field during a week-long externship…