Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
News & Features
Oct 8, 2013
Celebrating Homecoming and the McDonogh Exhibit Opening
Perfect weather and a 31-7 win over Bucknell highlighted Homecoming 2013, held Oct. 5. A special pre-game event with food, DJ, and games was held for students…
Oct 8, 2013
$200,000 NSF Grant Will Enhance Interdisciplinary Science Research
Lafayette has secured a $205,020 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a state-of-the-art desktop scanning electron microscope. The microscope…
Oct 7, 2013
Inauguration Remarks of John M. McCardell Jr.
John M. McCardell Jr., vice-chancellor and president of The University of the South, presented remarks during the Inauguration of Alison Byerly as the…
Oct 5, 2013
Our New President: Alison Byerly’s Inauguration in Pictures
Lafayette embarked upon a new era Oct. 4 with the inauguration of Alison Byerly as the College’s 17th president. The Inaugural Convocation on the Quad…
Oct 5, 2013
Inauguration in Review: A Day Alive with Celebration
By Geoff Gehman ’80 Last month Alison Byerly, Lafayette’s first president with a Twitter account, jokingly tweeted that her Oct. 4 inauguration was…
Oct 5, 2013
The New Normal: Discussing New Models for Higher Education
The theme of transforming challenge into opportunity carried the day for the roundtable discussion “New Models for Higher Education,” part of the festivities…
Oct 4, 2013
Student Video: Lafayette is the “Best School Ever”
President Alison Byerly announced the winner of the “What Makes Lafayette….Lafayette?” student video contest during tonight’s Inauguration and Marquis…
Oct 4, 2013
A Future Filled with Promise: Alison Byerly Inaugurated as 17th President
In her inaugural address today, the centerpiece of a historic and memorable Inaugural Convocation, President Alison Byerly envisioned Lafayette as a “dynamic…
Oct 3, 2013
Professor Robert Mattison Writes Catalog for Painter Bill Scott’s New York Exhibit
Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has written an exhibition catalog for Philadelphia artist Bill Scott’s exhibit In Arcadia…