Mar 21, 2012
Lafayette Places in Top 10 Percent in National Putnam Math Competition
Lafayette’s three-student team finished in the top 10 percent of schools participating nationally in the 2011-12 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition…
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Mar 21, 2012
Professor D.C. Jackson Appears on PBS’ American Experience April 3
D.C. Jackson, professor of history, will appear as an on-camera expert on the PBS American Experience program “Grand Coulee Dam.” The segment is scheduled…
Mar 21, 2012
Lafayette Will Host Second Annual Undergraduate Research Conference in German Studies
Lafayette will host the second annual Undergraduate Research Conference in German Studies Saturday, March 24, in Pardee Hall room 429. Organized by Lafayette’s…
Mar 21, 2012
Special Game Days with Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon ’76 Up for Bid to Benefit Lafayette Baseball
Leopards baseball fans have the opportunity to bid on packages of tickets, batting practice field passes, and pre-game meetings with Tampa Bay Rays manager…
Mar 19, 2012
Todd Zander ’96 Heads Emerging Media for WebMD
By Kevin Gray At the intersection of leading-edge health care information and the cutting edge for its delivery, Todd Zander ’96 thrives in a profession…
Mar 19, 2012
Armed with Rich Experiences, Professor Robert Blunt Shares Fascination with Africa
A religious studies major at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, Robert Blunt needed to fulfill a science requirement, so he signed up for a study abroad…
Mar 19, 2012
Samantha Schwarz ’12 Examines Post-9/11 World through Film
Studying film isn’t something that Samantha Schwarz ’12 planned when she began her undergraduate career. If college has taught her anything, says the…
Mar 19, 2012
The Music of the Cosmos: Michael Pinkard ’14 is an Aspiring Physicist and Jazz Musician
Here on Earth, Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is part student physicist and part jazz musician. With his tenor sax in hand, Pinkard—a Creative…
Mar 19, 2012
Renewable Energy: Students Work to Find Cleaner Sources of Fuel
“Being a chemical engineer, I’m increasingly aware of the need to find renewable alternate sources of energy, not only because fossil fuels will eventually…
Mar 19, 2012
Opening New Avenues of Research: Lafayette’s REU Program is One of the Oldest in the Nation
For students whose idea of a fun summer involves working on unsolved problems in mathematics, Lafayette’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)…