Nov 1, 2010
Lafayette’s Dramatic Strides in Sustainability Earn Jump in Green Report Card
Lafayette College received a B from the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its annual Green Report Card, an assessment of sustainability in campus operations…
News & Features
Nov 1, 2010
Innovative Geology Course Has Two Semesters, Two Professors, and a Four-Day Trip to Wyoming
When colleagues Larry Malinconico and David Sunderlin of the department of geology and environmental geosciences would get together and discuss their field…
Nov 1, 2010
Weaving Together Art and Understanding: Students and Female Inmates Learn From Each Other
Through the Landis Community Outreach Center’s Journey Home program, Lafayette students and female inmates from Northampton County Prison held an informal…
Oct 29, 2010
Religious sacrifices gone wrong. Fraternity secrets. Murder!
The brothers of Theta Tao Omega invited new members and their dates to attend a bid dinner Thursday to toast the future of their fraternity. However, over…
Oct 29, 2010
Former Board Chair Walter E. Hanson ’49 dies at 84
Chair of the Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1986, Trustee Emeritus Walter E. Hanson ’49, died at his home in Newport Beach, Calif., after a lengthy illness…
Oct 29, 2010
Neil McElroy and John O’Keefe Take on New Roles to Strengthen ITS
Neil J. McElroy, dean of libraries and information technology services, will take on an additional role as special assistant to President Daniel H. Weiss…
Oct 29, 2010
Students Use $10,000 Projects for Peace Grant to Run Summer Youth Program in Colombia
Four students used a $10,000 Davis Foundation “Projects for Peace” grant this summer to spend five weeks in Bogotá, Colombia, and run a youth program…
Oct 29, 2010
Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
Lafayette rededicated itself to the cause of promoting civil rights on campus during a ceremony Oct. 20, which marked the 80-year history of the Kirby…
Oct 29, 2010
Elizabeth Blake ’12 Explores Her Future Career as a Psychologist
Elizabeth Blake ’12 (Downingtown, Pa.) managed to land her ideal internship. A double major in French and psychology, Blake spent her summer working at…
Oct 29, 2010
Professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo Receives USDA Grant to Study Organism that Caused the Irish Potato Famine
Research by Professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo on the organism that caused the Irish Potato Famine is being funded as part of a $999,900 “Education in Genomics-Based…