Jul 25, 2013
Jared Mintz ’11 Receives Victory Scholarship to Study and Play Basketball in Ireland
Jared Mintz ’11 will study and play basketball at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, during the 2013-14 academic year through…
Biology
Our biology majors enjoy small classes and laboratory sections, even in General Biology. Our professors are committed to teaching and undergraduate research, and about half of our majors perform individual lab research projects under the guidance of faculty mentors. Many of these result in published scientific papers with students as co-authors and/or public presentations at state and national scientific meetings.
Jul 12, 2013
Tiffany Phuong ’16 and Kofi Boateng ’16 Combine Biology and Computer Science in Cancer Research
Research by Tiffany Phuong ’16 (Aldan, Pa.) and Kofi Boateng ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) this summer is contributing to their goals of becoming doctors and…
May 14, 2013
Zachary Winthrop ’13 Wins George Wharton Pepper Prize, Will Speak at 178th Commencement
Zachary Winthrop ’13 (Philadelphia, Pa.) is the recipient of the George Wharton Pepper Prize, awarded annually to the senior “who most nearly represents…
May 9, 2013
Lafayette Honors Students for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored more than 85 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 5 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes…
Apr 3, 2013
Students Will Present Research at Annual Meeting of Pa. Academy of Science
Twenty-seven students will present research papers with their faculty mentors at the 89th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science April 5-7…
Nov 15, 2012
Constance Killian Neves ’77 Specializes in Children’s Dentistry
By Matt Sinclair ‘90 A pediatric dentist, Dr. Constance Killian Neves ’77 has a waiting room filled with patients ages 1 to 16. “Children are so…
Sep 26, 2012
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes seven new professors, bringing the College’s total to 215 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several…
Sep 24, 2012
A Personal Salute to Hugh H. Jones Jr. ’52
In a mere six weeks in 1981, my life changed in several fundamental and exciting ways. On May 24, I graduated from Meharry Medical School, Nashville, Tenn…
Sep 21, 2012
Melissa Haber ’12 Receives EPA Fellowship to Pursue Graduate Study in Soil Science
Biology graduate Melissa Haber ’12 has received a Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pursue…
Sep 7, 2012
Award-Winning Academic Adviser Nancy Freeborne-Brinton ’83 Advances Public Health
By Matt Sinclair ’90 Add one unhealthy person to a household, and soon everyone is infected. In a broad sense, the same thing can happen in society.…