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.…
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 20, 2012
Neuroscientist Lisa Schrott ’87 Studies Memory Loss and Prenatal Exposure to Opiates
By Kate Helm “I have always been curious about how complex behavior emerges from the millions of chemical and electrical releases in the brain,” says…
Jul 14, 2012
Dr. Richard Edlich ’58 Advanced Medicine, Advocates Medical Reform
By Kevin Gray This summer, Dr. Richard Edlich ’58 of Brush Prairie, Wash., hopes to receive news from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that…
Jul 13, 2012
Student-Faculty Team Works to Understand Causes of Mad Cow, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s Diseases
Justin Hines, assistant professor of chemistry, and a team of students are conducting experiments that could lead to greater knowledge about diseases like…
Jul 10, 2012
Memorial Resolutions for Donald McCluskey ’36 and Mary Jane Bradford
At its Nov. 8 meeting, the faculty adopted the following memorial resolution for Donald McCluskey ’36, associate professor emeritus of English, who died…
Jul 9, 2012
Kareema Gray ’94 Is Involved in Social Issues as Professor and Activist
With both intellectual and practical expertise in the field of social work, Kareema J. Gray ’94 expresses her passion as a professor, adviser, researcher…
Jun 22, 2012
Paige Triola ’14 Explores Environmental Conservation in the Costa Rican Rainforest
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Paige Triola ’14 (Chalfont, Pa.) remembers the moment she stepped into a rainforest for the first time. “It’s really humid…
Jun 13, 2012
Prof. Anna Edlund Mixes Religion, Art, and Science while Traveling to India and Sweden
A few months ago, Anna Edlund opened her email account to not one but two pleasant surprises. First, her audience with the Dalai Lama was scheduled for…
Jun 6, 2012
John Eaton ’48 Is Featured Lecturer on Titanic 100th Anniversary Memorial Cruise
By Lori Burke and Tiffany Bentley Over the stern of the MS Balmoral on April 15, John Eaton ’48 watched as memorial wreaths bobbed on the ocean’s surface…
May 24, 2012
$800,000 Grant Will Help Prepare Students to be Leaders in Science Research and Medicine
With major support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lafayette will make its already strong biology program even more effective in preparing students…