Oct 30, 2018
Uncovering Political History of NYC Subways
Ben Gordon '19 talks about his digital humanities research on the development of New York City's subway system, particularly how subway locations were…
Digital Humanities
Aug 30, 2018
Listening to the Public Record
By Stephen Wilson Just after midnight Dec. 7, 1982, Charlie Brooks Jr. was the first man to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. While…
Aug 20, 2018
Kung Fu Witch Train
By Stephen Wilson Mention the word “anime” to people and it conjures different images. None more striking than the associations between white and black…
Nov 13, 2017
A Summer of Reality TV, Rap Music, and More
By Stephen Wilson Somali immigrants in Maine. Reality love television. Post-WW2 advertising. Jews welcomed to Islamic states. Jamaican dancehalls. A disappearing…
Oct 4, 2017
Keeping Up with Fast-Moving Field of Data Science
By Katie Neitz Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced. And the volume and speed at which that is happening will only grow. This has fueled…
Sep 29, 2015
Using New Technology to Answer New Kinds of Questions
Freedom of the press in Turkey. Ethiopian folk tales. An app for finding fresh produce. These are just some of the projects students designed during a…
Jan 24, 2014
National Honor for Skillman: Tops Among College Libraries
Skillman Library has received the 2014 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The award…
Oct 10, 2013
Skillman Library Celebrates 50 Years of Providing Innovative Services and Resources
Skillman Library occupies a worthy place on Lafayette’s campus: the center. This academic year, it celebrates 50 years of being at the center of innovation…
Aug 16, 2013
Lafayette Explores Digital Humanities with Mellon Foundation Support
Lafayette is poised to become a national leader among liberal arts colleges in the area of digital scholarship thanks to a four-year, $700,000 grant from…
Sep 25, 2012
Prof. James Woolley Awarded Major NEH Grant to Edit Swift’s Poems
James Woolley, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of English, has received a major three-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to edit…