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…
English
Sep 18, 2012
Building Community: Students Help Provide Clean Water to Impoverished Families in Haiti
Sometimes small changes are the best solution to grand challenges. That’s what three students learned this summer when they traveled to Haiti to improve…
Sep 5, 2012
Professor Deborah Byrd and Kristin Anderson ’14 Work to Design Housing Programs for Young Parents
“One of the things I’ve discovered in working with young moms and dads is that they are often in desperate need of safe, affordable housing, particularly…
Aug 29, 2012
Professor Lee Upton Wins Prestigious Writing Prize
Lee Upton, writer-in-residence and professor of English, is winner of the second annual BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize for her collection The Tao of…
Aug 22, 2012
Ian Murray ’97 Opening Vineyard Vines Stores Across Nation
By Lori H. Burke Vineyard Vines’ popular whimsical ties, including ones with a Lafayette theme, are now available in retail stores across the nation…
Aug 11, 2012
Maggie Schaffer ’10 Stars in Bravo’s New Reality Series Gallery Girls
By Kate Helm One of the stars in the new reality series Gallery Girls premiering Monday, Aug. 13, is Maggie Schaffer ’10. She is one of seven women the…
Aug 6, 2012
USC’s James Steele ’65 Brings a Global Perspective on Architecture to Students
By Dan Edelen “As globalization continues to expand, and we all become part of one big global village, the importance of knowing about and respecting…
Jul 13, 2012
Susan Swett ’72 Provides Small-College Touch at George Mason
By Kate Helm As assistant dean for student affairs in George Mason’s College of Health and Human Services, Susan Swett ’72 strives to recreate aspects…
Jul 13, 2012
New Novel and Short Story Collection by Prof. Alix Ohlin Receive Critical Acclaim
Every day, or as close to every day as she can manage juggling a busy teaching schedule, Alix Ohlin sits down to write. For the last several years, she’s…
Jul 11, 2012
Memorial Resolutions for Joseph Martin and William C. Holstein
At its April 3 meeting, the faculty adopted the following memorial resolution for Joseph Martin, associate professor emeritus of English, who died Feb…