Dec 17, 2010
Hydraulic Flume Lab Brings River Studies to Life
Students aren’t the only ones who benefit from Lafayette’s high-tech science labs. There are villagers in El Convento, Honduras, whose need for clean…
Geology
Dec 7, 2010
From New Zealand to Sweden, Jessika Luth ’01 Begins Study of Environmental Policy
A world citizen. A teacher. An environmental activist. A park ranger. All of these roles and a purposeful journey from California, Pennsylvania, and Washington…
Nov 29, 2010
Students Will Study Geological and Biological Evolution in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
In the space of about three weeks in January, a group of Lafayette students and faculty will climb volcanoes in the Andean highlands, snorkel with sea…
Nov 16, 2010
Geologic Disasters: Students Put Model Buildings Under Earthquake Tests
Students in the Geologic Disasters course built models of buildings and then subjected them to an earthquake test to see what level of intensity their…
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…
Sep 17, 2010
A Green Community: Organic Garden Allows Students, Faculty, and Staff to Learn and Grow Together
By Jenn Bell ’11 Where is it that you can see Lafayette administrators, staff, faculty, and students working side by side wearing straw hats and sprinkled…
Jun 17, 2010
Research by Prof. Kira Lawrence Published in Science
How will global climate change if human activities continue to release large quantities of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?…
Jun 10, 2010
Back To The Classroom
The College will welcome back some familiar faces for Alumni Summer College July 15-18. President Dan Weiss will lead the academic immersion program, which…
May 11, 2010
Spurring Entrepreneurship in the Slate Belt
Technology Clinic strives to create jobs through manufacturing solar golf carts With the economy slowly rebounding from a downward spiral, job creation…
Apr 15, 2010
Six Geology Majors Present Research at National Conference
Six senior geology majors presented their research at the joint meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern sections of the Geological Society of America…