May 5, 2016
Students Honored for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored 138 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 1 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized…
Physics
Feb 2, 2016
Confidence Leads to Ideal Career for Ladimer Nagurney ’72
At times, Ladimer Nagurney ’72 feels as if he’s never grown up. “Dealing with college students each day as a professor makes me feel only a bit older…
Apr 1, 2015
NSF Grant Will Help Prof. David Nice Unlock Mystery of Gravitational Waves
Thanks to a $14.5 million National Science Foundation grant, Professor David Nice and his team of student researchers may be one step closer to understanding…
Jun 30, 2014
Hannah Weaver ’14 Receives Woodrow Wilson Foundation Teaching Fellowship
Physics graduate Hannah Weaver ’14 has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship. She will receive a $30,000 stipend while completing…
May 25, 2014
Five Graduates Receive Fulbright Awards
Joel Vargas ’14 wants to be a “filmmaker of conscience” who entertains his audience in an ethical and meaningful way. He has a great opportunity…
Apr 21, 2014
21 Students Present at National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Twenty-one students presented their findings at the 28th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 3-5 at University of Kentucky-Lexington…
Feb 25, 2014
Memorial Resolution for Winfield Keck
At its Dec. 3, 2013, meeting, the faculty adopted the following memorial resolution for Winfield Keck, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor Emeritus of Physics…
Sep 20, 2013
Cancer Research is Personal for Kyle Tucker ’14
For Kyle Tucker ’14 (Los Angeles, Calif.), cancer research allows him to explore multiple fields of science, but it also touches him on a personal level…
Aug 16, 2013
Physicist Silas Beane ’88 Researches Simulated Reality
By Matt Sinclair ’90 What if the world we live in is simulated reality, and just what does that mean? That is one of various questions on the mind of Silas…
Jul 12, 2013
Medical Innovator Meir Silver ’77 Bridges Science and Faith
By Dan Edelen On the bustling walkways of New York City, Meir “Michael” Silver ’77 encountered street preachers as a high school student. In questioning…