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Profiles

Who’s in My Old College Room?

A Lafayette dorm room might not always look like much, but four cinderblock walls and a couple of beds have often served as a launching pad for relationships that last a lifetime. We picked a random room—207 Ruef Hall—and caught up with Leopards who lived there in the 1970s, 1990s, and today.

Breaking History

Michael Schmidt’s first job after graduating in 2005 was as a clerk on the Foreign Desk at The New York Times, where he made photocopies, answered calls, and got coffee for reporters.

Diamonds are This Boy’s Best Friend

On hot summer nights, the window in his boyhood bedroom open to catch even the hint of a breeze, Kevin Moss ’04 could hear the voice of God. In an elegant, reassuring baritone, the voice would repeatedly intone: “Now batting for the New York Yankees…”

Intersections

Dream Protector

Scott Bluni ’89 is helping inventors change the world, one patent at a time.

Endless Winter

In their quest to simulate an authentic downhill experience in the heat of summer, members of the Class of 2014 and the ski team set out to build skis that would replicate on asphalt the same motions and sensations experienced on the slopes.

Pard Patents

Patents are held across the Lafayette community for innovations ranging from a better bicycle lock to a device that helps preserve free speech. All of them are a reflection of the College’s distinctive blend of liberal arts, engineering, and entrepreneurship.

Easton Farmers' Market

Around Town

The Easton Farmers’ Market is America’s longest continuous running open-air market. Since 1752, farmers and merchants have gathered in Easton’s “Great Square” to peddle their fresh and handcrafted wares.
Photography by MIKE KUBEL

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Explorations

It's Robo Fish!

A student team spent the fall and spring semesters writing code, soldering wiring, and crafting and waterproofing parts from shape-memory alloy—all to get a robot fish to swim and squirt water.

Helping Hands

Two years ago, Liz Atkinson ’18 fell. Her ring caught on something in the South College residence hall, tearing off most of her finger.

Wired for Success

Milestones

Jeff Acopian ’75 can’t understand the fuss. What, he asks one dreary day in late March, is so interesting about the 60th anniversary of an unassuming Lehigh Valley company that produces, of all things, power supplies?

Final Word

Acts of Love

During my senior year at Lafayette College, I read “The Many Lives of Robert Johnstone: How a Soldier’s Wish for Peace Is Still Making a Difference” in the fall 2016 issue of Lafayette magazine. It caught my attention because my grandfather mentioned this event in a 1946 letter he sent home while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.