Nov 18, 2016
President’s Message: Making Waves
As a first-year student and mere recreational swimmer in 1966, Mike Weinstein ’70 responded to a flier on campus and tried out for the swim team. Five…
President’s Message: Making Waves
Nov 17, 2016
The Question of Affordability
by Alan Finder P’08 Meet a young woman we’ll call Elana. She grew up in Brooklyn in a Russian-American household—her parents were born in Russia—and…
Nov 17, 2016
Planting Knowledge
by Dave Block ’93 As a member of the International Dendrology Society, professional garden designer Marie-Christine de Laubarede P’18 has organized…
Nov 17, 2016
The Many Lives of Robert Johnstone
by Bill Landauer Robert Johnstone was a 19-year-old Lafayette College student who was killed by Japanese soldiers in 1945. His grieving parents decided…
Nov 17, 2016
Congrats, Admissions, Pesky The summer edition of Lafayette magazine was a delight to consume! The admissions story by fellow P’08er Alan Finder was…
Nov 16, 2016
Crop Slayers
Geminiviridae is a crop killer whose agricultural reign of terror extends around the globe, wreaking particular havoc in developing countries. While the…
Nov 16, 2016
Healing the land
by Mike Pennella Everybody loves a great comeback story, especially Mother Nature. And 25 miles northwest of Lafayette College in Palmerton, Pa., an inspiring…
Nov 16, 2016
Cultivating new life for cranberries
by Kathleen Parrish p’16 P’20 If you crave cranberries, you’re not alone. Americans consume more than 400 million pounds of the noble berry each…
Nov 16, 2016
A Taste of South America
Walk around campus, and you’ll likely see students, faculty, and staff clutching tall paper cups or travel mugs filled with their favorite steamy caffeinated…
Nov 15, 2016
Beyond Lip Service
by Bill Landauer if you’re going to work for a charity that calls on men to grow mustaches in November as a way to raise awareness about men’s health…