New professorship announced

The Birle Family Endowed Professorship in Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Research was recently established to strengthen the College’s already robust interdisciplinary opportunities—a key pillar of Lafayette’s strategic plan and academic mission. “Our hope is that this professorship will create opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate in new ways, explore research between disciplines, and create solutions for our communities,” says Jim Birle Jr. ’83, P’16, who has served as a member of Lafayette’s Board of Trustees since 2008. “We are inspired by the vision in the strategic plan that builds on and elevates this distinctive strength of the College.”