Mar 19, 2012
College Hosts International Conference on Nazi-Looted Art
MORE THAN 120 attendees participated in Lafayette’s international conference Oct. 25-27 on issues related to the theft, destruction, and survival of…
College Hosts International Conference on Nazi-Looted Art
Mar 19, 2012
Class Notes
The Class Notes PDF that is available here is a condensed version of the news and updates posted on the new websites created for each individual class…
Mar 19, 2012
From Shaky Ground to Graduate School: A Mentor Made the Difference
By Chelsea Mandell ’12 I excelled in math and science in high school, but had little idea of what to major in at college. Then I visited Geisinger Medical…
Mar 19, 2012
Mentoring Reflections
Lee Upton is professor of English and writer-in-residence. One of her mentees, Ross Gay ’96, is a poet and instructor at Indiana University, Bloomington…
Mar 19, 2012
Donahue ’86 Plays Key Role in NASA’s Space Telescope
As successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope will look deeper into space than ever before to see the earliest stars and galaxies that formed…
Mar 19, 2012
Undergraduate Research in Humanities
A nationwide trend in undergraduate research has been that projects tend to be focused on and largely defined by scientific research more so than research…
Mar 19, 2012
Alumni Participation
Why reaching the 40 percent goal matters. FIRST, THE ALUMNI PARTICIPATION rate is viewed by publishers of college rankings as a significant indicator…
Mar 19, 2012
A Long Tradition
Faculty have collaborated with students on their scientific research from at least the early 1900s, beginning with Beverly W. Kunkel, professor of biology…
Mar 19, 2012
Mentor Memories
“ My EXCEL Scholars program mentor, Ed Kerns, Clapp Professor of Arts and Humanities, taught me technique and helped me learn to trust my own ability…
Mar 19, 2012
Looking Back: Nobel Prize Winners Mentored at Lafayette
In 1968, the College held a celebration in honor of H. Keffer Hartline, Class of 1923, who received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1967, Philip S. Hench…