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The Pursuit of Beauty

Engineering at Lafayette Spans 150 Years

Ghosts of Oceans’ Future

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Mar 30, 2016

State-of-the-Art Geology Lab

Tucked in Van Wickle Hall’s basement, near a display of fossilized dinosaur bones and rock specimens, is Lafayette’s smartest new classroom—the Petrographic…

Mar 30, 2016

Rosen Wins

Deborah A. Rosen, the David M. ’70 and Linda Roth Professor of History, won the Bancroft Prize, considered one of the most prestigious honors in the…

Mar 30, 2016

Hanks for the Memories

He strode across the stage in Kamine Gym and snapped a selfie—with a crowd of students mugging behind him—for posterity. For the next 90 minutes, Oscar-winner…

Alumni Profiles

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Apr 5, 2016

The Enlightened Engineer

Thigh muscles burning like twin coal fires, I balance on bended knees and stare at my outstretched right hand. My left extends behind me. I hope my arrangement…

Apr 3, 2016

Joe Maddon

by Geoff Gehman ’80 Major League Baseball’s manager of the year Joe Maddon ’76 skippered the seemingly miraculous Chicago Cubs’ winning season…

Apr 1, 2016

Q&A: Talking H2O with Michelle Baker ’92

Professor of biology at Utah State University since 1999, Michelle Baker ’92 has received a 2015 Utah Governor’s Medal for Excellence in Science and…

Departments

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Apr 10, 2016

President’s Message: Forward Progress

This has been an eventful spring for Lafayette. We have had some wonderful college-wide speakers, including actor/producer Tom Hanks; legendary civil rights…

Apr 8, 2016

Sundays with Bryan

by Kellen H. Graham ’04 At first, English Professor Bryan Washington confounded me. I admired his astonishing intellect, his passion for teaching, and…

Apr 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: A Creative Confluence

My imagination vibrates at a pretty high frequency, so when I began working at Lafayette six years ago I was heartened to discover I wasn’t alone. The…

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