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. Cale Bollman…
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Dream Protector
Before the 1990s, a clogged coronary artery usually meant one thing: heart bypass surgery, a costly and invasive procedure with a long recovery time.That…
Pard Patents
Since then, millions of U.S. patents have been issued, each a highly coveted validation of an inventor’s vision and creativity and an embrace of the…
Endless Winter
More likely to kick up sparks than snow, the asphalt skis developed on Lafayette’s campus a few years ago have reached a new summit by receiving the…
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”…
It Swims. It Squirts Water. 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…
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…
Wired for Success
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…
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…
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…