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Stephanie Bateman ’13 Documents the Creation of On Aging Production through Film
“Did you know that our hands are actually the part of the body that shows age the most?” asks Stephanie Bateman ’13 (Neshanic Station, N.J.) excitedly. Bateman is documenting the creation of the theatrical production On Aging, which is being staged by students in the interdisciplinary Making Theater: On Aging course. Taught by Suzanne Westfall, professor [...]
Students Team with PBS to Produce Broadcast on Fracking and Influence of Technology
As every journalist knows, there are at least two sides to every story. Students in Mark Crain’s Industry, Strategy, and Policy class have learned to appreciate that maxim as they take on the role of broadcast journalists this semester. Crain, Simon Professor of Political Economy and chair of policy studies, is teaching the class in [...]
Professor Skip Wilkins Always Ready for the Unexpected on European Jazz Tour
Whirlwind doesn’t even begin to describe the last two years of Skip Wilkins’ life. He performed and gave workshops during his sabbatical last academic year in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and has done three European tours since. Like the jazz music he plays, much of it has been about improvisation. His European tours have [...]
Julia Brodsky ’13 Learns about Human Procrastination in Professor Robert Allan’s Pigeon Lab
Do pigeons put off until tomorrow what they could do today? It’s hard to say, but the birds can still be useful in studying the problem of procrastination. In his behavioral research lab, Robert Allan, associate professor of psychology, uses pigeons to study a variety of behaviors with the help of psychology major and research [...]
Professor Kira Lawrence Coauthors Paper Published in Nature
Hollis Miller ’15 (Fort Washington, Pa.) is in the basement lab of Van Wickle Hall, extracting organic material from mud deposited on the ocean floor millions of years ago. She inserts a steel cell, which looks like a mouse-size dumb bell, into a machine called the accelerated solvent extractor. “A fancy coffee pot is how [...]
Photo Gallery: “Is Feminism Still Necessary?”
As part of the College’s celebration of Women’s History Month in March, the Association of Lafayette Feminists hosted a photo display event called “Is Feminism Still Necessary?” Students, faculty, staff, and friends took photos of their reasons why feminism is important. The images were on display in Farinon College Center from March 18-22. The goal [...]
Cassidy Reller ’16 Takes National Novice Championship in Forensics
Does John Boehner have control over the GOP House Caucus? Hard to say, but Cassidy Reller ’16 (Fremont, Neb.) has pretty good odds of convincing you that the caucus is fracturing along ideological lines under Boehner’s watch. Reller argued that point of view last month during the Novice National Intercollegiate Forensics Tournament at Berry College [...]
Hannah Weaver ’14 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
By Shehtaz Huq ’14 Physics major Hannah Weaver ’14 (Whitefish, Mont.) has earned distinction as a recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Awarded for academic merit, the Goldwater is the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering. Each student’s award will cover college costs up to a maximum of [...]
Jane Goodall Inspires with a Message of Hope
On Thursday night Jane Goodall ended the Q&A portion of her lecture at Lafayette by asking permission to tell one last tale about the emotional bond between humans and chimpanzees, an essential link she’s made famous over half a century. Sounding like an enchanted bedtime storyteller, Goodall recalled a man who climbed over a zoo [...]
Photo Gallery: International Culture Comes Alive During Extravaganza Week
The International Students Association hosted its annual Extravaganza cultural festival last week. Activities throughout the week included a barbecue, brown bag discussions, a food tasting and celebration of international wedding traditions, a Carnival Dance Party, and the Grand Finale at the Williams Center for the Arts. Grand Finale View more images of the Grand Finale [...]
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