Class of 2011
NSF Research Fellowships Help Lafayette Graduates Pursue Goals
“Every moment, the brain integrates diverse inputs from a complex and dynamic visual environment in order to resolve perceptual ambiguities and guide behavior. I’m interested in unraveling the neural circuits that lead to this higher-order visual perception,” says Ashley Juavinett ’11, a neuroscience graduate. A second-year graduate student researching visual perception with Ed Callaway at [...]
NSF Research Fellowships Help Four Alumni Pursue Graduate Degrees
To call Brian Carey ’11 motivated is an understatement. The civil engineering and economics graduate is living in Trinidad and Tobago on a Fulbright Scholarship, where he is working at the Seismic Research Center at University of the West Indies to conduct a seismic assessment of the residential construction in Trinidad. Carey is no stranger [...]
Kelly McNulty ’11 and Mathew Pezon ’10 Receive Fulbright Scholarships
Two alumni have won Fulbright Scholarships that will allow them to live, work, and study in foreign countries in 2013. Kelly McNulty ’11 received an English Teaching Assistantship Award, and Mathew Pezon ’10 won a scholarship to study in Spain. Thirty-three Lafayette students have received Fulbrights in the last 13 years. McNulty begins her Fulbright [...]
Lara Maggin ’13 Gets Taste of Frenetic Pace of TV Production on Set of Anderson
Growing up, lots of kids dream of working in the movies or television, but few are prepared for the long hours and frenetic pace of production. After her alumni-hosted externship on Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show Anderson in New York City, Lara Maggin ’13 (Greenwich, Conn.) can’t get enough. Over winter break, Kyle MacLelland ’11, [...]
Admissions Staff and Alumni Volunteers Hold Interview Receptions for Prospective Students across the Country
By Kate Helm When John Sperduto, a prospective Lafayette student from Middletown, N.J., arrived on campus for an alumni admissions reception with his father, he immediately liked the vibe. Lafayette was the first school among 10 others he’s applied to that saw him as something other than a walking application. “Through the event, the admissions [...]
Peter Simon ’75 Receives Simon School Dean’s Medal Award from University of Rochester
J. Peter Simon ’75, a member of Lafayette’s Board of Trustees, was presented with the Dean’s Medal Award by the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the school’s 25th anniversary celebration. Simon is co-chairman of William E. Simon and Sons, LLC, Morristown, N.J., and its investment group and leads [...]
Danielle Hartl ’11 Thrives in Prestigious White House Internship
In preparation for a career in law, Danielle Hartl ’11 of Morris Plains, N.J., is getting an insider’s look at the country’s highest branch of government through the prestigious White House Internship Program. As an intern in the Office of Presidential Correspondence for the past four months, Hartl has been developing leadership skills and gaining exposure [...]





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