Class of 2012
Global Banking: JJ Houldin ’12 and Michael Trejo ’12 Go Inside JPMorgan Chase
Joseph “JJ” Houldin ’12 (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Michael Trejo ’12 (Falls Church, Va.) spent the summer exploring the world of global banking as interns with Martha Heinze ’86, executive director of treasury and securities services at JPMorgan Chase in New York City, and a member of the Lafayette Board of Trustees. Houldin, an American studies [...]
Five Students Present at International Neuroscience Conference
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Imagine tens of thousands of neuroscientists coming together from around the world to present research on topics spanning every segment of the discipline, from molecular and physiological work to robotics and prosthetics. Every year, this is exactly what happens at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. Camille Borland ’13 (Verona, N.J.), [...]
Students Make Contributions to Heart Surgery Technology
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Bridget Hentz ’12 (Ambler, Pa.) thought it was cool when some of her own ideas became part of the design of cutting-edge heart surgery technology. But it was even cooler, she says, to see the devices she helped design fired into a beating heart and doing exactly what they were supposed [...]
Alexandra Brannick ’12 and Michael Thompson ’12 Named 2011-12 Maroon Club Scholar-Athletes
The Lafayette College Maroon Club named Alexandra Brannick ’12 (Point Pleasant, N.J.) and Michael Thompson ’12 (Shokan, N.Y.) the 2011-12 Maroon Club Scholar-Athletes. The awards are presented annually to one male and one female student who display exemplary skills in the classroom and on the field of competition. A geology major and co-captain of the [...]
Brandon Ellis ’12 Named to Capital One Academic All-District II Football Team
Brandon Ellis ’12 (Jeffersonville, Pa.) has earned placement on the Capital One Academic All-District II Football Team. A three-year starter in the defensive backfield, Ellis has been honored for the second straight season and was named to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League Team in 2010. He leads Lafayette with 11 pass breakups and is fifth [...]
Danielle Sobol ’12 Finds the Connections Between Art and Science
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Danielle Sobol ’12 is concerned with liminalities. “A liminality is an in-between state. A liminal being could be an adolescent, in between a child and an adult,” she says. “In a lot of urban-fantasy novels, there are worlds that are in between reality and mythology.” Sobol (Wall, N.J.) is exploring liminalities [...]
As a DAAD Young Ambassador, Laura Goldberg ’12 Combines Her Passions for German and Biology
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Laura Goldberg ’12 (Skillman, N.J.) is passionate about German and biology, and she can trace both of those passions back to her roots. “First of all, my mom is originally from Germany (near Hanover), and my aunt still lives in Düsseldorf,” says Goldberg. “Therefore, growing up I attended German school every [...]
Spotted on Campus With … Carolyn Cabrey ’12
Field hockey co-captain Carolyn Cabrey ’12 (North Wales, Pa.) discusses the hands-on nature of biology, the importance of being organized, and having someone to help you reach your potential. What do you enjoy about your major? I enjoy my major because it is very hands-on. A lot of non-science majors probably hate the thought of [...]
Computer Science Students Produce Software that Could Change the Way Geologists Work in the Field
During last year’s trip to Wyoming for a geology class, students carefully recorded longitude and latitude, angles of sediment beds, rock types, and other observations in an orange field notebook. This year, students used an application on an iPad that was developed by four computer science and engineering students doing EXCEL research with Chun Wai [...]
Michael Klemens ’12 and Luna Yuan ’12 Learn Entrepreneurship While Working in Egypt
This summer, Michael Klemens ’12 and Yue “Luna” Yuan ’12 got a taste of what it takes to create their own business through LearnServe Egypt, an exchange program that promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, and cross-cultural understanding in American and Egyptian college students. Over the course of the six-week summer program, students formed teams and drafted business plans [...]
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