Class of 1999
Susan Swett ’72 Provides Small-College Touch at George Mason
By Kate Helm As assistant dean for student affairs in George Mason’s College of Health and Human Services, Susan Swett ’72 strives to recreate aspects of the small-college experience that was so important to her at Lafayette. “Although the small liberal arts experience cannot be replicated at a large university,” she says, “I remember how [...]
Ali Berlin Weinstein ’99 Investigates Impact of Mental Stress on Cardiac Patients
By Kevin Gray Long intrigued by the notion that the mind and body interact in reciprocal ways, Ali Berlin Weinstein ’99 is conducting novel research into the effects of mental stress reactivity on cardiac patients. Weinstein, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., and her [...]
José Punchin ’99 Combines Engineering Skill with Interest in Medicine
By Barbara Mulligan When structural engineer José Punchin-Marrero ’99 was a boy growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he spent much of his time drawing houses and plans for houses. He often helped his uncle mix concrete and prided himself on knowing the perfect combination of cement, sand, gravel, and water. In retrospect, Punchin [...]
Amy Cerato ’99 is Saluted at the White House
She receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers President Barack Obama saluted Amy Cerato ’99 as one of the nation’s most outstanding young researchers Wednesday in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. In July, Cerato, a civil engineering graduate, was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career [...]
From College Hill to Capitol Hill
Rachel Carr ’99 is majority counsel to House of Representatives transportation subcommittee Helping to draft legislation that would institute a new rail system throughout the country is all in a day’s work for Rachel Carr ’99. She has been majority counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines [...]
Presidential Praise
Amy Cerato ’99 is the only civil engineer to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers By Megan Zaroda ’07 Amy Cerato ’99 and her parents were pulling on gardening gloves as they prepared for an afternoon of yard work at Cerato’s lake house. But not before she stole a quick glance [...]
Giving Children a Better Education
Amanda Alpert Knight ’99 leads Chicago office of Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators By Dan Edelen For proof against the old saying “Those who can’t do, teach,” look no further than Amanda Alpert Knight ’99. As executive director of the Chicago office of Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (R.I.S.E.), this self-professed “Type A [...]
Lafayette Takes Top Honors in New York Green Building Council Design Competition
Students place first among all undergraduates in multidisciplinary contest Lafayette students took top honors among all undergraduates in the United States Green Building Council’s Natural Talent Design contest to create the most sustainable learning environment in New York City and revitalize premier park space on the Brooklyn waterfront. The students designed a middle school, community [...]
Nicole Piccione Bigg ’99 Works For Public School Reform
She handles communications, technology for Schlechty Center in Louisville Studying government and law seemed the right undergraduate choice for Nicole Piccione Bigg ’99. She had an interest in politics and considered pursuing a career as a lawyer. However, an internship redirected her career plans. “I interned with the Phillipsburg School District during my senior year [...]
Our Proximity Advantage: Externships in New York City
During winter break, 74 students shadowed alumni and parents at ESPN, ABC News World News, The New York Times, CNN Headline News, and many others During January’s interim session, 74 students participated in externships at 39 business firms, government agencies, and other organizations in nearby New York City. Lafayette alumni and parents hosted the students [...]
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