Film and Media Studies
Interdisciplinary Course Allows Students to Look at Nature from Multiple Perspectives
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Sandy Ma ’13 (Nanjing, China) admits to being a little surprised when, for homework, she had to read about policy studies, poetry, and environmental data—all for the same class. But such is the nature of Cultures of Nature, an interdisciplinary course offered through the American studies program. Taught this semester by [...]
An Arts Infusion: Lafayette Kicks Off START Initiative
Lafayette kicked off its multi-year START Project this weekend with faculty workshops and a festival of arts-based displays, performances, and presentations in Anderson Courtyard and Acopian Engineering Center. Funded by an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the initiative will further integrate the performing and visual arts throughout the curriculum and co-curricular activities, [...]
Lafayette Gears Up for Live, Student-Run Election Broadcast on Nov. 6
On Nov. 6, Lafayette will once again host its live, student-run election night broadcast. This two-hour show, which will include the work of more than 100 students, will share up-to-the-minute information on the races for the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives to audiences on campus and across the United States. The “command central” [...]
Documentary by Prof. Nandini Sikand Chronicles Life of David Heard and National Crane Project
A documentary film about Lafayette’s National Crane Project will be shown as part of the Southside Film Festival in Bethlehem 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, and 7:25 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at Victory Firehouse in Bethlehem. The 18-minute film, Cranes of Hope, was produced by Nandini Sikand, assistant professor of film and [...]
Lafayette Honors Students for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored more than 120 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation April 29 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized outstanding academic success in all four of Lafayette’s academic divisions—engineering, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. This spring, 47 students will join Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most respected undergraduate [...]
Samantha Schwarz ’12 Examines Post-9/11 World through Film
Studying film isn’t something that Samantha Schwarz ’12 planned when she began her undergraduate career. If college has taught her anything, says the English major, it is to seize opportunity when it comes along. This spring, she’ll be among the first Lafayette students to graduate with honors in film and media studies. With raging debates [...]
Lafayette Will Infuse the Arts Throughout Curriculum with Mellon Foundation Support
With major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lafayette’s vision of infusing the arts throughout the curriculum will become a reality. The foundation has awarded a grant of $800,000 to support the College’s Global Arts Infusion and Visiting Artists Initiative. The key objectives are to integrate further the performing and visual arts throughout the [...]
Alumni Arts Institute: Grads Show Students the Secret to Their Success
The career path of an artist is full of unknowns—and that’s as it should be, accomplished poet and painter Ross Gay ’96 told Lafayette art students when he visited campus this semester. Gay was one of six graduates who returned to their alma mater to take part in the inaugural session of the Alumni Arts [...]
Initiative to Grow the Faculty Will Position Lafayette as a Premier Liberal Arts Institution
When President Daniel H. Weiss unveiled the College’s strategic plan in the fall of 2007, he said it was designed “to secure a place for Lafayette among the nation’s premier liberal-arts institutions.” Among its five key objectives are to increase the size of the permanent faculty by 20 percent and decrease the student-to-faculty ratio from [...]
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