Interdisciplinary
Engineering Work in Rural Honduras Gives Students Fresh Perspectives on Life on College Hill and Beyond
When he was a first-year student, Juan Hernandez ’13 (Vineland, N.J.) remembers receiving tons of emails soliciting new members for student clubs and organizations. The one from the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) really caught his eye, and after learning more about its work in Honduras, he signed up. “I was not an [...]
Team Receives Projects for Peace Grant to Work with High School Students
Three Lafayette students are taking on a new challenge: fostering peace and prosperity in the violence-ridden city of Plainfield, N.J. Chemistry major Melissa Foley ’12 (Lebanon, N.J.), mathematics major Bridget Greeley ’12 (Mountainside, N.J.), and mechanical engineering major David Wenger ’12 (Montville, N.J.) have received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support their [...]
Absurd Theater: Interdisciplinary, Team-Taught Course Shows Students the Social and Political Power of Art
The interdisciplinary class that students are taking this semester with Ed Kerns, Clapp Professor of Art, and Suzanne Westfall, professor of English, is completely absurd. At least, the subject matter is absurd. Kerns and Westfall are team teaching a course called Dada: Visual and Performing Art. Dada was the absurdist, anti-war, anti-art movement in the [...]
Nafis Hasan ’11 Searches for a Cure for Breast Cancer
Biology major writes about his work with Bradley Antanaitis, associate professor of physics, on interdisciplinary research Biology major Nafis Hasan ’11 (Dhaka, Bangladesh) is working on interdisciplinary EXCEL Scholars research focusing on safer drug treatments for breast cancer with Bradley Antanaitis, associate professor of physics, and Marco Tjioe ’09 (North Sumatera, Indonesia), who is pursuing [...]
Exploring the Social and Economic Impact of Redevelopment
Emily Esteve ’10 is part of an interdisciplinary research team providing support for residents of Easton’s Delaware Terrace redevelopment project Emily Esteve ’10 (Skillman, N.J.), a psychology and Spanish double major, is working on an interdisciplinary team studying the impact of the demolishing and rebuilding of Easton’s Delaware Terrace housing project. Her portion of the [...]
NSF Awards $635,000 Grant for Collaborative Environmental Policy Research
Professors Chris Ruebeck, Sharon Jones and Jeff Pfaffmann create interdisciplinary experience for students People might have environmental concerns when seeing the emissions from a car, but that is not the only way that a car can affect the environment. During every stage of its life from when the materials are extracted to when the car [...]
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