Landis Center
Landis Center Allows Students to Work with Communities Locally and Around the World
The Landis Community Outreach Center hosts dozens of programs and organizations dedicated to helping local, national, and international communities. Students can participate in one-time service opportunities, co-curricular service-learning programs that run on a weekly basis, and through an academic course with an integrated service component. Volunteer opportunities include Hunger and Homelessness Week, America Reads America [...]
Rose Bayer ’14 Researches Parkinson’s Disease at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
By Michele Tallarita ’12 What do you do when you love learning about how the mind works in psychology, but can’t resist the call of the microscope? Rose Bayer ’14 (Glastonbury, Conn.) answered that question by majoring in neuroscience, a field that she says offers the best of both worlds. Recently, her major has opened [...]
It’s Only Brain Surgery: Monica Manglani ’13 Explores How the Brain Recognizes Sound During 10-Week Research Fellowship
By Michele Tallarita ’12 This summer, performing neurosurgery was Monica Manglani’s favorite part of the day. A neuroscience major, Manglani ’13 (Woodbury, N.Y.) was one of 25 students from around the world selected for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Undergraduate Research Program. As part of the fully subsidized, 10-week program, she helped conduct experiments that explore [...]
Summer Edition of Lafayette Magazine Highlights Sustainability around the World
The latest issue of Lafayette Magazine focuses on the impact Lafayette students, faculty, and alumni are making on the environment locally and around the globe. Check it out online. The College also offers other ways to keep up with the latest Lafayette news. From the Hill is a review delivered each weekday of campus news, [...]
Alyssa Smith ’11 Takes Third Place in National Economic Education Video Competition
Explaining the idea of United States central bank independence is no easy task. But Alyssa Smith ’11 had such a sound grasp of the subject that she placed third in the nation in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ National Economic Education Video Competition. Her video earned a spot on the St. Louis Fed’s [...]
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