Philosophy
Amanda Whitbred ’11 Explores Political Web Design
She interned with Gerry Kavanaugh ’76, founder and CEO of DCS Online Communications in Washington, D.C. Amanda Whitbred ’11 (Doylestown, Pa.), an English and philosophy double major, spent her summer interning with Gerry Kavanaugh ’76, founder and CEO of DCS Online Communications in Washington, D.C., a company that offers comprehensive Internet programs to members of [...]
Forensics Society Takes Second in New York University Competition
Team competed against 19 other schools from across the region The Lafayette Forensics Society placed second overall at the New York University Skyline Spectacular held Nov. 15 in New York City. Finishing behind Seton Hall University, the team competed against 19 other schools including: James Madison University, Emerson College, Cornell University, Brooklyn College, Kings College, [...]
Collaborative Research Explores How Products Affect Environmental Policy-making
Professors Chris Ruebeck, Sharon Jones, Jeff Pfaffmann, and Kristen Sanford-Bernhardt create an interdisciplinary experience for students By Elizabeth Kemmerer A group of professors and students from economics and business, computer science, and engineering is using an interdisciplinary approach to see how environmental policy-making is affected by the life cycles of products. According to Sharon Jones, [...]
Students Will Study Art and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Professors Diane Cole Ahl and Rado Pribic will lead summer interim-session course From May 26 – June 14, Diane Cole Ahl, Rothkopf Professor of Art History, and Rado Pribic, Williams Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, will lead 26 students through Italy on a three-week, summer interim session course. The students will be studying the [...]
Patrick D. Kelley ’09 Receives Beinecke Scholarship
It is a leading national award for graduate studies in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Lafayette is the only exclusively undergraduate liberal arts and engineering college among the 22 institutions whose students were honored Patrick D. Kelley ’09 (Shillington, Pa.) is one of 22 students nationally to receive a 2008 Beinecke Scholarship, a leading [...]
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 [...]
Students Will Present Research at New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Joellen Cope ’08 and Margaret Schierberl ’10 will travel to Providence College April 19 By Carrie Pasternak ’08 Joellen Cope ’08 (Dillsburg, Pa.) and Margi Schierberl ’10 (West Hartford, Conn.) will be presenting research at the fourth annual New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference held April 19 at Providence College in Rhode Island. Cope, a mathematics [...]
Students Taking Courses All Over the World During Interim Session
Locations include Australia and New Zealand; South Africa; Guatemala; Scandinavia; the Bahamas; Hawaii; and Germany and the Czech Republic More than 150 students are studying in Australia and New Zealand; South Africa; Guatemala; Scandinavia; the Bahamas; Hawaii; and Germany and the Czech Republic during interim session. This is the 30th year in which Lafayette is [...]
The Fine Art of Composing
Skip Wilkins, assistant professor of music, discusses teaching the Composition Seminar Skip Wilkins is an assistant professor of music. This semester he is teaching the course Composition Seminar, where students compose and perform their own works. The following is a first-person account of Wilkins’ course. The students in Composition Seminar are all experienced musicians, representing [...]
Students Explore Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
Religious studies course taught by Robert Cohn, Berman Professor of Jewish Studies, examines how the Holocaust has influenced Jewish identity This semester, students in Jewish Responses to the Holocaust, taught by Robert Cohn, Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies, are examining how Jews and Judaism have experienced, responded to, and remembered the Holocaust. [...]
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