Policy Studies
Policy Studies Forum Will Attempt to ‘Demystify the Economy’ Sept. 29
Charles I. Plosser, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Amy M. Gill of the PA Dept. of Revenue will be the main speakers The policy studies program will hold a forum on business conditions and government policies in the wake of the recession Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Marlo Room [...]
Kelsey Boyd ’11 Receives Fellowship from Environmental Protection Agency
Award will help fund her research with Steve Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry Kelsey Boyd ’11 (Lafayette, N.J.), a policy studies major, has received a Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship for Undergraduate Environmental Study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). GRO fellowship recipients can receive up to $19,250 per year of academic support, including [...]
Jayne Miller ’10 Spends the Summer Investigating Water Relief Programs in Africa
Policy studies major writes about her research with Nicole Crain, visiting professor of economics Policy studies major Jayne Miller ’10 (Bethel, Pa.) is working with Nicole Crain, visiting professor of economics, on research looking at possible water relief programs for Africa. The researchers hope this will evolve into an aid project allowing Lafayette students and [...]
Megan Jones ’11 and Daniel Stefan ’10 Receive Caine Scholars Award in Global Leadership, Business, and Policy
It provides stipends for the students’ summer internships at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Bloomberg Policy studies majors Megan Jones ’11 (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Daniel Stefan ’10 (Havertown, Pa.) are the 2009 recipients of the Caine Scholars Award in Global Leadership, Business, and Policy. The award, which is the first specifically created for policy [...]
Multidisciplinary Workshop on Managing Water Conflicts April 22-24
Faculty from the College’s four academic divisions will participate. The president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will deliver a keynote talk A talk by William C. Baker, president and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, will be the keynote of a multidisciplinary Lafayette workshop entitled “Poseidon’s Children: Managing Water Conflicts in the 21st Century” April [...]
Darlene Cerullo ’11 Wins Tickets to Obama’s Inauguration
She takes top honors in the Election Forecasting Contest held in connection with the College’s live election-night telecast Nov. 4 Thanks to her political knowledge, Darlene Cerullo ’11 (Drexel Hill, Pa.) will be in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 to watch Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Cerullo [...]
Crime’s Impact on Environmental Quality
Ly Le ’09 writes about her EXCEL research with Professor Mark Crain This summer, economics and business major Ly Le ’09 (Hanoi, Viet Nam) performed EXCEL research on the impact of crime on environmental quality under the guidance of Mark Crain, Simon Professor of Political Economy and chair of Policy Studies, and Nicole Crain, visiting [...]
Lafayette Electoral College: Students Cover Historic Election
Live, student-run election broadcast airs locally on television and worldwide via the internet By Elizabeth Kemmerer The nation elected its first African American president on Nov. 4, and the historic event was covered on campus through the work of hundreds of students, faculty, and staff during the College’s second student-run, live election-night television broadcast. From [...]
Student-Run Election Broadcast Will Run on College’s Campus Cable System
It will be viewed by audiences worldwide via the internet and carried live in the Lehigh Valley and Delaware Valley The College’s second student-run, live election-night television broadcast will be carried from 9-11 p.m. Nov. 4 on channel 66 on the campus cable system. It will be viewed by audiences worldwide via the internet and [...]
Campus Will Come Alive on Election Night
Live, student-run television broadcast set for Nov. 4. More than 400 students, faculty, and staff are involved More than 400 Lafayette students, faculty, and staff will transform Farinon College Center into “Election Central” Nov 4., broadcasting up-to-the-minute information on races for the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives to audiences on campus and around [...]
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