http://www.lafayette.edu RSS Feed For Lafayette Daily News Mechanical engineering major Tiffany Patafio 10 (Staten Island, N.Y.) got a taste of life in the finance industry during a summer internship with Daniel Kilmurray 75 at UBS Financial Services in New York City. "This opportunity not only exposed me to the world of finance, it also helped me to network and connect with people in all different fields. I worked with so many wonderful people who had so much advice to offer about possible career paths and how to approach my upcoming job search. I learned so many valuable things about the finance world and gained so many beneficial contacts in all industries, that I truly feel this internship will help to shape my career and, consequently, the rest of my life," she says. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14297 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14297 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14298 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14298 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14299 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14299 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14300 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14300 Robert Segal, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, will speak on Hollywood Stars as Gods: Bringing Myth Back to the World 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the religious studies department under the auspices of the Lyman Coleman Fund. Segal also will meet with students in the course Religion, Myth, and Fantasy, taught by Eric Ziolkowski, Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14291 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14291 Soon students taking Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy and Introduction to Policy Studies will have a new software program at their disposal called Urban Development Tools (UDT). The twist is that fellow students studying computer science are creating the program. Miguel Haruki Yamaguchi 11 (Akashi, Japan) and Rhodes Baker 10 (Columbus, Ohio) developed the UDT concept and a basic prototype this past summer as EXCEL Scholars under the guidance of Chun Wai Liew, associate professor and head of computer science. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14289 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14289 Canadian actor and rap artist Baba Brinkman will perform his one-man show The Rap Guide to Evolution 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9 and 10 in Oechsle Hall room 224. Throughout his two days on campus, Brinkman will meet with students in art, English, music, and theater classes. He also will hold a session with local high school students at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Williams Visual Arts Building and a Rap Workshop with members of Writing Organization Reaching Dynamic Students at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Marlo Room of Farinon College Center. All of Brinkmans events are free and open to the public. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14290 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14290 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14292 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14292 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14293 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14293 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14294 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14294 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14295 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14295 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14159 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14159 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 A new team-taught course will provide students with a look at Russian and Eastern European art, government, history, literature, music, and religion, both in and out of the classroom. The interdisciplinary class, which includes a free trip to Russia, will allow students to experience the country firsthand. History, Art, and Culture of Russia and Eastern Europe, taught by Joshua Sanborn, associate professor of history, andIda Sinkevic, associate professor of art, will allow students to learn from experts in two different disciplines in the same classroom. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14282 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14282