http://www.lafayette.edu RSS Feed For Lafayette Daily News Neil deGrasse Tyson, noted astrophysicist and broadcast journalist, will deliver the annual John and Muriel Landis Lecture on Feb. 23. Free and open to the public, the Landis Lecture is a major event on the Colleges calendar. Established by Trustee Emeritus John Landis '39, the lectureship focuses on issues of technology and international cooperation. Tyson is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium and is host of the PBS show NOVA ScienceNow. In 2004, NASA honored him with its highest award, the Distinguished Public Service Medal and in 2007, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14368 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14368 James T. Campbell, the Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History at Stanford, will deliver the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Visiting Lecture on March 23. Free and open to the public, his talk will be on Race and the Politics of Memory: American Universities Confront their Pasts. The lectureship was established by Trustee Emeritus Thomas Roy Jones to provide students with the opportunity to hear presentations each year by individuals of exemplary accomplishment in the academic world or in public life. A specialist in the history of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, Campbell was named a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in history for his book Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14369 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14369 When talking about London, Suzanne Westfall, professor and head of English, cites Samuel Johnsons famous line: He who is tired of London is tired of life. She will lead a new semester-abroad program in fall 2010 that will give students ample exposure to the vibrant United Kingdom capital. Students will live and study at Goldsmiths College of University of London. They will take a variety of liberal arts classes including Westfalls Alternative Londons course focusing on the literature, culture, and arts of multicultural London and its marginalized populations. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14370 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14370 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14371 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14371 Lafayette took first place in the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's annual College Fed Challenge Nov. 16. The Colleges team defeated James Madison University and University of North Carolina to win the Fifth District title, and will advance to the national competition Dec. 2 at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. Lafayette defeated teams from 14 regional schools in the preliminary round held Nov. 2-4 at the banks Baltimore branch. Teams included American University, Elizabethtown College, Gettysburg College, and Lehigh University. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14358 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14358 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14366 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14366 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14367 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14367 Imagine going to see your doctor in the middle of a tomato farm where card tables and folding chairs serve as makeshift exam areas. That sight is an oasis for migrant farm workers in rural Tennessee who otherwise would have no access to health services. Kelly Melear-Hough '88 makes this happen as operations director at Rural Medical Services. "Were located in Cocke County, which has a big tomato farm that employs over 300 migrant workers in July, August, and September," she says. "We actually see patients in the field and they can be seen for any type of problem they have." She received the Tennessee Primary Care Associations Charles E. Darling Award for outstanding achievement in organizing, delivering, and/or financing health services to vulnerable populations. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14329 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14329 Neuroscience major Lauren Howland 11 (Vestal, N.Y.) is the executive chair of Lafayette Activities Forum, an intern for the Lafayette Leadership Education Committee, and involved in a number of other campus organizations. She believes the organizational, communication, and teamwork skills she has developed through these leadership roles are helping her in the classroom and will help her in her future career. "My experiences with student organizations have helped me refine my leadership skills and learn how to interact in the professional world," she says. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14363 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14363 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14364 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14364 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14365 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14365 Independent filmmaker Bette Gordon will discuss the challenges of directing, breaking into the film industry, and her latest film Handsome Harry noon Friday, Nov. 20 in Pardee Hall room 320A. The film, which stars Jamey Sheridan and Steve Buscemi, will be screened at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in Oechsle Hall room 224 and 10 a.m. Nov. 20 in Limburg Theater in Farinon College Center. The events are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Film and Media Studies Committee. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14360 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14360 Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and president of her own green collar economic consulting firm, was on campus for a two-day residency Nov. 12-13. On Nov. 12, she delivered a talk to an overflowing crowd in Oeschle Hall titled Green the Ghetto: And how much it wont cost us."  On Friday, Nov. 13, she met with students and faculty during an open forum and an environmental workshop for members of the Lafayette and Easton communities. In addition to the residency activities, a bus of students, faculty, and members of the Easton community went to the South Bronx on Oct. 30 to see the work being done there. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14359 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14359 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14361 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14361