Oct 9, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Publishes Discovery about Eye Movement in Turtles
James Dearworth, associate professor of biology, has a long history with turtles. He studied the functional anatomy of the turtle retina as a grad student…
EXCEL Scholars
Sep 20, 2013
Cancer Research is Personal for Kyle Tucker ’14
For Kyle Tucker ’14 (Los Angeles, Calif.), cancer research allows him to explore multiple fields of science, but it also touches him on a personal level…
Sep 20, 2013
Marquis Scholars Use Their Talents to Connect to the World
Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is as comfortable with a tenor saxophone in his hand as a telescope. At Lafayette, he has found plenty of opportunity…
Sep 20, 2013
All the World is a Lab (and a Stage) for Ecologist Nancy Waters
Nancy Waters shares three things with all of her students. One, energy flows and nutrients cycle. (“Energy is always one direction, but it moves by virtue…
Sep 20, 2013
Prof. Carrie Rohman is Leading Scholar in Human-Animal Studies
Carrie Rohman, assistant professor of English, is quickly establishing herself as an influential voice in the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies…
Jul 19, 2013
Student-Faculty Team Works to Improve Local Sewer Infrastructure
A student-faculty team is working on research to evaluate the condition of the local sewer system’s infrastructure and develop tools to help engineers…
Jul 17, 2013
Students and Prof. Elizabeth Suhay Research Political Expression in Blogs
The Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 inspired plenty of debate, much of which played out in blogs. Since that fall, Elizabeth Suhay, assistant professor…
Jul 12, 2013
Tiffany Phuong ’16 and Kofi Boateng ’16 Combine Biology and Computer Science in Cancer Research
Research by Tiffany Phuong ’16 (Aldan, Pa.) and Kofi Boateng ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) this summer is contributing to their goals of becoming doctors and…
Jun 26, 2013
Loujing Pan ’15 Presents Research on Korean Pop Idols’ Effect on Body Image at Conference
Analyzing films for cultural content captivated Loujing “Gina” Pan ’15 (Edison, N.J.) last spring. At the end of her Introduction to Contemporary…
Jun 24, 2013
Students Present Research at Geological Society of America Conference
Jaclyn White ’13 (Clarksboro, N.J.) and Chris Kelly ’13 (Boyertown, Pa.) recently presented their honors thesis research at the 48th Annual Meeting…