News Releases
Newtown Officials Talk about Sandy Hook Shooting at Lafayette on May 29
Part of Meyner Center’s forum on local government As part of Lafayette College Meyner Center‘s 11th Annual Forum on Local Government, the police chief and first selectman of Newtown, Conn., will discuss on Wednesday, May 29 the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December that left 20 adults and six children dead. Newtown Police [...]
Preeminent Expert on Foreign Affairs to Give Commencement Speech at Lafayette
Princeton Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter was first woman director of policy planning at U.S. State Department under Hillary Clinton Lafayette College will hold its 178th Commencement at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 25 outside on the campus Quad. The rain location is the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center, Kamine Gymnasium. Anne-Marie Slaughter, one of the nation’s most [...]
Orpheus Performs with Gabriel Kahane at Lafayette
Kahane makes music for the ear, intellect and soul, says critics Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 26 at Lafayette College’s Williams Center for the Arts, 317 Hamilton Street. Tickets are $33 and can be purchased by calling the box office at (610) 330-5009 weekdays from noon to [...]
Lafayette College Celebrates Earth Week
Earth Week at Lafayette explores and celebrates environmental activism on local, regional and national levels. Lafayette students will discuss their efforts in sustainable agriculture in Costa Rica during winter break, and how they explored environmental injustice in North Carolina during spring break. Other campus events feature environmental film screenings, lectures and student presentations, electronics recycling, [...]
Lafayette Celebrates National Poetry Month in April
In honor of National Poetry Month in April, Lafayette students in creative writing courses are decorating a Poet-Tree with ornaments containing lines or stanzas from their poems—or, in some cases, entire mini poems. The Poet-Tree is located outside Pardee Hall. The month kicked off with a reading from Michael Dickman, the featured poet and judge [...]
Lafayette Serves the Community during Lafapalooza Month
Hundreds of Lafayette students, faculty, staff, and alumni will once again join together to help community organizations in Easton and cities across the country during April and May for Lafapalooza 2013: Lafayette’s National Month of Service. Members of the Lafayette Alumni of the Lehigh Valley have organized volunteers to assist with trail cleanup of the [...]
Jimmy Carter Speaks at Lafayette College
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will deliver the inaugural Robert ’69 and Margaret Pastor Lecture in International Affairs at 4 p.m. Monday, April 22 at Lafayette College. Carter’s address, “Reflections on Human Rights and Democracy,” is scheduled to be held outdoors on the campus Quad. The event is free and open to the public. If [...]
Jane Goodall Lecture will be Live Streamed on Lafayette Campus and Website
Goodall will sign books and pose for photos after Thursday, April 11 talk A lecture by primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall at Lafayette College at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 is being televised live in Colton Chapel on campus and streamed online at www.lafayette.edu. No tickets are required to view the telecast in Colton [...]
Lafayette College’s Kira Lawrence Coauthor of Paper Published in ‘Nature’
Reveals important changes in Earth’s climate roughly 5 million years ago A paper published in the April 4 issue of Nature, one of the most prestigious science journals in the world, by Lafayette College’s Kira Lawrence and a team of researchers reveals important features of the Earth’s climate roughly 5 million years ago during the [...]
Lafayette Breaks Ground for Oechsle Center for Global Education
Lafayette is celebrating two new initiatives in global education this weekend. A dedication ceremony will be held for Grossman House, a special residence housing 25 students interested in global topics at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 at 611 High St. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Oechsle Center for Global Education will be held the next [...]
Two Publications Honored in National Design Competition
