Nov 11, 2019
Pay it Forward
By Heather Mayer Irvine Today the Lafayette campus looks a little different than it did when Joseph “Ricky” Godwin ’81 made a name for himself. Back…
Features
Nov 11, 2019
Power Play
By Heather Mayer Irvine To say playing basketball helped mold LaKeisha Wright ’11 into the woman she is today would be an understatement. Lafayette…
Apr 3, 2019
The Change Maker
By Bryan Hay One of Larry Lennon’s most vivid memories from his early days as a Lafayette first-year student was seeing white students sunning themselves…
Apr 3, 2019
Added Value
By Kathleen Parrish When most students first arrive on Lafayette’s campus they want to know where to go for sushi, how to get to Target, and what there…
Apr 3, 2019
Common Ground
By Kathleen Parrish Michael Newsome ’75 still can’t explain the circumstances surrounding how he came to Lafayette. He had received a full academic…
Oct 4, 2018
Posse 6 Creates Scholarship
By Kathleen Parrish When NYC Posse 6 first arrived on campus in fall 2007, the students treated their mentor, Javad Tavakoli, like a newly minted substitute…
Oct 4, 2018
Paging Dr. McDonogh
By Bill Landauer In the 1890s, a hospital opened in New York, the first in the U.S. not to discriminate against people of color. It was named McDonough…
Oct 4, 2018
Health and Racism
By Kathleen Parrish The effect of racism on health is well-documented. Research has shown that experiencing discrimination increases risk for stress, cardiovascular…
Oct 4, 2018
Hitting the Right Note
By Kathleen Parrish A content producer for New York’s HOT 97, Julian Delgado’s #MeToo moment came in April when he wrote a scathing op-ed for the radio…
Oct 4, 2018
Lafayette Engineering Welcomes Aseel Bala
By Bryan Hay Aseel Bala joined Lafayette’s engineering division this semester, bringing her critical research of thermodynamic modeling to the chemical…