Aug 26, 2021
The Audacity to ‘Go for It’
By Shannon Sigafoos On a sweltering summer day, Kyara Gray ’11 and her best friend, business partner, and husband, Khalil Uqdah, made the rounds of the…
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Aug 25, 2021
A Special Homecoming
By Bryan Hay For members of David A. Portlock’s family, Lafayette will always be a second home, a place to reminisce about how his bold leadership helped…
Aug 18, 2021
‘Every Day Is Another Chance to Change a Patient’s Life’
By Shannon Sigafoos An infant with a tethered spinal cord. A motor vehicle accident victim who is unable to feel their arms or legs. A woman who is undergoing…
Aug 18, 2021
A Helping Hand
By Bryan Hay Dr. Mosi London ’10 still remembers how much he gained from his immersive experience in the externship program at Lafayette College, which…
May 27, 2021
Introducing the New Portlock Black Cultural Center
We are excited to share the renderings for the new Portlock Black Cultural Center, which will stand at the corner of McCartney and Hart Streets. The center…
May 5, 2021
New Portlock Black Cultural Center Video
Jan 28, 2021
Empowering a Renaissance in West Baltimore
At the invitation of the Arch Social Club of Baltimore, Professor Gladstone “Fluney” Hutchinson is co-leading a multiyear collaborative co-learning…
Jan 28, 2021
‘If You Want Change, You’ve Got to Create the Change’
Stan Morse ’85 is lead organizer for the Justice for All Coalition, which was formed in Astoria and Long Island City to address community needs around…
Jan 28, 2021
Building Bridges
Danielle Bero's work and unshakable devotion as an educational consultant, social justice warrior, and poet has not only impacted the lives of marginalized…
Jan 28, 2021
Continuing Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight for Health Care
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” This quote from Martin Luther King Jr., made during a 1966…