A motion to establish a syllabus repository was passed at the faculty meeting on Tuesday months after the repository was proposed as an alternative to public course evaluation data, which the faculty voted...
Student advocacy groups are still feeling the effects of the months-long vacancies left by the departures of Tommy Lee, the former assistant director of intercultural development for gender and sexuality...
Changes made to the annual Aaron O. Hoff Awards by the Division of Student Life prompted faculty backlash last week, resulting in a pledge to reverse the edits.
“I think there’s a general danger...
Joseph Shieber, a Lafayette philosophy professor of over two decades, passed away on Sunday morning after a short illness. He was 53.
Shieber joined the Lafayette faculty in 2003 after receiving his...
Lafayette College has named a new provost: Laura McGrane, the current associate provost for strategic initiatives at Haverford College. McGrane will be taking over as Lafayette’s chief academic officer...
The third draft of the mission statement was approved by the faculty at a March 26 meeting in a 92 to 26 vote, with eight abstentions, according to Clerk of the Faculty Joshua Smith. The vote comes weeks...
By Alexa McCarus, Contributing Writer
• April 5, 2024
The inaugural Ilan Peleg Award, endowed by Chip Bergh ‘79, was awarded to two professors on March 28 in honor of Ilan Peleg, a professor of government and law. It was awarded to chemistry professor Chip...
The new McCutchen Research Scholars in STEM program will provide a unique paid opportunity for women and nonbinary students of color to work alongside an alumnae of color in STEM.
Created by The Hanson...
Rob Young ‘14, the director of intercultural development, will depart the college on Monday after five years in the position and nearly a decade of service to the college.
Young will assume the role...
A motion to approve the final draft of Lafayette College's mission and values statement was withdrawn after a contentious 45-minute debate at last Tuesday's faculty meeting. The withdrawal followed a separate...
The math department expects to be renamed next semester from the Department of Mathematics to the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
The name change was narrowly endorsed on Tuesday by the faculty...
Associate professor of anthropology Monica Salas Landa was listed on a conservative "watchlist" last December.
The Professor Watchlist, an offshoot of Turning Point USA whose mission is "to expose and...
