Lafayette College received a record number of applications for the incoming Class of 2029, while the acceptance rate dropped to a near-record low.
10,547 students applied to join next year's class —...
A new base curriculum will be offered to the incoming Class of 2029 and subsequent years, two years after Lafayette College faculty voted to revise it.
The updated curriculum, formally known as the...
Two weeks after the Department of Education’s deadline to end race-based initiatives at federally-funded institutions, Lafayette College appears to have remained steadfast in its programs.
The college’s...
Nearly 1,000 Lafayette College students may have found their lifelong lovers on Monday, that is, if they trust the ins and outs and tricky algorithms of the nationally-recognized Marriage Pact.
The...
Lafayette College received a letter on Monday from the Department of Education warning of “potential enforcement actions” for noncompliance with Title VI, which prohibits discrimination in federally...
Lafayette College named MK Asante '04 as its 190th commencement speaker on Friday, marking the fifth consecutive alumnus of the college chosen to speak to Lafayette’s graduating class.
The majority...
Lafayette College named a new vice president for communications last Thursday, giving the communications division its first permanent leader since 2022. Kathryn Meier, currently the top strategist at Drexel...
Five years into its climate action plan, Lafayette College is just one decade away from its 2035 carbon neutrality goal. How much progress has been made and how close is the college to achieving the planned...
Lafayette College’s recently approved strategic plan will benefit from a $5 million gift made by J.B. Reilly ‘83, a Lehigh Valley resident and member of the college's Board of Trustees, and his wife...
The Department of Education issued a letter last Friday threatening to rescind federal funding from schools and universities that do not dismantle their race-based initiatives. Lafayette College, which...
Grace Reynolds, who held the role of director of residence life for more than 15 years, retired in December, leaving the Office of Residence Life without a director. This vacancy remains as the housing...
By Clara Witmer, Assistant News Editor
• February 21, 2025
Twenty-seven months after Chip Bergh '79 and his wife donated $5.25 million to Lafayette College to begin the Bergh Family Fellows Program, the program has led to a large increase in the number of students...
