Vol. 12 Issue 1
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In the National and International Limelight
Prof. David Brandes and Interdisciplinary Team Receive Pennsylvania Conservation Award
Alyssa Smith ’11 Shines in National Federal Reserve Video Competition
Growing the Faculty Will Position Lafayette as a Premier Liberal Arts Institution
Have Cur Non Impact
Monica Manglani ’13 Explores How the Brain Recognizes Sound in 10-Week Research Fellowship
Shannon Moran ’14 Organizes World Trade Center Remembrance Week
DeMark Bowman ’12 Mentors Teens at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Cross-Train Your Brain
Student-Faculty Research Explores Using Brainwaves to Control Computer Applications
Collaborative Research Focuses on Improving Water Quality of Wetlands with Bacteria
Make Big Use of Big Resources
Study-Abroad Programs Provide Global Learning Opportunities Outside the Box
Engineering Students Get Charged Up about Battery Technology
Exploring the Geology of the American Southwest
Work with Stellar Professor-Mentors
For Prof. James DeVault, It Really Is the Economy
Prof. Ilan Peleg Deals with Intractable Conflict in His New Book on Israel’s Palestinian Population
Around Campus
College Theater Explores Civil Rights on Stage and in Classroom
Lafayette Welcomes Class of 2015
Alumni and Parents News
Susan Ramer ’83 Is Literary Agent Who Discovered Kathryn Stockett’s Smash Hit The Help
Catching Up with San Francisco 49er Blake Costanzo ’06
Reco Collins ’05 Recognized for Service, Leadership
Lafayette Athletics
Five Honorees Comprise Maroon Club Hall of Fame Class of 2011
Three Fall Teams Off to Fast Start
Men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and volleyball start the season with impressive winning records.
Men’s Soccer: 3-1-1 (standing as of Sept. 13)
Women’s Soccer: 4-1
Volleyball: 6-3