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Two centuries of excellence. One life-changing education. Cur Non is our rally cry at Lafayette College. Why not have the courage to live boldly?

The motto of the Marquis de Lafayette, our namesake, Cur Non means Why Not. Why not engage in every aspect of learning? Why not use your intellect, energy, and talent to find your place in the world? Cur Non means anything is possible at Lafayette.

09/24/2026

Big jump 📈 Lafayette climbed 20 spots to #28 in the Northeast, in addition to landing #77 nationally, on Washington Monthly's 2026 Best College for Your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars list. The ranking measures access, affordability, outcomes, and service: priorities that shape how we support students.

Learn more: https://lcroar.com/4jfQEPW

09/23/2026

It's officially fall, Leopards—Just a reminder that campus will soon start looking like this!

09/22/2026

In rankings announced today, U.S. News & World Report has once again named Lafayette College the 30th best National Liberal Arts College in the United States. 🙌

Rankings include:

🎓 # 30 National Liberal Arts College
🏫 # 27 Top Private Colleges
⚙️ # 15 Undergraduate Engineering Program (No Doctorate)
📐 # 13 in Civil Engineering
🦾 # 19 in Mechanical Engineering

Learn more: https://bit.ly/46BXYy0

A Lafayette College education is an investment worth making, from the support we provide students before they arrive on campus, to the ways we prepare them for life after graduation. But don’t just take our word for it. Schedule a campus visit to discover more.

09/18/2026

There’s no place like H 🐾 M E! Which one is your favorite? ⤵︎

09/17/2026

As part of the series “Students, Faculty, and the Power of And,” the Lafayette College community had the opportunity to support our 2024 Patriot League champion field hockey team as they opened their season in Evanston, Ill.

Hear from Lisa Gabel, Rappolt Professor of Neuroscience, and Lafayette benefactor and supporter of Lafayette and USA Field Hockey, Bill Rappolt ’67, about the connections that make Lafayette distinctive.

“We’re a fairly small, but powerful college, and having those types of connections and having alumni that are so engaged that it spans across athletics and academics…it’s really impressive.” —Lisa Gabel

Celebrate : lafayette.edu/bicentennial

09/15/2026

The Lafayette College community came together in support of the Lafayette Field Hockey program while celebrating Lafayette College Alumni commitment to support field hockey and neuroscience as part of “Students, Faculty, and the Power of And” Bicentennial event series. 🐆🐾

Next up in the Bicentennial Regional Event Series ⤵︎

📍 North Carolina (Lafayette Legacies)
📍 Massachusetts (Lafayette Legacies)

Learn more: bit.ly/4xVRoOL

📸: Weber Hans

09/14/2026

Lafayette College = Top College 🎓

Lafayette leaped eight spots to #83 on Forbes' Top Colleges 2027 list. The annual list highlights 500 colleges that produce high-earning, successful, and influential graduates. 🙌

Schedule a visit to see for yourself: bit.ly/46sf7Kj

09/10/2026

🎉 160 years of Lafayette Engineering! Established in 1866, the Engineering Division has been linked to Lafayette College's lineage since the very beginning.

Take a look inside Lafayette Engineering’s remarkable legacy and its vision for the future → bit.ly/4gTfLoP

09/09/2026

Lovingly nicknamed the “Grow Lab,” Professor Robert Elliott’s Lab of the Total Ecosystem is situated in the heart of the Acopian Engineering Center.

“Just the fact that Lafayette College as an undergraduate school provides these resources to students to do research to this degree is very rare.” —Eli Byrnes ’26

Learn more: bit.ly/4zZRMx2

09/08/2026

Newly elected Mayor Alison Lintal ’07 reflects on leadership, service, and the unexpected path that led her to public office.

Advice from a Lafayette College alumna ⤵︎

“When you follow your purpose, you may not always know where you’re going to end up, and sometimes you don’t fully know what the outcome of your decisions is going to be...Sometimes you just have to make a move, and great things can happen.” —Alison Lintal ’07

Learn more: bit.ly/4hhaKI8
📸: Eric Forberger

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730 High Street
Easton, PA
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https://www.lafayette.edu/

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