John Wilson

The Bushkill Creek is a aquatic paradise for macroinvertebrates, fish and other large aquatic life, and Faculty and students of the Environmental Science program at Lafayette College.  In a decade long project led by Dr. Megan Rothenberger ’02, the health of the Bushkill creek has been monitored quarterly by research students.  This treasure trove of … Read more

Professor Christa Kelleher ’08, works with students to examine relationships between hydrology and water quality in natural and human impacted settings.  Surveying and GIS mapping is a common activity in projects.  Learn more about Professor Kelleher’s research and students. This research was highlighted in the Lafayette Alumni Magazine.

The Lehigh Valley Historical Maps Consortium (LVHMC) is a group of local archivists, librarians, curators, and historians with an interest in historical maps who collaborate with the goal of establishing a collective inventory of maps related to the Lehigh Valley. Ultimately this inventory will provide a centralized resource for the discovery of maps which have been digitized … Read more

An interdisciplinary project to understand the history of the Easton Cemetery’s 42,000 interred guests.  Integrating paper records into a digital format for connection with the spatial location of all plots in the cemetery grounds.  Students from multiple classes are involved reading tombstones, measuring plots and working through countless data files.