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Valerie Taylor: Using Virtual Reality to Improve Interracial Interactions and Diversity in STEM

Valerie Jones Taylor has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to demonstrate the effectiveness of virtual reality as a training tool to improve interracial interactions and aid in diversifying the STEM pipeline.


Seismologist Anne Meltzer Helped Lead Rapid Response to the Pedernales Earthquake in Ecuador

Meltzer joined colleagues from the Instituo Geofisica at Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito to deploy 55 seismometers on land and 10 ocean-bottom seismometers above the rupture zone and adjacent areas to record aftershocks.


Dana Seiden ’10 is Living Her Dream—And Paving a Path for Women in Sports

Seiden is vice president, chief of staff at Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns and operates two of the professional sports teams she was a fan of as a child.


Staying Connected in the Pandemic

Five volunteer leaders reflect on lessons learned—and new opportunities


John D. Simon: Building Excellence and 'A Culture of Possibility'

As Lehigh’s president, John D. Simon worked to raise the ambition of the entire university. As his tenure ends, he shares his reflections on his years at Lehigh, and the university’s many achievements over the past six years.


Picturing Wellness

LUAG initiates dialogue about well-being during pandemic.


EXHIBITION: Black and White Sketches in Quarantine

Online exhibition highlights a virtual artist community and project of the same name.


Dede Ayite ’07 Uses What She Learned in Neuroscience at Lehigh to Design Costumes for Broadway. She Has Two 2020 Award Nominations.

Ayite followed her heart to a career in the arts. She received Tony nominations in 2020 for Best Costume Design of a Play for A Soldier’s Play and Slave Play.


Unlocking the Secrets of the Swimming Efficiency of Tuna to Develop the Next Generation of Underwater Vehicles

Keith W. Moored, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, is working with a team of researchers to better understand the swimming efficiency of tuna.


A Heartfelt Thank You

A letter from President John D. Simon '19P


Correspondence

Letters to the Editor


A Good (and True) First Impression

A Good (and True) First Impression


Health, Science and Technology Building Takes Shape

Lehigh’s new HST Building will open in Fall 2021.


Stephen DeWeerth Reappointed Dean of P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

DeWeerth has led the Rossin College since 2016.


Portraits of the Brain: Teaching Students About Neuroanatomy

Art and science come together in unique textbook project supported by Lehigh Humanities Lab.


Professor, Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. Delivers Virtual Baccalaureate Address

Dionne is a Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and professor in the foundations of democracy and culture at Georgetown University.


Celebrating Lehigh’s Class of 2021

Lehigh holds two in-person Commencement ceremonies Monday for Class of 2021 undergraduates.


Former NASA Astronaut Terry Hart ’68 to Graduates: Be an Effective Team Member

The Lehigh mechanical engineering and mechanics professor virtually addresses the Classes of 2020 and 2021.

UPDATE: In-person ceremony is held Saturday morning for undergraduates of the Class of 2020.


Lehigh holds Doctoral Hooding, Commencement for Graduate Students

Those receiving master’s and doctoral degrees from the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 were honored in a joint ceremony Friday afternoon.


Nathan Urban Installed as Provost

The official installation of Urban, who became Lehigh’s provost in the summer of 2020, was postponed to allow for an in-person gathering of family and members of the Lehigh community on May 21, 2021.