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Staying Connected Online

A letter from Jennifer Cunningham, assistant vice president for Alumni Relations


8.31.20: COVID-19 Dashboard & Reporting updated

Lehigh University is taking measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 on campus and in the surrounding Bethlehem community. The data included in this dashboard are updated weekly on Mondays by 9:30 a.m.


8.28.20: Support & Guidance for Students

A message to faculty and instructional staff from Provost Urban


8.28.20: Weekly Update from the Health & Wellness Center

A welcome message sent to students by the Lehigh Health & Wellness Center during the first week of the Fall 2020 semester.

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8.27.20: A New Semester

A message from President Simon to Lehigh students that was also sent to Lehigh families, faculty and staff.


8.26.20: Last Day to Submit Survey for Alternative COVID-19 Testing Option

A message to students from the Health and Wellness Center

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At a Time of Global Health Crisis, Lehigh Opens an Innovative College of Health

The College of Health is the first new college to open at Lehigh in the past 50 years.


Dispatches: The Greatest Generation

Dawn MacAllister ’85 recaps poignant conversations she’s had with her father, Tom MacAllister ’43.


How Lehigh Went Remote—In Four Days

Lehigh’s Library and Technology Services (LTS) and its Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) were thrust center stage.

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Essential Workers Provide Support, Keep Lehigh Safe

While the COVID-19 pandemic sent almost all of Lehigh’s faculty, students and staff home in early March, a small number of Lehigh’s essential workers remained on campus to provide support for students, manage university operations and keep campus safe. Here, we share some of their stories.

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A Campus Community Responds to Crisis

The strength, ingenuity and resilience of the Lehigh community have been tested—and will continue to be tested—like never before.


8.24.20: COVID-19 Health Protocols: Responding and Reporting

A message to faculty and staff from Nathan Urban and Pat Johnson


Students React to Online Learning

Lehigh students quickly transitioned to online learning, but many longed to be back on campus.


Lab Learning From a Distance

Xiaoji Xu, assistant professor of chemistry, and a team of students develop virtual reality tool to help instructors provide lab-based experiences to students without bringing them into the lab.


Spreading Cheer: Music, Face Mask Donations and Comics

Faculty, students, staff and alumni looked for ways to help their communities.

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Making Lehigh an Antiracist University

George Floyd killing prompts activism, candid dialogue.


Correspondence

Letters to the Editor


Hope and Humility

A letter from President John D. Simon '19P