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3.5.20: Novel Coronavirus Campus Response Update

Faculty guidance for instructors in all departments to plan for teaching in an online environment.


3.5.20: COVID-19 update and NEW travel information

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.

Jackie Krasas, deputy provost for faculty affairs at Lehigh University

Jackie Krasas '87 Named Lehigh’s New Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs

Krasas succeeds Robert Flowers, who was recently named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

A collection of colorful shampoo bottles on a shower shelf

Lehigh Physics Professor Demonstrates: Why Is an Empty Shampoo Bottle So Easy to Knock Over?

This easily observed and annoying phenomenon yields insights into center of mass and impacts. Jerome Licini and a first-year physics student demonstrate the effects of impact.

Lehigh's Alumni Memorial Building

Lehigh Accounting Program Ranked on Optimal’s 2020 Best Colleges List

Graduates with an accounting degree from Lehigh have the eighth highest median salary one year after graduation, according to the GradReports.com rankings.


3.2.20: Lehigh Update on COVID-19 for Summer Study Abroad and Internships

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.


3.2.20: Lehigh University Study Abroad Update on COVID-19

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.


3.2.20: Important faculty and staff information regarding travel and COVID-19

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.

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Nathan Urban Appointed Lehigh Provost

Urban joins Lehigh from the University of Pittsburgh, where he serves as vice provost for graduate studies and strategic initiatives.


3.2.20: Reminder - Temporary Closure of Packer Avenue

The purpose of these updates is to keep the Lehigh community informed about the temporary closure of Packer Avenue.


2.29.20: Update from Lehigh: Italy risk level 2/29

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.


2.28.20: Update from Lehigh: Italy risk level 2/28

The purpose of this page is to keep the Lehigh community informed about the public health situation relating to the Coronavirus. Check this page for ongoing updates and answers to frequently asked questions.


2.28.20: Important information regarding spring break travel and COVID-19

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.


Lehigh announces tuition increase for upcoming academic year

The 4.0 percent increase was recently approved by university trustees.

Terry Hart ’68

Distinguished NASA Astronaut Terry Hart ’68 to Deliver Lehigh Commencement Address and Celebration Kickoff

Hart ’68—a former NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and telecommunications executive who joined Lehigh’s faculty in 2006—will address the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 virtually as this year’s Commencement speaker.

Photo of Lehigh's University Center

Solar Partnership Will Help Lehigh Offset 100% of Electric Emissions

Lehigh and Lafayette, Muhlenberg and Dickinson colleges join forces for unprecedented renewable energy purchase. It will be the 12th largest higher education renewable energy project, in terms of megawatts, in the country.

Headshot of Xiaoji Xu

Xiaoji Xu Named a 2020 Sloan Research Fellow

Professor Xu is one of only 23 early-career chemistry scholars in the U.S. and Canada to receive this prestigious award.


2.20.20: Temporary closure of Packer Avenue

Earlier this week, the Bethlehem City Council approved the temporary closure of Packer Avenue from Vine Street to Webster Street, beginning March 9 and continuing through April 30, 2020.


2.20.20: Health and Wellness Center Campus Update

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.


2.13.20: Health and Wellness Center Campus Update

The university senior leadership and medical professionals in the Health and Wellness Center continue to monitor the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to provide updates.