Director, Editorial Services
Editor, Lehigh Bulletin
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
(610) 758-6391
maa614@lehigh.edu
Mary Ellen Alu is director of editorial services in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She is editor of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, published three times a year; and she has played a key role in other publications, including the College of Education’s Theory to Practice magazine and Lehigh Business, the annual magazine of the College of Business. She also writes and edits for Lehigh’s online news sites.
Alu joined Lehigh’s communications office in 2014 after a lengthy career in journalism. She worked as an editor for AOL’s online news service, Patch; as an editor and reporter for The Morning Call daily newspaper in Allentown, Pa.; and as a reporter for The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She holds a Masters of Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Wilkes College (now University). She is the recipient of numerous writing and reporting awards.
Alu is a former co-president and board member of Families with Children from China – Lehigh Valley Chapter. She also served as an assistant troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 6008 based at St. Thomas More in Salisbury Township, Pa.
Heather (Zaslansky) Kay ’94 coaches, holds workshops and conducts assessments to help individuals and teams excel.
Editor Mary Ellen Alu says adieu.
New courses will center around health analytics.
Student group makes 3-D printed prosthetics to help those in need.
Students and their families rejoice, as the university hold its 156th Commencement ceremonies.
Lehigh held its 156th Commencement May 18-19, 2024. Watch highlights of the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies.
Olson achieves dream of being a contestant on long-running game show.
Admitted students come from 49 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and 65 countries.
The team aims to fight malnutrition in Bududa, Uganda, through a sustainable poultry program and education campaign.
Kothare was recognized for his contributions to solving engineering problems that require assimilation of concepts from various fields.
A letter from the editor
Entrepreneur Craig Ploetner ’94 mentors Lehigh students through the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.
The Lehigh wrestler is Hotel Bethlehem's first "community ambassador."
Eugene Vivino '16 helps manage the cyber infrastructure for research vessels around the world.
The university recommits to loan program that aims to help small businesses flourish.
The outspoken Trump critic and former U.S. Representative delivers the Kenner Lecture on Cultural Understanding in talk titled ‘Defending Democracy.’
The College of Arts and Sciences launches a new research center that focuses on the field of ocean science.
The distinguished Lehigh alumnus provided the generous gifts that established the Vistex Institute for Executive Education at Lehigh.
Faculty, staff and students join the national observance by picking up trash, making fleece blankets for children suffering trauma, working at an animal shelter, and more.
Lehigh researchers provide a methodology for predicting wildfires, work to speed up the translation of research into actual use, discover a novel way to capture carbon pollution, and other developments.
