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.
Steven Sametz directs Lehigh University Choral Arts at Christmas Vespers one last time.
The new Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program addresses the gap between academic research and practical solutions for society’s complex problems.
Teams from eight universities compete in an event held for the first time at Lehigh.
While at Lehigh, Raihan Alam ’23 co-founded the Douglass Dialogues, a student club that encourages civil discourse about social, cultural and political topics.
A letter from the editor
Eby is driving awareness about the terminal disease and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for research.
These alumni, faculty and students are among those making a difference in their communities—and beyond—through their research, advocacy and entrepreneurship.
Community and business leaders are welcomed to campus for discussion on the role of universities in fostering innovation.
Wu, the L.H. Gipson Chair in Transnational History at Lehigh, addresses the history of science and technology exchanges between the two nations.
The university hosts events to recognize postdoctoral scholars’ contributions to discovery.
‘Although we are a small college, we have a big mission,’ the new dean says as family, friends and the Lehigh community gather in celebration.
University holds an information session on the implementation phase of the strategic plan.
First-year students receive warm welcome as they join the Lehigh community.
Hundreds of first-year students explored restaurants and the Greenway during the 10th year anniversary event.
First-year and transfer students come together Friday in Baker Hall for the official start of the new academic year.
Professor Arindam Banerjee will lead the team that will provide graduate students with the skills needed to pioneer solutions toward an equitable, decarbonized energy future.
Thun, who had served as director of planned giving in the Office of Development, died July 30.
Expert pie-maker Carol (Cochrane) Kankelborg ’86 shares tips.
A letter from Bulletin Editor Mary Ellen Alu.
National retailer puts Goblies on its shelves.
