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.
Education, labor and industry leaders to converge at Lehigh as part of an around-the-globe centenary celebration of the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency.
Study observes how the interactions between technological growth and specialization patterns between native and immigrant workers affect wages earned by native workers.
Christopher Liang and Nicole L. Johnson explore how socialized gender roles can impact men’s and women’s health, contribute to rape culture and amplify cultural problems.
Lehigh’s ongoing implementation of its Path to Prominence plan can be seen in several projects, including SouthSide Commons and New Residential Houses.
Evelyn and Jim Piazza, whose son Tim died as a result of hazing, meet with Lehigh students in effort to save lives.
Medical Amnesty PSA: For Students, by Students
Lehigh FinTech Group brings intercollegiate hackathon to campus for the first time.
Peirce joins Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics following successful career with Wharton Executive Education.
Lehigh students, staff, faculty and administrators converge in the Poconos for a weekend-long retreat that explored 'The State of Our Union.'
BASD Superintendent Joseph Roy and psychologist Peter Langman sit down for a crucial conversation on school shooters.
This Biz Quiz came courtesy of Marina Puzakova, associate professor of marketing.
Parents who lost sons to hazing meet with Lehigh students to turn tragedy into progress.
Jim and Evelyn Piazza and Rich Braham will meet with Lehigh students on ‘Turning Tragedy into Progress.’
Beth Galetti ’93 oversees one of the largest workforces in the tech industry. Unafraid of new challenges, she’s also helping to launch a new health care venture.
Neuroscientist Daniel Babcock is using fruit fly research to pave the way to treatments for Parkinson’s and other diseases.
As Lehigh expands its efforts in sustainability, it makes a pledge to buy more of its food from local farms and humane sources.
