University Communications

University Communications

Lehigh University
Communications and Public Affairs
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P: 610-758-4487
Fax: 610-758-5566
Email: communications@lehigh.edu
Website: www.lehigh.edu/communications

University Communications Staff

Kristen DiPrinzio
Director, University Communications

Lauren Thein
Stephen Gross
 

President Video Message: A Community of Belonging for All

A message sent to members of the Lehigh campus community.

Squawk: What’s One Piece of Helpful Advice You Would Pass on to the Class of 2026?

Ahead of Commencement, we asked the Lehigh community to share advice for current and incoming students.

Strengthening Our Impact

A letter from Lehigh President Joseph J. Helble '82 in the Spring 2026 Alumni Bulletin.

Lehigh Faculty in the Media: Spring 2026

Professors share their research and perspectives on predicting future data, teacher shortages across Pennsylvania and more.

Building a Lifelong Community

A letter from Stephanie Fisher, assistant vice president for Alumni Relations, in the Spring 2026 Alumni Bulletin.

R1 Status Excellence: Meet Research-Focused Faculty, Students and Alumni Driving Lehigh’s Research Momentum Forward

From advancing infectious disease prediction to strategizing AI literacy, members of the Lehigh community are solving challenges and developing innovations that continue to shape our world.

Shaping the Future: AI, Humanity and Innovation

Compelling Perspectives speakers share viewpoints on the challenges and possibilities of AI.

Scholar of Faith and Technology to Deliver 2026 Baccalaureate Address

Timothy Beal will explore AI, ethics, and the role of higher education in shaping a just and sustainable future.

Building What’s Next for Women’s Athletics

Lehigh is focused on strengthening all of its women’s teams by recruiting top student-athletes and coaches and providing them with the resources needed to succeed.

Chris Hemschot ’93: Generating Energy Solutions

Hemschot, vice president of development at Tenaska, became involved with Lehigh’s Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES) in October 2025. His work, like his involvement with ACES, centers on creating practical, forward-thinking energy solutions that people and communities rely on.

Haley Bennett MS’26: Mapping the Mind

Bennett, a master’s student in cognitive psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, employs eye-tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) methods to investigate how the brain prioritizes information amid distraction.

Daniel Laverty: Decoding Cancer’s Resistance to Treatment

Laverty, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is developing innovative tools to understand exactly how cancer cells exploit DNA repair and how to turn that knowledge into more precise cancer therapy.

Ludovica Cesareo: Studying Creativity in Sustainability

Cesareo, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, explores the role creativity, i.e., novelty and usefulness, of a mass-marketed product plays in sustainability.

Thomas McAndrew: Advancing Infectious Disease Prediction

McAndrew, associate professor in the department of biostatistics and health data science in the College of Education, is developing a plan to commercialize DECISIONCAST, a real-time forecasting platform that helps public health officials make faster, data-driven decisions during disease outbreaks.

Juan Zheng: Strategizing AI Literacy

Zheng, assistant professor of the teaching, learning and technology program in the College of Education, is developing Meta-Partner, a computer program platform that aims to help students become strategic AI users.

Luis F. Zuluaga: Redefining the Limits of Problem-Solving

Zuluaga, professor in the industrial and systems engineering department in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is helping redefine the limits of problem-solving through his work on quantum and quantum-inspired optimization methods.

Lehigh University Opens First Public Trail in Forest Park

Unlocking recreation for community and campus, the initiative is part of Lehigh’s 2025 campus master plan.

Government Intervention in the Supply Chain Concerns Experts

Cybersecurity and Data Risk remains high in Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index

Lehigh Business in Top 100 for Research

Faculty members in the College of Business have had 32 papers in top-tier journals over the past two years.

James R. Maida ’85 Appointed Chair of Lehigh’s Board of Trustees

Second-generation alumnus and global entrepreneur succeeds Vincent Forlenza ’75