University Communications

Today, hierarchies are flattening, employees are looking for flexibility and meaning as much as a paycheck, and they want to be engaged, challenged, have opportunities for creativity, and have a voice. In this context, leaders who can pause, ask questions, listen and attempt to understand their employees’ perspectives (particularly those with whom they disagree), and try to empower employees, should be most effective. These are sometimes called servant leaders.

The tales of how we navigate the vicissitudes of everyday life and loss become vital to us. From the sum of those stories, we create our lives and our identities. We are the stories we know and the stories we tell.

Matters of diversity, social justice, politics, religion, constitutional rights, inclusion and even exclusion begin to scratch the surface of formal and informal conversations that take place on any given day.

Social cognition focuses on how social forces shape how we think and act.

A first step is understanding what we mean by “equitable campus” and how it relates to diversity and inclusion efforts. In our case, we are building on the three strategic pillars of diversity, inclusion and equity. When we talk about an equitable culture, we are really referring to a culture of equity versus a culture of equal opportunity.

The opioid epidemic is complex and multifaceted, so the solutions are unlikely to be simple. Universities have the great advantage of the presence of faculty with diverse skill sets working in close proximity. If a university can create an environment that promotes interaction, cross-pollination of ideas, and interdisciplinary collaboration, it can become an ideal breeding ground for creative solutions to important societal issues.

Lehigh is one of only three colleges in Pennsylvania to get a silver rating in 2017.

We seek to educate graduates who are prepared to analyze complex global challenges, to collaborate respectfully and effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, and to take responsible local action after due consideration of contemporary global contexts.

Educators still need to provide academic preparation for career readiness, but they also need to prepare students for today’s fast-paced technological society undergirded by the American democracy.

Several MLK Day events are open to members of the university community.

IBE students develop product that utilizes virtual reality technology to administer a field test that would screen for glaucoma.

Lehigh students from all areas of study spent Jan. 2-8 in a “live case” learning environment in the Silicon Valley.

Of all the needs we humans share, none is as unifying as our need for safe drinking water.

Permaculture is an agricultural design system that focuses on sustainability through understanding patterns found in nature that can be directly related back to human systems.

Lehigh's Marching 97 joins performers from around the world in 2018 New Year’s Day Parade in London, England.

Whitten, an influential journalist who often returned to Lehigh to share his expertise with students, passed away Dec. 2, 2017.

Lehigh geophysicist discusses the significance of magnetism in sedimentary rock deposits.

Group offers access to emergency response services with mesh networking innovation.

The Dialogue Center has joined the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health as a network affiliate. 

Floyd D. Beachum closes out his Leading Inclusive Learning Systems course for the fall 2017 semester with an immersive lesson in stereotying.