2017 Volume No. 2
Research Review
Featured
Rick Blum uses advanced signal processing techniques to produce models for radar that can be tools for the design of real-world products.
A lack of trust might prevent even the most egalitarian individual from behaving in a completely egalitarian way. Dominic Packer studies the relationship between trust and bias.
Hannah Dailey's novel orthopedic device may revolutionize bone fracture recovery, improving patient outcomes and reducing costs.
Liuba Belkin's research suggests that after-hours work email expectations negatively impact employees' ability to detach from work.
Keith Moored's work to unlock the fluid mechanics of schools of fish may lead to efficient, autonomous underwater vehicles with the unprecedented ability to perform tasks as a team.
Parents are essential in child language development, says Brook Sawyer. Her work on Parents Plus: Language Coach helps strengthen parents' abilities to help their children.
Lehigh engineers report a previously unknown property for GaN.
Lehigh University has produced some of the world's greatest innovators, inventors and thinkers. A pioneering tradition has permeated our campus and our culture since our founding, and although the world has changed dramatically in the more than 150 years that have passed since, that spirit of discovery remains central to the Lehigh ethos.
In the public health arena, there is a growing recognition that many of the factors that promote, sustain and threaten health operate locally— within individual communities. Lehigh’s Community Health Research Group (CHRG) works with members of the local community, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and public sector to identify and address health needs and health disparities in the Lehigh Valley.
Judith Lasker writes what the New York Times calls a "best-practices manual" for short-term volunteer trips, a growing phenomenon that has sparked both support and criticism.
From ancient clues, Dork Sahagian calculates land elevations as they change over time.
Ricardo Viera and his team at the Lehigh University Art Galleries teach and inspire with a visual laboratory of world-class works.
Julia Lechuga is working with community groups at the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez border to reduce risky behaviors among drug users and curtail the spread of infectious diseases.
Successful peacemaking between longstanding adversaries, a new book argues, is almost always imposed by states from the top down and then sustained by societies.
Ting Wang uses big data to better understand the underlying mechanisms of the creative process.
In the battle against drug-resistant bacteria, Marcos Pires studies the chemical biology of bacterial cell surfaces to better understand how they function—and possibly how to manipulate them.
Robin Hojnoski develops measures to screen preschoolers’ literacy skills and give teachers tools to boost support.
Susan Kart studies contemporary West African art and seeks to reach those her research will impact the most—the people of West Africa.
Sirry Alang explores how African Americans perceive depression.
With support from the National Institutes of Health, Seth Richards-Shubik studies the impact of physician networks on treatment decisions.
Government regulators say daily fantasy sports is a form of gambling, while the industry insists their contests are 'games of skill.' Matthew Melone says the debate is mostly irrelevant.
Matthias Falk is mapping the life cycle of cellular gap junctions to unlock the mystery of mutations that cause disease.
Julie Miwa seeks to understand the role of the lynx gene in learning and behavioral adaptation.
Sushil Kumar has conducted five years of experimental and theoretical research on plasmonic lasers. His work might lead to commercial applications for the tiniest of nanolasers.
Kelly Schultz seeks to inhibit the pause that slows response to wound sites.
Although Facebook Live and other livestreaming services offer citizens a way to question and hold authority accountable, they can also be used to showcase darker impulses and motives, says Jeremy Littau.
“Machine unlearning” boosts security, privacy by erasing data’s lineage.
A first book finds that nuns in post-Reformation England had an influence beyond the cloister.
Charles Stevens examines Chinese approaches to investment opportunities in East Africa.
Lehigh's strengths in materials development put the university in a unique position to help shape the future of additive manufacturing.
On The Cover
In order to truly learn, we must first be willing to embrace the challenge of the unknown.