Stories about Academics

Drone work

Do Physical Connections Improve the Control and Performance of Robot Swarms?

A Lehigh research team explores the question by building novel control algorithms and linked robots. Prototypes will be put to the test in the Defend the Republic Drone Competition Nov. 17.

Provost Nathan Urban address symposium

Lehigh Symposium Puts Focus on Entrepreneurship

Community and business leaders are welcomed to campus for discussion on the role of universities in fostering innovation.

Judges

Lehigh Student Wins Several Awards in Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition

Dulra Amolegbe ’26 created the start-up, Dot, that offers immigrant students a way to make cashless transactions.

Community Mapping” project

Mapping for Change: A Collective Effort for a Healthier Bethlehem Environment

Lehigh students and Bethlehem community collaborate to address persistent waste challenges.

MOU signing

Lehigh and Delaware Nation Announce Partnership

The agreement will aid in Indigenous research opportunities and establish a historic preservation office on campus. Lehigh is situated on Delaware Nation’s ancestral lands.

ARC grant

Pennsylvania Partners with Lehigh to Gather and Promote Native American Histories and Cultures

A grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, in partnership with Lehigh, to develop a plan for collecting Indigenous histories.

Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney to Deliver 2024 Kenner Lecture

The former U.S. Rep will present ‘Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Liz Cheney.’

Shellen Wu

Shellen Wu Participates in Congressional Briefing on U.S.-China Relations

Wu, the L.H. Gipson Chair in Transnational History at Lehigh, addresses the history of science and technology exchanges between the two nations.

Oriana Fisher

Biochemist Oriana Fisher Awarded NIH Grant to Study Bacteria Response to Environmental Changes

Fisher’s research may have long-term implications for antimicrobial drug development.

Still image of grains of sand flowing uphill

Defying Gravity? Lehigh Researchers Discover Sand That Flows Up

The discovery could lead to a vast range of applications in a variety of field including healthcare, material transport and agriculture.