Stories about Academics

Convocation 2022

Fall 2022 Honors Convocation Recognizes Students’ Academic Accomplishments

The 44th honors ceremony celebrated 270 undergraduate students for high academic achievement.

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Andrew Hill Named Inaugural Director of the New Lehigh Ventures Lab

Lehigh establishes its first startup accelerator for pre-seed and seed-stage enterprises.

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‘XR Learning’ Takes Lehigh Students Beyond the Classroom

More faculty are supplementing their lesson plans with “extended reality,” or XR learning, which includes virtual and augmented reality.

Ron Nersesian ’82 and Clay Boice '22

New Keysight Technologies Lab Added to Packard Lab

Made possible by a gift from Keysight Technologies Inc., the lab will provide experiential learning opportunities for those entering the fields of electrical engineering and computer engineering.

Linda and D. Brooks Zug ’67 endowed the Community Health Student Internship Fund with a gift of $1 million.

Enabling Internships

A gift by Linda and D. Brooks Zug ’67 endows College of Health fund.

Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith

NIH Grant Funds Lehigh Researchers' Exploration of Lipid Membranes

Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith and Damien Thévenin envision that the models they produce will apply to multiple cell lines and flow conditions, and will lay the groundwork for future research directions.

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Off-Axis High-Temperature Hydrothermal Field Discovered at East Pacific Rise

Spearheaded by the McDermott lab at Lehigh, the research demonstrates there are more hydrothermal vents in the deep-sea than previously thought and underscores a need for bathymetric mapping to locate them.

Study is first to confirm lead in water causes adverse fetal health outcomes

Study: Lead in Water Causes Adverse Fetal Health Outcomes

Researchers from Lehigh and Bentley universities publish the first study that confirms a link between lead in water and adverse fetal health outcomes such as low birth weights and preterm births.

Eduardo J. Gómez

Eduardo J. Gómez Leads The Lancet’s First Series on Political Science and Health

The series explores the importance of the role of political science in health.

Alan W. Pense

Remembering Alan W. Pense, Former Lehigh Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Pense, who rose through the ranks from professor to provost, was a renowned figure in the world of metallurgy research and education.