Stories about Academics

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.

Ocean tester

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.

Red dresses hang in trees on Lehigh campus

Red Dresses Raise Awareness of Violence Against Indigenous Women

Students honor REDress Project in effort to inform Lehigh community about international issue.

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine Visits Lehigh's HST Building

Levine presented “Challenges and Opportunities Facing Public Health Perspectives from the Assistant Secretary for Health” at the Health, Science and Technology Building on Thursday.

Grace Fuller

First-Year Lehigh Student Grace Fuller Makes NPR’s College Podcast Challenge Top 10

In ‘In Search of Home,' Fuller reflects on the experience of losing her home in the Colorado wildfires.

HST ribbon cutting

Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates New Health, Science and Technology Building

Lehigh’s Health, Science and Technology Building was celebrated Friday with a ribbon cutting.

Rachel Levine

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine to Speak at Lehigh Thursday

Levine will give a presentation at the new Health, Science and Technology Building on how she’s working to help the nation overcome the pandemic.