Stories about Academics

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Want to Prevent Misinformation? Present Data With an Interactive Visual

With polarization and misinformation on the rise, new research explores a solution using interactive data visualization to inform and engage readers.

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‘Stellar Paternity Tests’ Match Orphaned Stars to Their Milky Way Origins

Lehigh researchers connect 'hot young stars' to the clusters of their birth using Gaia Mission survey of 1 billion stars.

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2023: 10 Great Research Stories

Lehigh researchers provide a methodology for predicting wildfires, work to speed up the translation of research into actual use, discover a novel way to capture carbon pollution, and other developments.

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Lehigh Professor Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant to Explore Food as a Human Right

Eduardo J. Gómez will study what the U.S. can learn from lesser developed countries that have enshrined access to food as a human right in their constitutions

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Engineering Dreams: From Lehigh to SpaceX

Lehigh’s Design Labs help shape the next generation of space pioneers through experiential learning.

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Cybersecurity Tops Supply Chain Managers’ List of Biggest Risks Again

It's the fourth straight quarter cybersecurity tops the Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index while customer risk is second.

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Lehigh Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Enhance Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

Funding will support project that aims to provide digital maps to improve accessibility and navigation for persons with disabilities.

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NSF Awards $6M to Lehigh to Speed Up Translation of Research Into Actual Use

The new Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program addresses the gap between academic research and practical solutions for society’s complex problems.

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Lehigh Hosts Inaugural Pennsylvania Arts & Humanities: A Statewide Convening

An estimated 300 professionals from dozens of cultural and arts organizations around the state attended the event, which was well received.

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Frontiers Remain Key Concept in Geopolitics, Shellen Wu Argues in New Book

Wu's findings in 'Birth of the Geopolitical Age: Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China' draw on research she conducted in Asia, North America and Europe.