Stories about College of Arts and Sciences

Katie Bui and Deirdre Murphy standing next to their public art installation with bird cutouts.

Taking Flight Through Architecture and Sustainable Design

A Lehigh student, faculty mentor and alumna came together to create Flyways, a public art installation at Washington College in Maryland, inspired by migratory birds and ecological observation.

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Lehigh Faculty in the Media: Spring 2026

Professors share their research and perspectives on predicting future data, teacher shortages across Pennsylvania and more.

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R1 Status Excellence: Meet Research-Focused Faculty, Students and Alumni Driving Lehigh’s Research Momentum Forward

From advancing infectious disease prediction to strategizing AI literacy, members of the Lehigh community are solving challenges and developing innovations that continue to shape our world.

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How Lehigh Researcher Michelle Spicer ’12 M’14 Uses Epiphytes to Study Climate Change

From Lehigh’s campus to tropical rainforests, Spicer studies canopy plants to understand how forest ecosystems adapt in a warming climate.

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Pete Buttigieg Speaks About Family, the Future and Finding Common Ground at the 2026 Kenner Lecture

Buttigieg urged audience to imagine “what’s next” for the country during the 2026 Kenner Lecture

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PROFILE: Audrey Jimenez ’28, Lehigh Women’s Wrestling

Audrey Jimenez ’28 has already made history as a female wrestler winning an Arizona boys high school state title. Now she’s making more as Lehigh’s women wrestling squad enters its first varsity season.

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Lehigh Faculty in the Media: Fall/Winter 2025

Highlights of Lehigh faculty members recently featured in media reports.

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Becoming ‘AI Ready’ at Lehigh

With its new “AI Readiness” initiative, Lehigh embraces an AI future—where students will both learn about and with AI, and do it ethically.

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Bookshelf: New Novel by Lori Goldstein ’95 Explores AI in Creative Writing

The fiction novel follows Sofie Wilde, a bestselling author challenged by another author whose successful book was created using AI.

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Lehigh’s Research Highlights of 2025

Take a look back at some of the top research stories at the university in 2025.