Stories about College of Arts and Sciences

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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.

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Art, Empathy and Interdisciplinary Innovation: A Collaborative Exhibit Explores the Lived Experience of Mental Health

One year after receiving a Future Maker Grant, Lehigh College of Health ethicist Ally Peabody Smith’s interdisciplinary project created space for reflection, wellbeing and community.

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Pete Buttigieg to Deliver 2026 Kenner Lecture

The former U.S. Secretary of Transportation will present "Civility in Public Discourse: Navigating Polarization and Uncertainty."