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Ezra Klein

NYT Columnist Ezra Klein: Politics Shouldn’t Solely Be About Amplifying Arguments

Klein, a New York Times opinion columnist and Vox founder, discusses toxic polarization and offers fixes for American politics as he delivers the 2022 Kenner lecture.

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LUAG Awarded Federal Grant for Program that Fosters Community Connections

The Institute of Museum and Library Services grant will support LUAG’s Taste of Art program.

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Ezra Klein to Deliver 2022 Kenner Lecture

The New York Times columnist, podcast host and author will virtually present ‘What We Can Do About Toxic Polarization.’

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Remaking the Nervous System: Michael Layden Studies the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella, to Understand Neural Development, Evolution and Regeneration

Michael Layden turns to the starlet sea anemone to better understand neural development and how the human brain evolved, and potentially improve treatments of central nervous system disorders.

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Tracing the Roots of U.S. Deportation Practices

Historian Emily Pope-Obeda explores U.S. deportation practices and their impacts, focusing on the 1920s when deportation “came of age.”

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Lei Wu Develops Novel Mathematical Methods to Quantitatively Characterize Multi-scale Models for Kinetic Theory

Wu explores Hilbert’s sixth problem to determine which mathematical approach to use in a particular regime.

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A Sharper Focus on Catastrophe Modeling

Paolo Bocchini, Daniel Conus, Brian Davison and their colleagues leverage their collaborative experience in probabilistic modeling to sharpen their focus on catastrophe modeling, a discipline not traditionally explored in academia.

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LUAG Receives CDC Grant to Support Community Well-Being

The $10,000 federal grant will be used to combat vaccine hesitancy among local residents.

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Visual Artist Shimon Attie to Focus New Exhibition on Bethlehem’s Past and Present

Renowned public and video artist joins Lehigh as the Theodore U. Horger ’61 Artist-in-Residence.

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EXHIBITION: Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers

The exhibition coincides with the university celebrating 50 years of undergraduate women at Lehigh.