Stories about Graduate Education

2025-2026 New Trustees

Lehigh Appoints New Trustees for 2025-2026

Four new members joined the Board of Trustees and began their terms on July 1.

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Engineering the Future of Resilience

Lehigh’s First Future Makers Research Center Tackles Catastrophe with Data, Simulation and Human Insight.

Commencement 2025

James T. Wassil ’99G ’05G of Vaxcyte Inc., Tells Graduates ‘The Journey Ahead is Yours to Shape’

Wassil delivered the keynote address at the 2025 Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Saturday.

Urinrin Otite

Perseverance Meets Passion: Lehigh Student Finds Calling in Catastrophe Modeling, Earns Inaugural Master’s Degree

Urinrin Otite ’25G ’27 Ph.D chose Lehigh to take her education further and discovered her path to success through Lehigh’s new University Research Center.

Martin Harmer Lab

New Material Gives Copper Superalloy-like Strength

Breakthrough material could transform aerospace, defense and industrial applications.

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Earning a Lehigh Degree from 7,000 Miles Away

Lorelei Loveridge ‘26G is completing her M.Ed through Lehigh’s International School Counseling program from Kuwait, where she is studying to guide students on their future career paths.

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Lehigh’s Future Makers Grants Spark Innovation Across Disciplines

A year after the inaugural Future Makers grants were awarded, they are igniting creativity and driving impactful change across campus.

Choi researchers

College of Health Professor Joins NIH Grant to Research Early Environmental Influences on Child Health and Development

Hyunok Choi joins researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the Nationwide ECHO Program.

Chen Shi

Supporting Parents of Children with Behavioral Challenges

Chen Shi ’21 is conducting research focused on helping children with emotional behavioral disorder, ADHD and their families.

Wearable Tech

Wearable Tech: A Game Changer for Athletes' Performance

Dhruv Seshadri, Lehigh University assistant professor of bioengineering, studies how wearable technology can be improved and how the data can better athletes’ performance while preventing injury.