Stories about Interdisciplinary

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Action in Entrepreneurship: JR Perez ’27 Launches His Own StartUp

The Baker Institute and Lehigh West provide students with an interdisciplinary, supportive pathway through entrepreneurship that yields real impact.

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DOE Acting Assistant Secretary Curt Coccodrilli Visits Lehigh’s Leading Energy Facilities

The Department of Energy’s Powering America Roadshow led to Lehigh, the first university in Pennsylvania featured in the country-wide tour.

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Lehigh Students Win 2026 Davis Project for Peace Awards

Two teams from Lehigh’s Global Social Impact Fellowship, CareAlert and NewTrition, build innovations for maternal health and population-wide nourishment in Sierra Leone.

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U.N. Tech Envoy Amandeep Gill Urged Lehigh to Take an Active Role in Shaping the Future of AI

Gill rejected the idea that technology alone will determine AI’s future, stating that people still have control over how it develops.

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Ahead of the Game: Leveling Up to Lehigh Life Helps First-Year Students Adapt to College

The immersive video game, Leveling Up to Lehigh Life, is built by Lehigh students for incoming first-years and gamifies the college experience to aid student preparedness, belonging and well-being.

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Scooping Up Smiles: Sara Heintzelman M’11 Has a Mission to Empower Through Education and Entrepreneurship 

Adding to her career in education, Heintzelman opened Get Joy Ice Cream and Coffee, providing employment to those with differing abilities.

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Barriers to Breakthroughs: How Mathematics Innovation is Redefining Student Success at Lehigh

Mathematics department faculty are infusing innovative teaching strategies and initiatives that are reshaping the student experience and outcomes, with fewer students receiving a grade of D or F, or withdrawing from mathematics courses.

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Student Fulbright Scholars Help Lehigh Reach Record Number of Recipients

Two student recipients and an alternate, along with nine faculty scholars, set a Lehigh record for a single academic year.

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Lillian Wu ’27 Receives Goldwater Scholarship, Continuing Pivotal Discoveries in Antibiotic Resistance

The nationally competitive Goldwater Scholarship recognizes students who show exceptional promise as future research leaders in science, engineering and mathematics.

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Class of 2026: Redefining the Future

Lehigh University saluted the achievements of graduates at its 158th Commencement.