Stories about Power of Connection

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Meet Lehigh’s Faculty for the 2026-27 Academic Year

Explore profiles of the university’s new faculty as they are introduced to the campus community.

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Lehigh University Announces Marty Baron as President’s Distinguished Fellow

As fellow, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald will engage in campus discussions this spring.

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Lehigh’s Ph.D. P3 Program Model and Recommendations Reflected in New NSF I-PhD Scholars Program

Features of the P3 Program, which prepares STEM doctoral students for careers in industry through hands-on research opportunities, will be implemented into an NSF-supported, $47 million pilot Industry-Integrated Ph.D. program.

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Former U.S. Rep. Susan Wild Brings Public Policy Focus to Lehigh’s College of Health

Drawing on decades in law and public service, Wild offers Lehigh students firsthand perspectives on how policy takes shape.

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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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Robin Hojnoski Installed as Dean of the College of Education

Family, friends and colleagues celebrated Hojnoski’s installation.

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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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Full-Circle Mentorship: Diana Nicholas '19 on Becoming a Co-Founder and Leaning into the Unexpected

One connection at LehighSiliconValley changed the course of Nicholas’s career. Now, she hopes to be that mentor for others.

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Zoellner Arts Center Leads Kennedy Center Art Education Program in Pennsylvania

Any Given Child Bethlehem envisions a learning environment where every child experiences, creates and values the arts.

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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.