Stories about Research


From E-Commerce to Crowdfunding

Haoyan Sun studies the impact of platform dynamics on sales and fundraising.

Workers dig for conflict minerals in muddy river in Congo.

Two Lehigh Accounting Experts Uncover the Negative Impact of Conflict Mineral Disclosures on Capital Market 

Professors Parveen Gupta and Heibatollah Sami and other researchers study the impact of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.


The Power of Cognition

Andreea Kiss examines the cognitive underpinnings of firms’ entrepreneurial behavior.

Amber Rice studies hybrid chickadees

Songbirds of the Same Smell Tend to Gel

Do birds have a sense of smell? According to new research from Amber Rice, chickadees do, and odor might play a role in mate selection among naturally hybridizing songbirds.

Tuan Pham

Lehigh Graduate Wins Prestigious International Award for Undergraduate Research

Tuan Pham ’18 has been awarded the Brains for Brains Young Researcher Award from the Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience for his undergraduate work in the lab of Dr. Julie Haas.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Computer science and engineering professor Dan Lopresti is working to put high-tech tools in the hands of those investigating crimes of modern slavery


Disparities in ADHD Interventions

Study is the largest of children and teens with ADHD ever conducted in the United States

Harnessing solar energy

The Fundamentals of Solar Energy

Physical chemist Elizabeth Young studies the fundamental reactions that could improve our ability to use light from the sun


Schematic: Helping Technology Continue to Shrink

Nicholas Strandwitz, the Harold Chambers Junior Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, specializes in a thin-film growth process called atomic layer deposition (ALD).

The title illustration from a 1678 pamphlet called “The Mowing-Devil: Or, Strange News out of Hartford-shire.” A devil-like character pushing a mower through a field.

The Deeper Meaning of Horror

Dawn Keetley’s current projects take a closer look at popular horror film ‘Get Out’ and folk horror in the 21st century.