Stories about Societal Challenges

Powering PA's Future Symposium

Statewide Symposium at Lehigh Focuses on Turning Innovation Into Opportunity

The Powering PA’s Future Symposium attendees talked about ways Pennsylvania can grow its “innovation economy,” where new ideas are commercialized to drive economic growth.

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New Research Suggests: To Get Patients to Accept Medical AI, Remind Them of Human Biases

Patients who are initially resistant to AI-driven healthcare may become more open to it after being reminded of biases in human treatment.

Marty Baron

Marty Baron Announced as Second Speaker in Lehigh’s Compelling Perspectives Series

The former editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Miami Herald, and former senior editor at The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, will speak about the role of media in contemporary society.

A Lehigh baseball cap sits on a table in front of a student holding a phone with an "I voted" sticker on it.

Students Spent Civic Engagement Day Voting, Discussing Political Topics

Lehigh gave students the day off from classes to encourage their participation in civic activities.

Students engage in rapid prototyping as part of Lehigh’s Hatchery program, one of the 40+ high-impact program opportunities available to students through the Lehigh360 initiative.

Lehigh University Joins the Coalition for Transformational Education Through Its Lehigh360 Initiative

The university's Lehigh360 initiative, a hub for high-impact learning opportunities, exemplifies the Coalition’s mission.

Lehigh Research

Lehigh Research Explores Complex Issues Challenging American Voters

See a sampling of Lehigh research relevant to the upcoming elections.

ESC Winner

Lehigh Alum Receives Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award

Sofia Espinoza ’24 was an inaugural member of Lehigh’s Global Social Impact Fellowship project, “AI Strengthening Healthcare Access.”

Paolo Bocchini

National Organizations Learn about Lehigh-led Center for Climate, Resilience and Equity in Catastrophe Modeling

Poised to establish and lead an Industry-University Research Center, Lehigh University hosted a workshop Oct. 17-18 bringing national experts in natural disaster risk and insurance to the Mountaintop Campus.

FinTech students

Lehigh Business Students Invent Innovative AI Tool for Wealth Advisors As Part of FinTech Capstone Project

An AI-assisted note-taking tool created by a team of six Lehigh Business students provides experiential learning opportunity and potential benefits to wealth advisors

Design Thinking Whiteboard

Lehigh Joins Global Design Thinking Alliance to Help Advance Empathy-Based Innovation

The university is just the fourth U.S. institution to be accepted to this alliance.