Stories about Student Experience

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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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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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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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Forging Ahead: Lehigh’s Blacksmithing Club Provides Creative Outlet for Student Metalworkers

As screen-free experiences and activities remain popular with this generation’s students, the Lehigh Blacksmithing Club continues to grow in popularity since its inception two years ago.

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Squawk: Alumni Remember the ’80s and ’90s at Lehigh

Alumni reflect on favorite memories from the decades as part of a new Lehigh Alumni social media series.

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The Future Begins on South Mountain

A progress report on two key initiatives included in the university’s 30-year campus masterplan framework, Making the Future.

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2026-27 Fulbright Scholars Set Lehigh Record

Two student recipients, a student alternate and nine faculty members topped the previous high of six total scholars in the 2018-19 cycle.

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Setting the Stage: Lehigh Alumni are Shaping the Theater Industry from Campus to Broadway

Nicki Hunter ʼ09, Daphnie Sicre ʼ98 and Kashi Johnson ʼ93, professor of acting at Lehigh, continue to make meaningful contributions to the performing arts industry and the communities they serve.

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A Work of Heart: Fostering a Legacy of Service on the SouthSide and Across the Globe

As the Community Service Office celebrates 30 years, students, staff and alumni reflect on Lehigh’s dedication to community service, the lives it touches and connections that matter most.