A letter from Stephanie Fisher, assistant vice president for Alumni Relations, in the Spring 2026 Alumni Bulletin.
Compelling Perspectives speakers share viewpoints on the challenges and possibilities of AI.
Lehigh is focused on strengthening all of its women’s teams by recruiting top student-athletes and coaches and providing them with the resources needed to succeed.
Hemschot, vice president of development at Tenaska, became involved with Lehigh’s Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES) in October 2025. His work, like his involvement with ACES, centers on creating practical, forward-thinking energy solutions that people and communities rely on.
Bennett, a master’s student in cognitive psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, employs eye-tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) methods to investigate how the brain prioritizes information amid distraction.
Laverty, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is developing innovative tools to understand exactly how cancer cells exploit DNA repair and how to turn that knowledge into more precise cancer therapy.
Cesareo, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, explores the role creativity, i.e., novelty and usefulness, of a mass-marketed product plays in sustainability.
McAndrew, associate professor in the department of biostatistics and health data science in the College of Education, is developing a plan to commercialize DECISIONCAST, a real-time forecasting platform that helps public health officials make faster, data-driven decisions during disease outbreaks.
Zheng, assistant professor of the teaching, learning and technology program in the College of Education, is developing Meta-Partner, a computer program platform that aims to help students become strategic AI users.
