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4.23.21: A Message From the COVID-19 Response Team

A message sent to members of the Lehigh community and Lehigh families.

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$2.5 Million Gift to Create the Marcon Institute

The gift from Charles Marcon will be dedicated to social justice.


4.21.21: Vaccination Information for International Students

A message sent to international students from OISS.


Sustainability at Lehigh By the Numbers

Facts and figures about sustainability at Lehigh


Healing Hoboken: The Connection Between Community and Environmental Stewardship

Sustainability isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of casinos, but it was casino development that launched Jennifer Gonzalez '08 '09G on the path to her current role as director of environmental services and chief sustainability officer for the City of Hoboken.


Fighting for Environmental Justice in Puerto Rico

Ruth Santiago's formal fight against environmental injustice began more than two decades ago in Puerto Rico, where she has built a reputation as a community activist.


Innovating Outdoor Wear at Patagonia, for the Sake of the Environment

As head of materials innovation and development at Patagonia, Matt Dwyer '06 helps to execute the company's mission statement: "We’re a business to save our home planet."


Seeking Climate Change Solutions―in the Arctic and Beyond

Victoria Herrmann '12 is making an impact on climate change issues on the national and international stage.


Cleaning Up the Plastic Pollution in the Ocean―One Skateboard at a Time

Lehigh alumni Kevin Ahearn ’07 and David Stover ’07, along with their partner and friend, Ben Knepper, turned their passion for sustainability and love of surfing and oceans into a workable business model that is helping to remedy a major environmental hazard.

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Striving for Sustainability

As Lehigh unfolds its bold, new sustainability plan, we highlight six alumni who are doing their part for a more sustainable planet.


4.21.21: Fall 2021 Plans and COVID Vaccines

A message sent to members of the Lehigh community and families.

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Lehigh Achieves Gold Rating in 2021 STARS Report

Lehigh excels in many areas of the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System report and performs better than most reporting peer institutions in the majority of metrics.

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A Conversation with Beth Dolan, Interim Dean of the College of Health

Dolan is working to expand the curriculum, seek out partnerships, recruit faculty and promote the college's innovative approach to tackling health problems.

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Lehigh Launches Campus Sustainable Impact Fellowship

The multi-year, interdisciplinary projects focus on advancing Lehigh’s Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030 goals which align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

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Baker Institute Funds Student Entrepreneurs in Annual Pitch Competition

Brian Quispe ’20 ’22G and Graham Patterson ’20 win the Joan F. and John M. Thalheimer ‘55 Grand Prize at Baker Institute’s annual award competitions.


Lehigh University Professor of Philosophy Awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship

Roslyn Weiss joins a diverse group of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists to receive the award.

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Sam Banks '63 Endows Faculty Chair for Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Banks' gift will fund one of the highest academic awards that a university can bestow on a faculty member.

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Serendipitous Internationalization: How Entrepreneurs Identify and Exploit Opportunities for International Exchange

Andreea Kiss examines the cognitive underpinnings of firm international opportunity recognition.

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American Literature and the Metaphor of Human Waste

Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors use representations of human excrement to critique how people treat each other and the natural world.

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Anthony DiMaggio Explores the Social Movements Behind Protest

DiMaggio's book dissects the progression of social movements in the United States since 2008.