Kurt Pfitzer

Kurt Pfitzer

Editor and Writer Emeritus (Retired January 2018)
Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Ian Birky named interim Vice Provost for Student Affairs

The director of Counseling and Psychological Services will succeed John Smeaton.

A boost for Africana Studies

Alumna responds to the NEH’s challenge grant.

Taking the long view on infrastructure

A pioneer discusses the philosophy of life-cycle engineering.

Join the Dialogue

This issue of Acumen celebrates the diversity that is central to the College of Arts and Sciences.

Peggie's Bell

Two architects collaborate with students to produce a special acoustic environment for singers.

From the Past to the Future

Lehigh's Wind Ensemble helps the university celebrate its sesquicentennial.

Mississippi Born and Bred

A new play infuses the spirit of West Africa into southern Mississippi.

Japanese Empire and Literature

How the arts helped shape a totalitarian regime.

Beyond the Cloister

A new book examines the fruits of forced exile following the Protestant Reformation in England.

Light of the Lord

A 14th-century Jewish challenge to Aristotelian metaphysics undergoes its first translation.

Beggar Saint

Scholar studies Buddhist philosopher who mastered meditation techniques.

Breaking the Optical Barrier

Xiaoji Xu probes nanometer-sized samples with scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy.

Drought, Fire and Forest Composition

Researchers probe link between ecosystem and vegetation changes and past climate change.

Modeling the Spread of Malaria

A professor utilizes ordinary differential equations.

A Passion for Politics

Rohullah Naderi '17G plans to use his Lehigh education to effect change in Afghanistan.

A Civil Action

The College of Arts and Sciences establishes an initiative to invite students into critical conversations.

Ecological Loss and HIV

Sociologist cites ecological loss as cause of hunger and poor health in developing countries.

Prosocial Behavior

Can't we all just get along?

Efficient Womanhood

A historian says women played key roles in shaping an early 20th-century black social justice organization.

The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope

An astrophysicist studies planets outside the solar system.