Director, Editorial Services
Editor, Lehigh Bulletin
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
(610) 758-6391
maa614@lehigh.edu
Mary Ellen Alu is director of editorial services in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She is editor of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, published three times a year; and she has played a key role in other publications, including the College of Education’s Theory to Practice magazine and Lehigh Business, the annual magazine of the College of Business. She also writes and edits for Lehigh’s online news sites.
Alu joined Lehigh’s communications office in 2014 after a lengthy career in journalism. She worked as an editor for AOL’s online news service, Patch; as an editor and reporter for The Morning Call daily newspaper in Allentown, Pa.; and as a reporter for The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She holds a Masters of Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Wilkes College (now University). She is the recipient of numerous writing and reporting awards.
Alu is a former co-president and board member of Families with Children from China – Lehigh Valley Chapter. She also served as an assistant troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 6008 based at St. Thomas More in Salisbury Township, Pa.
Director of Health Advancement & Prevention Strategies Peter Costa will devote two days a week to national effort.
Lehigh University Awards are given out once a year at annual Lehigh Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner.
Jackie Krasas fills new position as associate dean for interdisciplinary programs. Cameron Wesson becomes associate dean for undergraduate programs
Psychologist Gordon Moskowitz is studying whether stereotypes influence physicians' thinking and behavior
Murray Itzkowitz is a leading voice in the conservation of the endangered Leon Springs pupfish
Jayeon Lee examines social media’s effects on millenials’ perceptions and attitudes in political communication and the interpretation of news
Benjamin Wright studied 23 Greek manuscripts that purport to tell the story of Aristeas
Archaeologist David Small is the recipient of a Core Fulbright Scholar award to teach and conduct research at the University of Crete in Rethymnon in Greece
Robert Flowers investigates compounds that can be used to carry out electron transfer reactions to produce free radicals
Jean Soderlund's research focuses on the relationship between the Lenape Indians and Dutch, Swedish and British settlers
Anne Meltzer has been named the first holder of the Francis J. Trembley Chair in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Designer Erica Hoelscher teamed with the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium theatre to develop costumes and scenery for a production of Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros
Found object art has led Susan Kart to reconsider the history of sculpture
Barbara Pavlock explores issues central to the poetics of the Roman poet Ovid
An international collaboration of leading jazz musicians will culminate in a 2015 tour
Constance Cook helps examine the topic of miraculous births of ancestral founders
This issue of the magazine explores the topic of leadership and the impact of CAS students, faculty, and alumni
MLK Committee presents two lectures Wednesday as part of its series to celebrate the life and legacy of the slain civil rights activist.
