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Lehigh Professors to Conduct Experiments in Space to Study Thermophoresis

Experiments designed by researchers James Gilchrist, Kelly Schultz and Xuanhong Cheng head to the International Space Station to escape the limits of gravity.

Inspiring the Future Makers

Lehigh University Launches Strategic Plan, ‘Inspiring the Future Makers’

The plan will guide Lehigh’s goals and priorities over the next decade.

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Lehigh Commencement: Class of 2023

Meet some of the undergraduates from across Lehigh’s colleges.

Nic Altenderfer

The Power of Community: A Lehigh Student Suffers a Skateboarding Head Injury, and his Sigma Phi Delta Brothers Jump into Action

Nic Altenderfer ’23 suffered a life-threatening skateboarding accident in 2021. This is his story.

Inside the Classroom Students

Inside the Classroom

Step inside student learning at Lehighfrom courses in mechanical engineering and numerical methods to robotics and the fundamentals of drawing.

Miles Rock graduating class

Rediscovering Miles Rock

A gift to Lehigh Libraries Special Collections creates a snapshot of one of Lehigh’s first graduates—a naturalist, civil engineer and astronomer—and offers new research opportunities.

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‘XR Learning’ Takes Lehigh Students Beyond the Classroom

More faculty are supplementing their lesson plans with “extended reality,” or XR learning, which includes virtual and augmented reality.

Herbert Simon's 'Pyramid II' sculpture

LUAG’s Outdoor Sculptures Infuse Campus with Art

The pieces in Lehigh University Art Galleries’ outdoor sculpture collection include Herbert Simon’s “Pyramid II” and “Popol” by Joyce de Guatemala.

Scott Willoughby

For Scott Willoughby, it's 'Mission: Possible' for the James Webb Space Telescope

Scott Willoughby ’89 helped lead development of the most powerful and complex space telescope ever launched.

A view inside the Health, Science and Technology Building

New Health, Science and Technology Building: A Hub for Interdisciplinary Research

The largest building Lehigh has ever built, HST is designed to encourage collaboration among faculty and students across disciplines.

Richard Gordon IV

Preparing Effective School Leaders in a Diverse Society

Lehigh’s College of Education focuses on innovative teaching, experiential learning and interdisciplinarity. Its graduates have won accolades for their school leadership.

Lehigh President Joseph Helble

Welcome Home, Joseph J. Helble '82

The Lehigh chemical engineering grad returns to his alma mater to lead the university that changed the course of his life.