Stories about College of Arts and Sciences

Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum to Deliver 2023 Kenner Lecture

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and speaker will present ‘Disinformation and the Threat to Democratic Institutions.’

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Gregory Lang: The Forefront of Experimental Evolution

Lang, associate professor of biological sciences at Lehigh, develops a mechanistic understanding of genome evolution through experiments with yeast.

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Celebrating Gloria Naylor

An interdisciplinary project invites a broad audience to engage with the archive of a celebrated author in a variety of ways.

Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith

NIH Grant Funds Lehigh Researchers' Exploration of Lipid Membranes

Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith and Damien Thévenin envision that the models they produce will apply to multiple cell lines and flow conditions, and will lay the groundwork for future research directions.

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Off-Axis High-Temperature Hydrothermal Field Discovered at East Pacific Rise

Spearheaded by the McDermott lab at Lehigh, the research demonstrates there are more hydrothermal vents in the deep-sea than previously thought and underscores a need for bathymetric mapping to locate them.

Grace Fuller

First-Year Lehigh Student Grace Fuller Makes NPR’s College Podcast Challenge Top 10

In ‘In Search of Home,' Fuller reflects on the experience of losing her home in the Colorado wildfires.

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Design: Benches as Art

A furniture design course created benches for community use in art galleries.

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Meet Lehigh's Newest Faculty Members

Learn more about some of the more than 40 new scholars who have joined Lehigh's faculty this year.

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Remaking the Nervous System: Michael Layden Studies the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella, to Understand Neural Development, Evolution and Regeneration

Michael Layden turns to the starlet sea anemone to better understand neural development and how the human brain evolved, and potentially improve treatments of central nervous system disorders.

Illustration with photos of various immigrants to the U.S. in the 1940s with words printed in background

Tracing the Roots of U.S. Deportation Practices

Historian Emily Pope-Obeda explores U.S. deportation practices and their impacts, focusing on the 1920s when deportation “came of age.”