Stories about Creative Inquiry

Lehigh Expo

Lehigh Expo Showcases Student Research, Capstones and Creative Ventures

More than 270 students showcase their achievements, inspiring future Lehigh students and celebrating interdisciplinary success.

Kelly Zona, manager of Wilbur Powerhouse Design Labs, shows a device in the Electronics Design Studio.

Lehigh Design Labs Launches Electronics Design Studio

New facility helps students bring their ideas to life.

illustration of neurons

NeuroSalon: Exploring the Intersection Between the Sciences and the Arts

Neuroscientist Julie Miwa leads a Mountaintop Summer Experience project that allows students to create artworks that reflect neuroscientific principles.

horizon shot of Kazakhstan

Lehigh and Kazakh Universities Team Up for Sustainable Impact

As part of Creative Inquiry’s mission to effect positive change, students and faculty work together on myriad issues, including air pollution, waste and ethical research.

Student tests flying drone

Mountaintop Summer Experience Wraps Up 10th Year

A total of 180 students and 25 faculty members spent approximately 10 weeks at Mountaintop’s Building C working on 36 different projects.

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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.

A colorful illustration of people walking on and alongside a path through green grass and giant flowers. The people are wearing gas masks.

Human Behavior, Climate Risk and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Y.C. Ethan Yang works with a team of researchers incorporating data on human behavior into a climate-risk modeling framework to improve resilience of critical water, food and energy systems.

Student Sebastian Wick working on a project called EcoRealm Environments.

Growing Green

EcoRealm Environments explores retrofitting spaces with hydroponic grow systems—and boosting people’s wellbeing.

Jessica Galarza in Uganda.

Lehigh Students Win Davis Projects for Peace Awards

Three teams of Lehigh students are recognized for their work in starting a tutoring center in Uganda, developing a test for autism in Africa and developing a rapid, affordable test for sickle cell anemia in Africa.

Solar panel installation on Goodman Campus

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.