Stories about Diversity & Inclusion

Rosa Carides-Hof

Four Questions with Rosa Carides-Hof: ‘Get Involved’

The community school coordinator is among the community leaders participating in Lehigh University Art Galleries’ Change Makers! Exhibition.

Gladdys Soto

Meet Gladdys Soto, Lehigh University Police Department’s Newest Female Officer: ‘I’m Here Because I Believed in Myself’

Soto joined the department in June after intensive training at the Allentown Police Academy.

President Helble at podium

Lehigh’s Strategic Plan: ‘What a Difference a Year Makes,’ Helble says

University leadership updates the Lehigh community on the progress of strategic plan initiatives.

campus beauty

Lehigh Admits Newest Members of the Class of 2028

Admitted students come from 49 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and 65 countries.

food pantry being stocked

Lehigh Opens Two New Food Pantries for Students in Need

The food pantries are located in Johnson Hall on the Asa Packer Campus and Iacocca Hall on the Mountaintop Campus.

2023 Radical Love Conference

Radical Love Conference Begins Feb. 14

The four-day conference on campus features programs, talks and events centered around this year’s theme of Embodied Love.

activist in Poland

Anti-LGBT Bills Led to More Suicides in Poland, Research Finds

Analysis led by Chad Meyerhoefer shows harmful effects regardless of whether laws passed, with potential parallels to current U.S. “bathroom bills.”

Carly Camplain

Native Scholar Carly Camplain Joins College of Health, Advances Indigenous Studies

Camplain attends Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership Conference, furthering Indigenous studies scholarship at Lehigh and nationally.

making fleece blankets

Lehigh Honors Martin Luther King’s Legacy with MLK Day of Service

Faculty, staff and students join the national observance by picking up trash, making fleece blankets for children suffering trauma, working at an animal shelter, and more.

The Art leadership team from left, Dominic Packer, Lee Kern, Himanshu Jain, Henry Odi and John Coulter

NSF Awards $6M to Lehigh to Speed Up Translation of Research Into Actual Use

The new Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program addresses the gap between academic research and practical solutions for society’s complex problems.