Stories about Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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Lehigh University is a Core Institution of New $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center

Lehigh is one of six core institutions of a new U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center focusing on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. Lehigh’s team is led by David Vicic, the Howard S. Bunn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry.

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You Have a Great Idea. Now What?

Entrepreneur Craig Ploetner ’94 mentors Lehigh students through the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.

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Outside the Box: Lehigh Ventures Lab Helping Ideas Take Flight

Meet the entrepreneurs whose ideas could change the way people date, bank, protect their dogs from ticks, and more.

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Cultivating a Thriving Environment for Creative Entrepreneurship in the Lehigh Valley

Antigoni Papadimitriou, a teaching assistant professor in the College of Business, and the Lehigh Valley Social Impact Fellowship propel creative entrepreneurship forward.

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From Concept to Creation: The Inaugural AccelerateX Maker Bootcamp

Eleven Lehigh students participated in the innovative Maker Bootcamp, part of the AccelerateX winter program.

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Harnessing Generative AI

What does generative artificial intelligence mean for higher education? Promising or problematic?

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Do Physical Connections Improve the Control and Performance of Robot Swarms?

A Lehigh research team explores the question by building novel control algorithms and linked robots. Prototypes will be put to the test in the Defend the Republic Drone Competition Nov. 17.

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Lehigh Symposium Puts Focus on Entrepreneurship

Community and business leaders are welcomed to campus for discussion on the role of universities in fostering innovation.

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Lehigh Student Wins Several Awards in Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition

Dulra Amolegbe ’26 created the start-up, Dot, that offers immigrant students a way to make cashless transactions.

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Lisa Getzler Named Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship

Getzler will guide Lehigh's new direction in entrepreneurship.