Stories about Research

Keith Moored examine bio-inspired robots

Lehigh-led Interdisciplinary Research Team Wins Prestigious $7.5M DOD Award

Keith Moored, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, will lead the team in conducting research to develop fast and efficient schools of bio-inspired underwater vehicles.

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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.

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Happy Pi Day 2022: Shoppers More Likely to Buy During Pi Day Deals

New study shows consumers are more likely to use discounts celebrating a “special day” like Pi Day than for standard sales events, especially when the promotion is both original and appropriate.

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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.

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.

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Muzhe Yang Examines the Unintended Consequences of External Factors on Mothers and Babies

Yang’s work explores how the circumstances of maternal employment and other environmental factors impact maternal health, fetal health and infant health.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Interdisciplinarity & Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

A diverse team of Lehigh researchers examines components of the language, history and narratives of antibiotics related to their individual expertise.