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Reducing Health Disparities in Native Populations
Christine Makosky Daley and Sean Daley lead a team of researchers in a holistic approach to well-being.

Lehigh University Professor of Philosophy Awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
Roslyn Weiss joins a diverse group of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists to receive the award.
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Serendipitous Internationalization: How Entrepreneurs Identify and Exploit Opportunities for International Exchange
Andreea Kiss examines the cognitive underpinnings of firm international opportunity recognition.
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American Literature and the Metaphor of Human Waste
Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors use representations of human excrement to critique how people treat each other and the natural world.
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Kaitlin Anderson Seeks to Understand the Impact of School Suspensions on Academic Outcomes
Kaitlin Anderson explores the relationship between disciplinary responses to student behavior and students’ academic outcomes.
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Researchers: Air Pollutant is Likely Contributor to Most Severe Asthma Species
For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion.
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COH Appoints Christine Makosky Daley as First Department Chair
Daley will chair the Department of Community and Population Health.

Dismantling White Supremacy in Public Health
An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society, suggests a new framework for dismantling white supremacy in public health.
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International Women’s Day: Fathima Wakeel Presents at Women in Data Science GM Multiregional Conference
Wakeel discusses how to frame population health disparities during the pandemic using maternal and child health epidemiological approaches.
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Embracing Our Excremental Selves
In her latest book, Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors produce scatological works to critique how humans treat each other and the natural world.