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Visit the Commencement Site Inspiring Future Makers Lehigh is a community of future makers. The 7,000+ undergraduate and graduate students on our picturesque campus are inspired to think deeply, driven to create pragmatic solutions, and encouraged to innovate collaboratively. Our faculty and staff are committed to creating an inclusive and dynamic community dedicated to positively impacting the future. Academics at Lehigh University Our academic approach fosters a culture of innovation, promotes intellectual risk-taking, and embraces cross-disciplinary strategies that drive transformative research, discovery and impact. Explore Academics Undergraduate Studies Graduate Studies Interdisciplinary Opportunities Engaged Research Entrepreneurship and Innovation Global Experiences Nahjiah Miller 24 Journalism Major As a Global Social Impact Fellow working with mothers in Sierra Leone, every day was a new experience. The work made me think, ‘This is who I want to be.’ I want to give those without voices a voice by telling their stories. Browse Majors & Undergraduate Programs Student to Faculty Ratio 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio Graduate Starting Salary $76K average starting salary of 2023 graduates Wall Street Journal Ranking 14 th in the U.S. as ranked by The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse Explore the Numbers College of Arts & Sciences College of Business College of Health P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science College of Education Academics and Colleges New Inter-college Undergraduate Degree Lehigh launches new degree in Integrated Business and Health. Student recruiting will begin in Fall 2024 for enrollment in Fall 2025. Read the Article University News Commencement Scott Willoughby ’89 to address graduates at Lehigh’s 156th undergraduate commencement. Willoughby is senior vice president of performance excellence at Northrop Grumman’s space systems sector and former vice president and program manager for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program at Northrop Grumman. Read the Article University News Commencement Stephen S. Tang ’85G ’88 Ph.D. ’22P to deliver remarks at Lehigh’s graduate commencement and doctoral hooding ceremony. Tang is the principal at Tangent2Cogent, board chairman of NowDiagnostics Inc., and former chairman, president and CEO of Orasure Technologies, a global medical diagnostics company. Read the Article Student Experience Davis Projects for Peace Award Three Lehigh students have jointly won a $10,000 award to develop a project in Bududa, Uganda. The team aims to fight malnutrition through a sustainable poultry program and education campaign. 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Read the Article Want to Prevent Misinformation? New research explores a solution using interactive data visualization to inform and engage readers. Read the Article Reducing Animosity in Political Divides New Study by Professor Michael Gill and Raihan Alam ’23 points to promising strategies. Read the Article Previous Next Future Makers From the classroom to the community, both on campus and around the world, Lehigh students, faculty and alumni are Future Makers , working to enact positive change. Michael Layden | Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences Uncovering the Brain’s Blueprint + Flip Michael Layden | Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences Uncovering the Brain’s Blueprint Professor Layden leads a bustling research lab of undergrads, grads and postdocs investigating sea anemone gene mechanisms, including how they may have provided the blueprint for the human brain . + Flip Olivia Abrahms | Tackling Ticks + Flip Olivia Abrahms 21 | Alumnus, Political Science Tackling Ticks Diagnosed with Lyme disease at age 8, Abrams developed TiCK MiTT with her father. The tick-removing glove has been featured nationally on Good Morning America” and The View.” + Flip Dulra Amolegbe | Student, Finance Cash-to-Cashless + Flip Dulra Amolegbe 26 | Student, Finance Cash-to-Cashless Amolegbe discovered financial hurdles immigrants experienced throughout Africa as he visited Kenya and studied in South Africa . To help, he created Dot Tech Inc. , a cash-to-cashless platform for immigrant students within the continent. + Flip Ready to Get Started?...