Higher Education News

Equally creative bedsheets were found hanging in Easton at Lafayette College's campus in the days leading up to the Lehigh-Lafayette football game.

We found equally creative bedsheets hanging in Easton on and around the Lehigh University campus in the days leading up to the Lehigh-Lafayette football game.

The college is one of the 394 institutions participating in 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses.

Muhlenberg College senior Alex Wagner praised Lehigh Valley political candidates who were present and engaged with college students well before the midterms approached. He said it helped push young voters to the polls, and made a difference in several key races.

Rangina Hamidi, Afghanistan's former Minister of Education, will give this year's Wallenberg Tribute Lecture

This classroom disguised as a restaurant is an innovative space for students to create gourmet meals

Department of Environmental Protection receives $499,870 for air pollution project in Allentown

Muhamad Diop is charged with making terroristic threats and harassment, authorities said.

Ani Khachadourian headed to Brazil last month to compete in the Deaflympics.

Frances Wolf says hunger should never be what holds a person back from succeeding in higher education.

In a 50-year career, Richard Aronson is believed to have taught more Lehigh University students than any other instructor in the school's history.

Moravian educator hopes to make ecology a more diverse field with her cohort of students through the research funded by this grant.

Leaders from St. John's Windish Evangelical Lutheran Church said the authority's action threatened the churches' futures. Now, the parking authority says it won't pursue eminent domain.

A proposed sale of three Lutheran churches to Lehigh University is on hold for now. Church and community members gathered after Sunday services to get answers about the future of the buildings.

Workers and their dependents can now get up to $2,000 a year for tuition, room and board at any of the 10 Pennsylvania State System universities.

Three Lutheran churches in Bethlehem are merging and selling their real estate in the process. The sale of one in particular has drawn concern from South Side residents.

The university's Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive is a four-week workshop for 15-to-17-year-olds.

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced awards totaling $1.2 million in competitive grants to 33 career and technical centers and two school districts. The funds are to purchase new equipment to train students in “high-demand occupations.” Locally, career and technical schools in Lackawanna, Columbia, Montour, Susquehanna, Monroe, Northumberland and Lehigh counties, plus the Wallenpaupack Area School District in Pike County received money.

A professor at Lehigh University breaks down what a recent, and historic, breakthrough in fusion ignition might mean for the future of clean energy and the potential student interest in the topic.

The Supreme Court is deciding whether race-conscious admissions can continue in the United States, so two local college administrators weighed in.

Students who are targeted because of their gender identity or sexual orientation can file a complaint with state commission.

The center, where access was limited because of the pandemic, has recently opened up and resumed programming.