-
Micaela Hood/LehighValleyNews.comLocal high school and college students — including first-generation college student biology major Rachel Apiolaza — received $1,000 scholarships from the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley and the Latino Leadership Alliance in their first year presenting the awards since a merger. -
Courtesy/State Sen. Nick Miller's OfficeThe Pennsylvania College of Technology, an affiliate of Penn State University, will provide instructor-led labs at Allentown schools to prepare students for in-demand jobs in manufacturing. The program starts this month.
-
“This project is intrinsic to needs that we see forthcoming because our enrollment numbers are going up,” said Joe Klocek, Lehigh’s director of planning, design and construction. -
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick appeared at Lehigh University on Friday for a "fireside chat" in which he shared his vision to bring AI infrastructure investment to Pennsylvania — and win an "existential battle" with China.
-
Members of Carly's Cause have spent the past several months building plans to meet with colleges and universities to forge new partnerships focused on off-campus housing safety.
-
Daniel Weiss led Lafayette College from 2005 to 2013 and is credited with growing the campus beyond College Hill. He was unanimously approved Friday as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum.
-
The SAFECHAT Act would implement safeguards to protect minors from chatbots that could push them to engage in self-harm, suicide or sexually explicit behavior.
-
Members of the Lehigh Valley DUI/Highway Safety Task Force and community partners came to Moravian University Friday to educate students first-hand on how being distracted or impaired can severely impact the ability to drive safely.
-
The author and founder of The Huffington Post, now HuffPost, was the first speaker in Lehigh's 2025-26 Compelling Perspectives program. She talked about how her technology company, Thrive Global, uses AI to help people improve their health.
-
Lehigh University gets $2.16 million state grant to help historically disadvantaged small businessesThe university is among 11 awardees throughout the state tasked with opening service centers to support small businesses in accessing capital.
-
Ambassador Vinay Kwatra spoke to a crowd of more than 130 people about the collaboration between India and the United States over the past decade on topics such as defense and AI.
-
More than three dozen law enforcement professionals from the Lehigh Valley and beyond took part in the first training at the newly opened Joni Berner Esq ‘75-Expert Witness Training Center & Crime Scene Laboratory.
-
Lehigh University alumnus Marty Baron said journalists need to commit to objective news coverage and reengage people outside the halls of power if they hope to regain the trust of the American public.
-
A group of about 300 Lehigh University students carried the goalpost more than four miles from Goodman Stadium into South Bethlehem after the Lehigh football team's defeat of rival Lafayette on Saturday. On Monday, Lehigh apologized for the incident.
-
The Lehigh Valley Palestine Coalition hosted the teach-in program in an effort to educate and engage the community in thoughtful conversation about the Israel-Hamas war and strategies organizing support for a ceasefire.
-
Mary Beth Spirk, who was to begin her 38th year with Moravian University, won't be on the bench to start the 2024-25 women's basketball season. With 648 career wins, she ranks ninth among active NCAA Division III coaches and 21st in D-III history.
-
After a polling place in South Bethlehem saw a six-hour wait to vote on Tuesday, Northampton County officials blame an unexpected jump in student turnout compared with 2020.
-
Daniel Klem Jr., director of the Acopian Center for Ornithology at the college, on Saturday was presented with the Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award. His most recent study found 3.5 million birds dying every day in a 365-day period.
-
Vietnam veteran and former Steelers running back Rocky Bleier was the keynote speaker at the Lehigh Carbon Community College veterans fundraising event at Glasbern Inn in Fogelsville on Monday night.
-
Thousands came to Memorial Hall at Muhlenberg College on Monday as Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally on the final day of the 2024 presidential campaign.
-
Kamala Harris will spend Monday criss-crossing Pennsylvania, with visits scheduled to Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Donald Trump will be in Pennsylvania on Monday, too, holding a rally in Reading.
-
LCCC offers Class A Tractor Trailer training in as little as four weeks in day, evening or weekend classes.
-
Many Lehigh Valley college students are voting in their first presidential election Tuesday. Here's what campus leaders had to say about their top issues and the candidates they support.
-
As part of a $70 million renovation to the Clayton University Center at Packer Hall, Lehigh University embarked on a restoration project for the landmark building's 156-year-old stained glass windows.
