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Molly Bilinski/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh has been hosting SSP’s International’s Summer Science Program this summer. During the five-week course, students get hands-on experience completing college-level research while getting a feel for campus life.
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Jenny Roberts/LehighValleyNews.comBethlehem teen invents AI-powered robot to kill weeds, reduce pesticide use and save the environmentAryash Shyam, a rising eighth-grader at Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School, created the GreenBeam to kill weeds with a laser. The project got him named the Pennsylvania State Merit Winner in the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
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Theresa May, former prime minister of the U.K., spoke about threats to national security during a lecture Tuesday night at Lehigh University. It's part of the university's “Compelling Perspectives” lecture series.
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When the Parkland School Board voted to close the district's tax office, it terminated an agreement in which the three townships in the district gave the district $5 from the Local Services Tax.
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Kids from five schools got live demonstrations of cow milking, beekeeping, apple farming and more. Organizers say it's meant to spark interest and explain an industry that they say sometimes goes unappreciated.
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The East Penn School Board held a presentation over proposed facilities expansions due to anticipated enrollment increases. Options included shifting grades 5/6 and 7/8 into their own buildings, and constructing a new high school.
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Take a look at stories that ran throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact on readers or that you might want to look at again.
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A new playground is painted true to the original color scheme of the 1994 set it's replacing, and cost the school board $165,354.
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The Allentown School District held Unity Day events at its 15 elementary schools on Wednesday. The message at each focused on bullying prevention, as October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
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Several cases of the disease have been identified since school began in August.
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The school board is expected to vote next week on a request by Moms for Liberty to ban a book. Three other written requests have also been filed.
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East Penn School Board candidates gathered Tuesday evening for a candidate forum hosted by the League of Woman Voters, fielding questions about school safety, transparency, and facilities expansion among other issues.
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Allentown School Board members received a schematic design presentation Thursday for a proposed school at the former Allentown State Hospital site off Hanover Avenue on the city's East Side.
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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.
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Students who know him described former performing arts director Frank Anonia as a manipulative figure, but they said they were still shocked at his arrest on charges of secretly recording a student in a dressing room.
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LCCC offers Class A Tractor Trailer training in as little as four weeks in day, evening or weekend classes.
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It's the second time in a week city schools will be closed for a presidential campaign rally. The potential for large crowds, heavy traffic and disruptions prompted the move, the school district said.
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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.
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A $37.2 million bond is required to fund the ongoing construction of the new school and an administration building at Route 329 and Seemsville Road.
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The Allentown School District will close Tuesday "out of an abundance of caution" in the lead up to former President Donald Trump's rally at the PPL Center.
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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.
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After plenty of tours and meetings, representatives from Alloy 5 came to Easton Area School District to present some key findings and potential sites for the prospective new high school.
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Allentown Education Association President Leslie Franklin spoke during this week's Allentown School Board meeting about the need for better workplace conditions for teachers, including additional school supplies and building repairs.
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The center will be built on the rear of ASD's Building 21 High School. Construction will begin this summer and end in December 2026.