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As Lehigh professor and accomplished painter Deirdre Murphy planned her art exhibit at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove toward the end of 2025, she wanted to give a student the opportunity to design the exhibit’s corresponding art catalog. When design professor Maurizio Masi recommended junior Jua Kim, Murphy got more than she bargained for: a student whose work and work ethic were as good as a professional’s. Murphy’s solo exhibit, “Home Making,” features 12 paintings portraying birds and the environments where they live in keeping with her career-long focus on art and ecology. It is one of four exhibits displayed at the Audubon Center in the spring and summer of 2026; Murphy’s work is also featured in a joint exhibit with Yvonne Love called Field Notes. The exhibit will be on display through August 16.

Just days into last fall’s semester, a group of Lehigh University students boarded a plane for rural Oregon, where they would spend several days in a hands-on disaster response simulation. The trip marked the beginning of a sponsored capstone course in Lehigh's Department of Art, Architecture and Design (AAD), created in partnership with ShelterBox USA, the U.S.-based arm of the international disaster relief organization. For the students, it was an abrupt shift from the studio and a first look at how humanitarian responders assess communities after disaster.

Elizabeth Erwin Ph.D. '25 has received national recognition for a dissertation that challenges one of horror cinema's most familiar tropes. The Popular Culture Association recently named Erwin the recipient of its Kathy Merlock Jackson Dissertation Award in Popular Culture Studies.

Small Cities Lab Researcher Isabelle O’Toole ’25 Documents Lehigh Valley Conference of Churches, Faith-Based Housing Efforts

Falato, along with his spouse, Pun Punyaratabandhu, has endowed the executive directorship of the Zoellner Arts Center.

Sculptor and professor Alina Tenser is named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in recognition of their innovative and minimalist approach to art and performance.

Lehigh University history student Jack Ciavolella evaluates England’s political divisions that fueled a long period of defeats.

Students perform Stephen Sondheim's musical to sold-out audiences

Jordan Kotch ’26 weaves science, culture, and her mother's cancer diagnosis into a podcast and a future in medicine.

The sculptor and educator is among 223 recipients selected from nearly 5,000 applicants in the foundation's 101st class of fellows.

A prolific composer and pre-med student, Loba Salami ’27 debuts pieces with Lehigh Philharmonic and at a Symphony in San Diego

The museum celebrates 100 years of free, accessible exhibitions, transforming how the university approaches experiential learning.