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Jordan Kotch sits on an orange sofa and smiles at the camera wearing a white button up shirt.

The Whole Picture

Jordan Kotch ’26 weaves science, culture, and her mother's cancer diagnosis into a podcast and a future in medicine.
Loba Salami sits at a piano wearing a black suit and tie.

A Tale of Two Disciplines

A prolific composer and pre-med student, Loba Salami ’27 debuts pieces with Lehigh Philharmonic and at a Symphony in San Diego
Alex Seaver stands in front of an array of little fish tanks wearing a purple button up shirt.

From Teaching to Discovery

Alexander Seaver’s academic journey finds balance through zebrafish genetics and student advocacy.
Ju Lu in the lab sitting in front of a microscope

Rewiring the Brain

New research reveals how psychedelic compounds restore synaptic connections lost to chronic stress—and why their therapeutic effects may last for months.
Liliane Moorhead

Student Intern's Research Helps Advance Wound Healing for Military

Biology major Liliane Moorhead spent her summer advancing critical biomedical research through a prestigious internship at the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Her work focused on the effects of radiofrequency radiation on immune and vascular cells of the body.
Lehigh sign with spring blossoms

Emily Farley ’27 Selected for Prestigious DAAD RISE Internship in Germany

Emily Farley ’27 has been selected for the prestigious DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) program in Germany for summer 2025. This internationally competitive scholarship allows students to spend three months conducting research in their fields under the guidance of a professor or graduate student at a German university.
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