The Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries invite you to join us on Monday, December 1, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Whitaker Lab Auditorium (Room 303) for The State of America’s Libraries from an ALA Perspective, presented by Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries for the City of Cambridge, MA and 2025–2026 president-elect of the American Library Association.

Lehigh’s new Equal Opportunity and Title IX Officer Brigid Benicasa will be starting Wednesday. Benicasa previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice and served as Senior Trial Attorney, according to the email. (B&W Staff)

Muhlenberg College extends a professional invitation to you and your students to attend the 2025 Living Writers Series this fall. This program is a highlight of our English and Creative Writing curriculum, offering a unique opportunity for intellectual engagement within the LVIAC community.

The series is one of the few in the nation that hosts a semester-long course built around the visiting writers, ensuring a high level of academic discourse during their campus visits.

BETHLEHEM, PA, September 30, 2025: Today, Moravian University announced that eight undergraduate students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025. Moravian and UPenn are the only PA schools with Millennium cohorts in the Class of 2025.

We’re excited to announce Forging Connections: Championing Science, Learning, and Higher Ed Through Effective Communication, a yearlong series designed to empower our academic community to share ideas and research with clarity, confidence, and impact. At a time when public trust in academic institutions is under threat and the scholarship in many fields is increasingly politicized, questioned, or sidelined, these sessions aim to empower participants to communicate the impact, relevance, and significance of their work to broader audiences.

In an era marked by funding uncertainties and growing public skepticism about the value of higher education's research and learning outcomes, adopting a more Open approach to sharing and communicating knowledge is not just beneficial—it's essential.

The LVAIC Open Knowledge Symposium will bring together library professionals and other advocates to explore and advance the principles of Open Knowledge—a broad concept that includes Open and Public Access publishing, Open Educational practices, institutional repositories, and more.

The United States incarcerates approximately 1.9 million individuals, with disproportionately high impacts on communities of color, those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, and individuals with mental health concerns. These systemic inequities raise critical questions about the role we—particularly institutions of higher education like Muhlenberg College—must play in addressing and transforming cultures of incarceration.

We are excited to invite you to the Response and Repair: Higher Education, Corrections, and Solidarity conference taking place on April 4, 2025 at Muhlenberg College’s Miller Forum.

The Fight for Education: Then and Now Jessica Swale’s feminist play 'Blue Stockings' brings the history of the women’s rights movement to Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance

For Immediate Release 18 Feb. 2025 Muhlenberg College Department of Theatre & Dance Contact: Scott Snyder, Marketing Manager 484-664-3693 office 610-762-4303 mobile scottsnyder@muhlenberg.edu

Lafayette, Lehigh and Muhlenberg represent the Lehigh Valley in recognizing schools that make the most exceptional commitments to sustainability from academics and career prep to campus clubs and initiatives.

Meet the current LVAIC team dedicated to promoting collaboration between institutions.