Domenica Fertal, a PhD candidate in Lehigh University’s Department of Chemistry, has been named a recipient of the 2025 ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Merck Research Award, presented by Merck Pharmaceuticals.
The WCC Merck Research Award honors eight outstanding young chemists who will present their research at a special awards symposium during the Fall American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting.
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) recognized faculty excellence March 27 when it announced the recipients of the 2025 CAS Dean’s Faculty Awards, recognizing distinction in research, teaching, advising, and service. These awards celebrate faculty members who have made significant contributions to their respective fields and the broader university community.
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.
Yue Yu, professor of mathematics, has been named a 2025 recipient of the prestigious Gallagher Young Investigator Award by the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM). This award recognizes Yu’s innovative contributions in numerical methods and AI-based physics modeling within computational mechanics, particularly her pioneering work in data-driven nonlocal models.
Through cutting-edge research on the thalamic reticular nucleus, neuroscientist Julie Haas uncovers how our brains filter sensory input, shaping focus, perception, and even fear responses.
The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has named Xiaoji Xu as the winner of the prestigious 2025 Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions in experimental physical chemistry by a young investigator. Xu will accept the award and present an award lecture at the 2025 Fall ACS National Meeting.
Katherine Crassons, associate professor of English, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship, one of the most prestigious grants for medievalists. The fellowship, which includes a $25,000 stipend and mentorship from a distinguished scholar, will support Crassons as she completes her book, Signs of Wonder: Faith, Ethics, and Epistemology in Medieval and Early Modern England.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist presented the 2025 Kenner Lecture where he discussed The Big Trends Shaping the World Today: Economics, Technology and Geopolitics