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Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. will present the 2026 Tresolini Lecture in Law at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Zoellner Arts Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, will present “Finding Your Roots: Genealogy, Genetics, and African-American History.” The talk shares its title with his groundbreaking PBS genealogy television series, now in its 12th season.

Research by political scientist Marie Schenk is shedding light on quiet online communities where many Americans first develop a sense of belonging — and political voice.

Political theorist Dean Caivano MA’13 argues the 2024 election revealed not just partisan divides but the collapse of institutional vitality itself

Sophia Barro ‘25 interned at the White House and sets her sights on D.C. and a career in political journalism.

Community Fellows Program contributes to regional vitality.

Julia Klayman ‘25 employs ethnographic research and community engagement to investigate the impact of landslides on women, uncovering the complex intersection of gender and health in Bududa.

How forced philanthropy is failing to bridge corporate and NGO goals.

Brittany Foster Crampsie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Mass Communications with a Minor in Philosophy from Lehigh University. She is the owner of Brit Crampsie Communications, LLC and a political analyst and contributor on regional Harrisburg cable television news programs.

Olson continues ‘full steam ahead’ in her dream job at Lehigh. A new fiction book, ‘Wrinkled Rebels,’ is set for release this summer.

Need to update Marilyn Perez-Mendoza's spotlight to reflect her current position of associate deputy director of philanthropy at ACLU of Southern California.